Company:
Surrounded By Cedar Child & Family Services
Details:
Financial Duties:
• Prepare and submit grant/funding applications while adhering to any reporting requirements.
• Maintain program budgets, in consultation with the Executive Director and Finance Manager.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
• Knowledge of the vision and mission of SCCFS and how the child and youth counselling program align with these.
• Extensive understanding of Indigenous cultures, the history of colonization and the resultant traumatic impacts within Indigenous communities across Canada.
• Knowledge of Indigenous protocols, teachings and ways of being with a demonstrated ability to incorporate traditional modalities of healing and wellness into clinical and group practice.
• Model or mentor positive cultural influence, knowledge, and Indigenous ways of being.
• Demonstrated ability to build and nurture respectful and meaningful relationships with members of the community who may not be trusting of child welfare or mental health systems.
• Familiarity with the Child, Family and Community Services Act (CFCSA) and current public reports and recommendations with implications for mental health programming for urban Indigenous children and youth.
• Strong written, verbal, time management and computer (Microsoft) skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work well under pressure in a fast-paced, high-stress work environment where work priorities change frequently.
Preference will be given to applicants who self-identify as Indigenous as per Section 41 of the Human Rights Code.
Qualifications & Experience:
Qualifications:
• MSW (Clinical Specialization or equivalent training/education), MA in Child & Youth Care, MA (Clinical Psychology) or MA (Counselling Psychology) and have completed a practicum in child and family mental health.
• Comparable graduate degree at master’s level may be considered with at least three years’ professional experience in child and family mental health.
• Minimum three (3) years of professional experience with demonstrated training in trauma (complex trauma, intergenerational trauma, transition trauma), grief and loss, and attachment issues within an Indigenous context.
• Must have experience working with Indigenous clients and communities.
• Eligible for registration with the Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association (CCPA).
• Must have valid class 5 Driver’s License, favourable driver’s abstract and safe reliable vehicle.
• Must complete a successful Criminal Record check.