Registered social worker

*HOOPP:* The CFHT is a participating employer of the Healthcare Ontario Pension Plan (?HOOPP?). Position: *Social Worker/Registered Psychotherapist ? Mental Health Program* Reports To: *Manager, Mental Health Services* *(1.0 FTE Permanent with benefits)* *Position Summary:* As a key member of The Couchiching Family Health Team (CFHT), and an integral part of an interdisciplinary health care team, you will provide mental health counselling/therapy and other therapeutic services for individuals, families, and groups as part of an interdisciplinary team. Your primary roles are to work in partnership with the CFHT to perform intake (via a semi-structured interview), patient biopsychosocial assessments, and provide short-term counselling, education, and advocacy. The Social Worker/Registered Psychotherapist will also provide clinical supervision to qualified clinicians, as appropriate, to support professional development, clinical competency, ethical decision-making, safe and effective clinical practice, and client well-being, in accordance with applicable professional standards and regulatory College requirements. The Social Worker/Psychotherapist will apply an anti-oppressive lens in supporting diverse clients. *Why Join Us*: Join a collaborative primary care team environment where you will directly support an interdisciplinary team in delivering accessible, patient-centred care. Be part of a progressive organization committed to improving access, coordination, and continuity of care in alignment with Ontario Health?s _Primary Care for All_ initiative. *Roles and Responsibilities:* *Semi-structured Assessments (Intake)* · Review referrals & patient charts · Complete biopsychosocial assessments of referred clients · Assess urgency and recommend for short term counselling or refer to community resources as appropriate · Involve patients in decisions about their own mental health, identify client strengths · Record/discuss other resources for patients (ie: benefits or EAP) · Flag cases for presentation at MH Team meetings for case assignment *Biopsychosocial Assessments* · Provide biopsychosocial assessment of patients and families · Monitor, record and report symptoms and changes in patients? conditions · Collect information by developing a relationship with the client *Treatment/Management* · Provide counselling/treatment including instrumental, therapeutic, supportive, psycho-educational and crisis interventions all within the scope of best practices · Provide mental health treatment in the form of individual, family, and group therapy · Caseload with a balance of short/long-term therapy services, with particular regard to individual/family issues and decisions that impact the health of the patient/family · Provide brief counselling through the Single Session Walk-In Clinic on a weekly basis · Coordinate referrals and facilitate access to other health care providers and community organizations · Maintain communication with patients, families, and their physicians with consent · Monitor patient goals and outcomes through ongoing assessment and documentation of treatment progress · Participate in treatment planning with other team members · Consult with team members and external professionals involved in the care of patients *Clinical Supervision* · Provide clinical supervision across the School Success, System Navigation, Trans Health, and Mental Health programs to qualified clinicians, as appropriate, within the scope of professional competence and applicable regulatory College standards. · Support supervisees in developing clinical skills, professional judgement, ethical decision-making, and the application of evidence-informed mental health practices. · Review clinical cases, assessments, treatment plans, and documentation as appropriate to support quality of care and professional development. · Provide constructive feedback, identify learning needs, and support the development of clinical compe