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Position: Counsellor, Family and Adult Services Team (FAST)- Ontario Structured Psychotherapy Program
Reports to: Clinical Manager
Location: Sault Ste. Marie                                                                                            Status: Permanent Full-Time 
Hourly Rate: $31.11 – $37.99                                                                                       Reference #: CCS-1016-01
Posting Date: October 16, 2024                                                                                  Closing Date: October 22, 2024, at 4:30 pm

JOB SUMMARY:
The Counsellor will provide access to evidence-informed, short-term, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and related approaches to adults (18+) who experience mild to moderate depression, anxiety and anxiety-related conditions. The Counsellor will be part of the Family and Adult team and the Northeast Ontario Structured Psychotherapy Program. The Counsellor will participate in mandatory intensive CBT training and consultation.

MINIMUM EDUCATION/REGISTRATION
• Master of Social Work (M.S.W.) or M.A. in Counselling Psychology is preferred.
• Bachelor Degree of Social Work, Bachelor of Psychology or a degree in the Social Sciences accepted.
• Current registration and in good standing with regulated professional college (RSW, RP) is required.

MINIMUM EXPERIENCE
• Two (2) years’ clinical experience working in a related field preferred
• Equivalent combinations of training and clinical experience may be considered

QUALIFICATIONS:
• Demonstrated knowledge of the science and practice of structured psychotherapy including a full range of psychotherapeutic and assessment techniques to assess, plan, coordinate and implement specific clinical protocols.
• Demonstrated knowledge of a variety of treatment interventions compatible with the adult population, with knowledge of brief approaches and longer-term psychotherapy.
• Demonstrated knowledge and practiced skills in providing culturally safe and responsive mental health services to clients of diverse ethno-racial and cultural backgrounds.
• High level of maturity and interpersonal skills, as well as demonstrated leadership qualities with competence in making and implementing decisions.
• Demonstrated knowledge of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT). and other evidence-informed, structured psychotherapies and experience working with people with depression and/or anxiety (e.g. obsessive-compulsive concerns, post-traumatic stress).
• Demonstrated ability to distinguish features of depression, anxiety, and anxiety related conditions, and the etiology and treatment of these disorders.
• Demonstrated critical thinking, problem-solving skills and ability to write clear, concise reports.
• Ability to work cooperatively and negotiate effectively within an interdisciplinary team, across the
agency, with collateral agencies/professionals including the medical community at both front-line and systems level. • Thorough knowledge of community resources.
• Knowledge of pertinent legislation, such as, The Psychotherapy Act, The Child, Youth and Family Services Act, Personal Health Information Protection Act.
• Proficiency with computers and software applications such as Microsoft Word, Microsoft Office, Excel, Access, and data MIS.
• Possession of a valid Ontario Driver’s License, ability to travel, and use of a personal vehicle.
• Availability to work flexible hours including evenings and occasional weekends and on-call work may be required.
• Full COVID-19 Vaccination.

Duties and Responsibilities; Please refer to attached job description
This position falls within the bargaining unit represented by the OPSEU.
Algoma Family Services (AFS) is dedicated to building a workforce that reflects the diversity of the community in which we live and serve. AFS encourages applications from all qualified individuals. Applicants that may require accommodation during the selection process are encouraged to notify HR when contacted for an interview.
PLEASE SEND YOUR COVER LETTER AND RESUME TO recruitment@algomafamilyservices.org QUOTING REFERENCE # CCS-1016-01

Position: Finance Clerk
Reports to: Director, Finance and Administration
Location: Sault Ste. Marie                                                                                       Status: Permanent, Full-Time

 Hourly Rate: $25.82 – $31.37                                                                                  Reference #: ADM-1009-01
      Posting Date: October 9, 2024                                                                               Closing Date: Open Until filled

JOB SUMMARY:
The Finance Clerk is accountable for the maintenance and coordination of the organization’s Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Payroll and Procurement activities. Although this Finance Clerk position is responsible to perform all duties as required, the primary focus will be Payroll.
The Finance Clerk will work in the Finance and Administration team and contribute to the well-being and growth of Algoma Family Services by providing accounting and payroll support to staff and the delivery of services.

MINIMUM EDUCATION/REGISTRATION
• University degree or college diploma in Accounting, Business, or Payroll.
• Payroll Certification is an asset.
• CMA, CGA, CA (CPA) designation is an asset.

MINIMUM EXPERIENCE
• Two years of related work experience in areas of business accounting and/or Payroll processes, procedures, and practices.
• Equivalent combinations of training and experience may be considered

QUALIFICATIONS:
• Prior experience in the preparation and verification of payroll tax forms, such as T4s.
• Prior experience with payroll tax software; Dayforce Ceridian being an asset.
• Must be experienced in revenue and expenditures processing, records maintenance, financial monitoring, reporting processes, and practices and procedures.
• Must be familiar with the operation of electronic accounting software, applications and techniques (MS Dynamics and MS Excel spreadsheet applications) as well as word processing.
• Advanced knowledge of payroll processing, from the entering of timesheets to committing payroll.
• Ability to detect and reconcile payroll discrepancies
• Knowledge of tax and deduction laws that apply to the payroll processes.
• Must possess a good knowledge of Algoma Family Services programs and service delivery as well as the organization’s administrative and operational services in order to provide advice on operational improvements of the financial area.
• Demonstrated skills in the following areas:
o Initiating, leading and managing organizational and cultural change in keeping with the organization’s Vision, Mission, Values, Board policy and Executive directives.
o Excellent written and oral communication skills, highly developed interpersonal skills and high levels of tact and diplomacy.
• Ability to work in a highly professional multi-disciplinary team environment.
• Possession of a valid Ontario Driver’s License (minimum of Class G if over the age of 19 and Class G2 license if 19 and under), ability to travel within the district of Algoma and use of a personal vehicle.
• Availability to work flexible hours including evenings and occasional weekends
• Ability to provide services in both official languages (English/French) is an asset.
• Full COVID-19 Vaccination.

Duties and Responsibilities; Please refer to attached job description

This position falls within the bargaining unit represented by the OPSEU.

Algoma Family Services (AFS) is dedicated to building a workforce that reflects the diversity of the community in which we live and serve. AFS encourages applications from all qualified individuals. Applicants that may require accommodation during the selection process are encouraged to notify HR when contacted for an interview.

PLEASE SEND YOUR COVER LETTER AND RESUME TO recruitment@algomafamilyservices.org QUOTING REFERENCE # ADM-1009-01.

Position: Child and Youth Worker                                                     Reports to: Clinical Manager
Location: Elliot Lake                                                                             Status: Permanent, Full-Time
Hourly Rate: $25.82 – $31.37                                                             Reference #: CYW-0709-01
Posting Date: July 9, 2024                                                                  Closing Date: Until Filled

JOB SUMMARY:
Reporting to the Clinical Manager, Intensive Treatment Services (ITS), the Child and Youth Worker (CYW) works alongside the ITS Counsellors in providing intensive treatment services to children, youth and their family/caregiver in their home and community. An incredibly challenging but rewarding position, the CYW will work in collaboration with the client’s mulita-systemic treatment/care team to stabilize the client’s behaviour and mood, as well as, providing the necessary skills to help the client achieve personal goals, develop healthy relationships, gain essential life and social skills, safety plan, and provide coaching in therapy as needed. Inherent to this work is the recognition and management of risk associated with clients experiencing mild, moderate, and/or severe conditions of mental health, and or substance use challenges. Essential to facilitating change is the inclusion of the client’s culture, community, and informal circle of support. The CYW work environment may include the client’s home, school, alternative home, and the community.
As a member of the AFS Team, the CYW plays an important role in promoting our culture of care through the modelling of our organizational values and delivering on our mission, vision, and strategic objectives, with kindness, compassion, and care. Extraordinarily committed, the CYW will also promote inclusive and culturally sensitive services from a trauma-informed, client-centred, strength-based, and solution-focused approach within an anti-oppressive practice context.

MINIMUM EDUCATION/REGISTRATION
 Child and Youth Worker Degree or Diploma

MINIMUM EXPERIENCE
 Two (2) years’ experience working with children, youth, and families
 Experience working with high risk and marginalized children and youth
 Equivalent combinations of training and experience may be considered

QUALIFICATIONS:
 Ability and maturity to act calmly in situations demanding quick assessment and immediate action.
 Possess a caring, kind, and empathic approach in the engagement of children, youth, and their families in a manner that is consistent with the AFS vision and organizational values.
 Training in WHMIS, Naloxone administration, Mental Health First Aid, ASIST, and cultural competence.
 Advanced knowledge of and ability to apply child and youth behavioral management approaches in a manner that promotes the client’s development of self-esteem, self-confidence, and self-worth.
 A solid understanding of the effects of abuse and neglect, separation and attachment, grief and loss on child development.
 Demonstrate an understanding of age and developmentally appropriate behavior for children/adolescents in the home, school and community.
 Experience working with neuro-diverse (for example, ASD or FASD diagnosis) needs children and youth.
 Ability to provide skill-building training to the client and their caregivers.
 Ability to work both independently and as part of a multi-disciplinary team, participate in supervision; incorporate constructive feedback, attend all meetings, and complete assigned paperwork with accuracy and on-time.
 Clear understanding of parameters of confidentiality and reporting responsibilities under pertinent legislation, such as, The Child, Youth and Family Services Act, The Education Act, The Mental Health Act of Ontario, The Personal Health Information Protection Act and the Youth Criminal Justice Act.
 Ability to develop and maintain professional working relationships with caregivers, colleagues, consultants, referral sources, service providers, and education personnel.
 Proficiency with computers, specifically software, such as: Microsoft Word, Outlook, Excel, Teams, and PowerPoint, as well as client information management systems.
 Certification in Crisis Prevention and Intervention.
 Possession of a current First Aid Certificate and CPR is required
 Possession of a valid Ontario Driver’s License (minimum of Class G if over the age of 19 and Class G2 license if 19 and under), ability to travel within the district of Algoma and use of a personal vehicle.
 Availability to work flexible hours including evenings.
 Ability to provide services in both official languages (English/French) is an asset.
 Full COVID-19 Vaccination.
Duties and Responsibilities; Please refer to attached job description
This position falls within the bargaining unit represented by the OPSEU.
Algoma Family Services (AFS) is dedicated to building a workforce that reflects the diversity of the community in which we live and serve. AFS encourages applications from all qualified individuals. Applicants that may require accommodation during the selection process are encouraged to notify HR when contacted for an interview.
PLEASE SEND YOUR COVER LETTER AND RESUME TO recruitment@algomafamilyservices.org QUOTING REFERENCE # CYW-0708-01

Position: Child and Youth Care Practitioner – Live-in Treatment
Reports to: Supervisor, Live in Care and Community Services
Location: Sault Ste. Marie                                                                                                     Status: Temporary, Casual / Relief                                        Hourly Rate: $25.82 – $31.37                                                                                              Reference #: CCS-0702-01
Posting Date: July 2, 2024                                                                                                    Closing Date: Ongoing

JOB SUMMARY
Reporting to the Supervisor, Live-in Care and Community Services, the Child and Youth Care Practitioner (CYC) is a key service provider along our continuum of live-in care services that includes the home of the client, therapeutic foster homes, parent-model care homes, and a live-in treatment program. An incredibly challenging but rewarding position, the CYC will work in collaboration with the client’s multi-disciplinary treatment/care team to implement recommendations by providing direct mental health services to clients engaged in live-in treatment services. Support may be provided to a client and their family before, during and following live-in treatment, based on site requirements, and in a variety of environments, including home, school, and community settings. CYC Practitioners are scheduled on a rotational basis which includes daytime, evenings, and overnight awake hours to support Live-in Treatment Services that operate 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days per year.
The CYCP – Live-in Treatment (LIT) will provide care to co-ed youth 12 to 16 years old presenting with acute and chronic conditions of mental health and/or substance use. This care will be provided at our eight bed Live-in Treatment program on 631 Second Line West in Sault Ste. Marie. The primary role of the CYCP-LIT is to provide a safe, welcoming, inclusive, stable, and nurturing environment (therapeutic milieu) that promotes behavioural change and growth through the incorporation of traditional Indigenous approaches to well-being blended with western scientific approaches. As an integral member of the care and treatment team, the CYCP-LIT will inform the initial assessment and subsequent treatment plan, through observation and engagement of the youth, documentation of the youth’s behavior, attitude, response to the LIT environment, interactions with peers, staff, and family, dietary, hygiene, and sleep habits, and response to counselling, as well as, any medication.

MINIMUM EDUCATION
• Child and Youth Care Degree or Diploma, Social Service Worker, Recreation Therapy, Community and Justice Services, or Addiction and Mental Health diploma, or diploma/degree in a relevant field.

MINIMUM EXPERIENCE
• Two (2) years’ experience working with high risk and marginalized children and youth, and families, or the equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.

QUALIFICATIONS:
• Possess a caring, kind, and empathic approach in the engagement of children, youth, and their families in a manner that is consistent with the AFS vision and organizational values.
• Certification in CPI Nonviolent Intervention, or other crisis intervention and de-escalating training, would be considered an asset, along with the ability and maturity to act calmly in situations demanding quick assessment and immediate action.
• Certification in First Aid and CPR.
• Training in WHIMIS, Naloxone administration, Mental Health First Aid, ASIST, and cultural competence.
• Advanced knowledge of and ability to apply child and youth behavioural management approaches in a manner that promotes the client’s development of self-esteem, self-confidence, and self-worth.
• A solid understanding of the effects of abuse and neglect, separation and attachment, grief and loss, on child development.
• Demonstrate an understanding of age and developmentally appropriate behavior for children/adolescents in the home, school, and community.
• Experience working with neuro-diverse (for example, ASD or FASD diagnosis) needs children and youth.
• Ability to provide skill-building training to the client and their caregivers.
• Ability to work both independently and as part of a multi-disciplinary team, participate in supervision; incorporate constructive feedback, attend meetings, and complete assigned paperwork with accuracy and on-time.
• Knowledge of pertinent legislation, such as: the Child, Youth and Family Services Act, Mental Health Act, Education Act, and the Youth Criminal Justice Act.
• Ability to develop and maintain professional working relationships with caregivers, colleagues, consultants, referral sources, service providers and education personnel.
• Proficiency with computers, specifically software, such as: Microsoft Word, Outlook, Excel, Teams, and PowerPoint, as well as, client information management systems.
• Ability to provide services in both official languages (English/French) is an asset.
• Possession of a valid Ontario Driver’s License, ability to travel, and use of a personal vehicle.
• Availability to work flexible hours including evenings and weekends, and on-call.
• Full COVID-19 vaccination.
Duties and Responsibilities; Please refer to attached job description
This position falls within the bargaining unit represented by the OPSEU.
Algoma Family Services (AFS) is dedicated to building a workforce that reflects the diversity of the community in which we live and serve. AFS encourages applications from all qualified individuals. Applicants that may require accommodation during the selection process are encouraged to notify HR when contacted for an interview.
PLEASE SEND YOUR COVER LETTER AND RESUME TO recruitment@algomafamilyservices.org # CCS-0702-01

Position: Child and Youth Care Practitioner – Live-in Treatment
Reports to: Supervisor, Live in Care and Community Services
Location: Sault Ste. Marie                                                                                                     Status: Permanent Fulltime                                                   Hourly Rate: $25.82 – $31.37                                                                                              Reference #: CCS-1018-01
Posting Date: October 18, 2024                                                                                           Closing Date: October 24, 2024 at 4:30 pm

JOB SUMMARY
Reporting to the Supervisor, Live-in Care and Community Services, the Child and Youth Care Practitioner (CYC) is a key service provider along our continuum of live-in care services that includes the home of the client, therapeutic foster homes, parent-model care homes, and a live-in treatment program. An incredibly challenging but rewarding position, the CYC will work in collaboration with the client’s multi-disciplinary treatment/care team to implement recommendations by providing direct mental health services to clients engaged in live-in treatment services. Support may be provided to a client and their family before, during and following live-in treatment, based on site requirements, and in a variety of environments, including home, school, and community settings. CYC Practitioners are scheduled on a rotational basis which includes daytime, evenings, and overnight awake hours to support Live-in Treatment Services that operate 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days per year.
The CYCP – Live-in Treatment (LIT) will provide care to co-ed youth 12 to 16 years old presenting with acute and chronic conditions of mental health and/or substance use. This care will be provided at our eight bed Live-in Treatment program on 631 Second Line West in Sault Ste. Marie. The primary role of the CYCP-LIT is to provide a safe, welcoming, inclusive, stable, and nurturing environment (therapeutic milieu) that promotes behavioural change and growth through the incorporation of traditional Indigenous approaches to well-being blended with western scientific approaches. As an integral member of the care and treatment team, the CYCP-LIT will inform the initial assessment and subsequent treatment plan, through observation and engagement of the youth, documentation of the youth’s behavior, attitude, response to the LIT environment, interactions with peers, staff, and family, dietary, hygiene, and sleep habits, and response to counselling, as well as, any medication.

MINIMUM EDUCATION
• Child and Youth Care Degree or Diploma, Social Service Worker, Recreation Therapy, Community and Justice Services, or Addiction and Mental Health diploma, or diploma/degree in a relevant field.

MINIMUM EXPERIENCE
• Two (2) years’ experience working with high risk and marginalized children and youth, and families, or the equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.

QUALIFICATIONS:
• Possess a caring, kind, and empathic approach in the engagement of children, youth, and their families in a manner that is consistent with the AFS vision and organizational values.
• Certification in CPI Nonviolent Intervention, or other crisis intervention and de-escalating training, would be considered an asset, along with the ability and maturity to act calmly in situations demanding quick assessment and immediate action.
• Certification in First Aid and CPR.
• Training in WHIMIS, Naloxone administration, Mental Health First Aid, ASIST, and cultural competence.
• Advanced knowledge of and ability to apply child and youth behavioural management approaches in a manner that promotes the client’s development of self-esteem, self-confidence, and self-worth.
• A solid understanding of the effects of abuse and neglect, separation and attachment, grief and loss, on child development.
• Demonstrate an understanding of age and developmentally appropriate behavior for children/adolescents in the home, school, and community.
• Experience working with neuro-diverse (for example, ASD or FASD diagnosis) needs children and youth.
• Ability to provide skill-building training to the client and their caregivers.
• Ability to work both independently and as part of a multi-disciplinary team, participate in supervision; incorporate constructive feedback, attend meetings, and complete assigned paperwork with accuracy and on-time.
• Knowledge of pertinent legislation, such as: the Child, Youth and Family Services Act, Mental Health Act, Education Act, and the Youth Criminal Justice Act.
• Ability to develop and maintain professional working relationships with caregivers, colleagues, consultants, referral sources, service providers and education personnel.
• Proficiency with computers, specifically software, such as: Microsoft Word, Outlook, Excel, Teams, and PowerPoint, as well as, client information management systems.
• Ability to provide services in both official languages (English/French) is an asset.
• Possession of a valid Ontario Driver’s License, ability to travel, and use of a personal vehicle.
• Availability to work flexible hours including evenings and weekends, and on-call.
• Full COVID-19 vaccination.
Duties and Responsibilities; Please refer to attached job description
This position falls within the bargaining unit represented by the OPSEU.
Algoma Family Services (AFS) is dedicated to building a workforce that reflects the diversity of the community in which we live and serve. AFS encourages applications from all qualified individuals. Applicants that may require accommodation during the selection process are encouraged to notify HR when contacted for an interview.
PLEASE SEND YOUR COVER LETTER AND RESUME TO recruitment@algomafamilyservices.org # CCS-1018-01