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Job Title:         Youth & Family Clinical Therapist
Salary Range: $68,012.78
Competition:  2025-05
Position:         Temporary Full-Time Position Monday to Friday (35hrs/wk./FTE 1.0)
                         (Maternity position 18 months)
Start Date:      April/May 2025
Location:        In-person - 2010 Eglinton Avenue West / West Toronto Youth Hub / Various Community                                    Health Centres & Primary Health Care Environments

Yorktown Family Services is a community-based non-profit social services agency dedicated to providing effective, accessible, quality mental health treatment, prevention, and outreach services to children, youth women, and families in the former City of York. We are uniquely organized to deliver services through two independent but integrated organizations: Infant, Child, and Youth Mental Health & West Toronto Youth Hub — a children’s mental health center, and Violence Against Women Services — a shelter for women and their children who are fleeing an abusive relationship.

Primary Function:
Yorktown Family Services seeks an outstanding clinical therapist to join our program of dedicated professionals at Yorktown. We are looking for a skilled, enthusiastic child therapist to provide clinical services to a diverse multicultural population. This position is located within our Family Child and Youth Therapy service that offers individual, family, group, and Rapid Access Therapy services to a complex and multi-cultural clientele.

Responsibilities:
A primary component of this position will be providing trauma-focused (TF) Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) and mental health interventions to youth and their families. The successful candidate will be responsible for treatment services including individual, family, and/or group counseling, brief therapy with children, youth, and families, Trauma Assessments, and TF-CBT Treatment.

• Work closely with healthcare partners to support the success of patients exiting hospital psychiatric settings and living in the community.
• Be responsible for the provision of a range of treatment services including individual, family, and/or group counseling, brief therapy with children, youth, and families, Trauma Assessments, and TF-CBT Treatment and intake assessment
• Provide brief SFBT counseling within our walk-in and virtual Rapid Access Therapy and at the West Toronto Youth Hub clinic, ‘What’s up’ walk-in clinic, and in the community as needed.
• Work within an integrated care health team as the mental health service provider.
• Work with Hospitals, Community Health centers, and Physicians to support transitions from primary health to community-based child and youth care organizations.
• Services may be delivered virtually and onsite at one of our three locations or in the community as needed.

Qualifications:

• M.S.W., or equivalent Master with several years of clinical experience grounded in a strengths-based, systemic perspective with youth aged 12 – 24 and their families
• Registration or eligibility for registration with a relevant college is required
• Minimum two years of relevant children and youth mental health experience with a preference for knowledge of and experience using evidence-based clinical models such as CBT and TF-CBT, goal-focused and brief therapy models of service provision
• Strong knowledge of and experience working with youth who are experiencing challenges relating to mental health, addictions, trauma, relationship violence, human/sex trafficking, and/or may be engaged in criminal activity, youth who have multiple risk factors, limited protective factors and have been engaged in specific incidents (e.g. fight at school, sibling in conflict with the law) that further increase their risks
• Knowledge of and sensitivity to the life experiences and needs of youth in the identified communities combined with community development experience is an asset
• Knowledge of and demonstrated skill in youth engagement principles and resiliency models
• Strong knowledge and experience working in the West end of Toronto including within NIAs (Neighbourhood Improvement Areas), as well as other identified communities and/or populations
• Demonstrated ability to work cooperatively and negotiate effectively within a multi-disciplinary team of service providers as well as the ability to work independently
• Enthusiasm and skill working to support change with a multi-challenged, diverse client population
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Superb interpersonal and organizational skills
• Ability to work flexible hours including evenings is essential
• Access to a reliable vehicle is a definite asset
• Fluency in a second language is an asset
• Vulnerable Sector Screening is required

Reports to:  The Manager of Brief Services and Intake

Yorktown Family Services is an equal opportunity employer, committed to diversity. Please submit your resume and cover letter by April 10, 2025 . Please quote “Competition 2025-05 and Job title in the subject line.

Yorktown values the diversity of people and communities and is committed to equity and inclusion. As an equal opportunity employer, we encourage applications from qualified candidates who reflect the diversity of our communities.

The Ontario Human Rights Code makes an exception for nepotism and anti-nepotism policies. Section 24(1)(d) of the Code specifically permits employers to grant or withhold employment or advancement in employment to someone who is the spouse, child or parent of the employee. All job applicants will be requested to disclose if any relative is a current employee of Yorktown.
Family Services.  As per Yorktown’s Nepotism Policy 2.9, job applicants will be asked to disclose family members in accordance with the Ontario Human Rights Code.

Yorktown Family Services welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.
We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those considered for an interview will be contacted.