Youth Mental Health and Substance Use Counsellor (Virtual Care) P1

Provides therapeutic clinical counselling services to clients, families and groups in designated program area by exploring problems and personal concerns, treatment objectives, and emotional responses; facilitating change in coping style, behaviour, attitude and feelings; participating with clients, families, interdisciplinary team members and community partners to coordinate services, facilitate meetings and make referrals to appropriate resources. Conducts comprehensive psychosocial assessments, through online or phone formats, in designated program area using methods such as interviewing the client and/or family to obtain relevant information, gathering social data from acute and community collateral regarding the client's family, supports, environment, culture, living situation and financial status and interpreting the data to therapeutically impact the client's and family's coping abilities.Provides treatment services including brief intervention, crisis intervention, psychotherapy, family work, education, and support according to a variety of theoretical models to clients and their informal support network as required by methods such as assessing situation, eliciting concerns, exploring emotional response to illness, identifying goals and expectations, reviewing client and learning needs, assisting with understanding of illness, teaching coping strategies, and consulting with colleagues when required. Applies the principles of Trauma-informed and culturally safe care.Assesses client needs and available services and develops care options with client input. Facilitates clients' utilization of appropriate community services and rehabilitative programs through methods such as researching available services, liaising with service and program providers, advocating for services, and providing advice and consultation to colleagues.Provides referrals to appropriate community treatment agencies and services including recovery and residential programs, victim assistance, employee assistance programs, clubhouses, transition homes, vocational programs, and other agencies. Utilizes available community resources such as volunteers, community groups, alternate care services and other service agencies to develop supportive and rehabilitative programs for clients and their families.Delivers online group intervention services to specific client populations. Develops and coordinates groups including the necessary preparation, prioritizing, scheduling and arranging for space and other resources.Formulates and implements care and treatment plans through methods such as negotiating a process for achieving goals, collaborating with members of the interprofessional team(s) and evaluating goals while maintaining respect for client dignity, self-determination and independence.Maintains appropriate clinical records and data requirements in accordance with established standards and the Freedom of Information Act.Participates in a variety of team and/or local committees and internal and external case conferences through engaging in practice evaluation, identifying opportunities for change, assessing available resources, initiating solutions and analyzing outcomes.Develops content related to psychoeducational resources for clients, families and staff members in collaboration with an interprofessional team. Reviews relevant content and required handouts, conducts literature search, plans and coordinates seminars.