Job Order Detail

Description

Duties and Responsibilities:
To provide counselling, therapy, and related services to teen and young adult parents.  To assess program needs and work with the management team to develop the program as needed.  Duties shall be performed in a manner consistent with the overall mission and values of the agency.  The position reports to the Director of Programs.

Duties include:
    Provide individual, couple, and family counselling and services, including advocacy and referral services, primarily to young parents and their families.
    Participate in agency program development, including development and presentation of workshops, group facilitation, and group interventions.
    Facilitate networking activities among and for younger parents in the community.
    Attend relevant agency and community meetings, be knowledgeable about agency programs and community activities, and market agency programs to the community using various methods (in-person, social media, etc.).
    Perform related administrative and record keeping duties, including casework recording, session evaluations, correspondence and statistical recording as required.
    Participate in clinical supervision on a regular basis and consult with the Director of Programs regularly.
    Participate in performance evaluation under the direction of the Director of Programs.
    Maintain good standing in a professional association.
    Participate in in-service training and on-going professional development opportunities.
    Assist with supervision of peers, students and individual cases as required by the agency from time to time.
    Other duties as assigned.

Final candidates are required to provide satisfactory criminal record checks including a vulnerable sector search.

This position is in-scope, CUPE Local 5316.