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POSITION
(Title):
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Full Time Mental Health Therapist – Problem Gambling
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DEPARTMENT/SERVICE
AREA:
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Mental Health & Addictions
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SITE:
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Community Counseling
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REPORTS
TO (Title):
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Manager, Mental Health & Addictions
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Riverside Health Care’s
Mental health and Addictions programs provide professional and regulated
psychotherapy to adults 18 and over for a wide variety of issues across the
Rainy River District. Riverside’s Mental Health and Addictions program provides
a supportive team environment with multiple programs to facilitate quality
services for our district.
QUALIFICATIONS NECESSARY:
· Master’s
degree in social work, Psychotherapy or Nursing
· Registered to practice psychotherapy with a
regulatory body in Ontario.
· Ability to demonstrate expertise in the field of
Mental Health & Addictions through a combination of experience and
training, as well as possession of a recognized problem gambling certificate or
ability to obtain a certificate
· Knowledge and ability to assess, screen, safety
plan, and provide best practice therapy, and experience and knowledge in
providing problem gambling services an asset
· Awareness and ability to recognize and assess
levels of risk and provide appropriate interventions and safety planning.
· Ability to work autonomously with limited need
for supervision
· Knowledge of community resources for the purpose
of networking, collaboration, and referral when required
· Dependable, competent and continued ability to
carry out responsibilities
· Physically capable of performing the essential
duties of the job.
· Possession of a valid driver`s license and
willingness to travel within district sites
· Understanding of diversity and cultural
competency as it affects different populations and service delivery including,
but not limited to: gender, sexual orientation & identity, and First Nation
population and communities
BASIC RESPONSIBILITIES:
1 . Ability to perform duties in a professional and
courteous manner and produce high quality work while meeting deadlines
2 . Exercise initiative and good judgment with ability to
multi-task
3 . Compliance with confidentiality requirements
4 . Effective organizational, interpersonal, and
communication skills
5 . Client service oriented, with the ability to
effectively work with diversity
6 . Excellent problem recognition and problem solving
skills
7 . Knowledge of the addictions & mental health system
and community agencies
8 . Proven ability to work effectively as a member of a
team and with community partners
9 . Proven ability to interact with clients in an
empathetic manner
10 . Ability
to perform responsibilities in a courteous and professional manner
11 . Other
duties and requirements to be modified or assigned as position progresses
12 . Carries out work assignments safely
and is knowledgeable of and in compliance with relevant regulations, policies
and procedures (ie. Occupational Health and Safety Act)
13. Ability to travel within
district-to-district sites
14 . Performs other such duties or
responsibilities that may be delegated by the Manager, Mental Health &
Addictions
SPECIFIC DUTIES:
Clinical Practice Duties
· Provide client centered clinical interviews
utilizing required and best practices screening/ assessment tools to develop
collaborative, individualized and trauma informed treatment plans
· Assist individuals with connection to the most
appropriate resource available
· Provide problem gambling services to adults as
well as youth through a process of assessment, referral, case management
therapeutic intervention, and aftercare utilizing best practices
· Provide community development through health
problem and prevention programs for problem gambling
· Employ counseling and psychotherapeutic
interventions, ensuring the methods of treatment and the standards of practice
are consistent with the scope of practice of the specific professional using
them.
· Collaborate with agencies/services in the
community, and family members, wherever appropriate, for the purpose of
adequate information gathering, consolidating and coordinating client
treatment.
· Participate in case conferences for effective
interdisciplinary service collaboration as required.
· Participates in mental health initiatives to
contribute and facilitate the enhancement of district awareness of programs and
services.
Program Development Duties:
· Maintains effective working relationships within
community and corporation
· Attend relevant hospital –based
Multidisciplinary meetings to coordinate referrals, shared client care, and
community health improvement initiatives.
· Engage in professional development opportunities
that will enhance client care and the Agency’s strategic plans. As part of this
process, to use the internet to access information related to resources for
professional development and best practices.
· To develop specialization(s) in skills and
competencies required by the service.
· Participate in problem gambling related
community or agency committees
· Increase awareness and education regarding
problem gambling for the district
BASIC RESPOSIBILITIES:
1. Ability to perform duties in a professional and
courteous manner and produce high quality work while meeting deadlines
2. Exercise initiative and good judgment with
ability to multi-task
3. Compliance with confidentiality requirements
4. Effective organizational, interpersonal, and
communication skills
5. Client service oriented, with the ability to
effectively work with diversity
6. Excellent problem recognition and problem
solving skills
7. Knowledge of the addictions & mental health
system and community agencies
8. Proven ability to work effectively as a member
of a team and with community partners
9. Proven ability to interact with clients in an
empathetic manner
10. Ability to perform responsibilities in a
courteous and professional manner
11. Other duties and requirements to be modified
or assigned as position progresses
12. Carries out work assignments safely and is
knowledgeable of and in compliance with relevant regulations, policies and
procedures (ie. Occupational Health and Safety Act)
13. Ability to travel within district-to-district
sites
14. Performs other such duties or responsibilities
that may be delegated by the Manager, Mental Health & Addictions
HOURS OF WORK: This position is day shifts
POSITION AVAILABLE: This Full Time positions will commence
ASAP
CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT:
1. Human Resources Policies
2. Riverside Health Care Facilities Inc. Policies
3. Riverside Mental Health & Addictions
Policies
4. Certificate of registration to practice
psychotherapy
5. Criminal record check
6. Possession of a Valid Driver’s License