Job Description
Kinark Child and Family Services has a rich 50-year history serving children and youth through a wide range of evidence-based mental health services that include individual, family, and group counselling. We are on a mission to help children and youth with complex needs achieve better life outcomes with a broader vision of a healthy future for Ontario’s children and youth. We have a passionate team of over 700 staff serving more than 9,000 children and youth each year in our three program streams - Community-Based Child and Youth Mental Health, Autism, and Forensic Mental Health.
Our people are the heartbeat of our organization where ‘Holding children, youth and families at the centre of all that we do’ is only one of the values that guides our work.
In support of our journey towards being an employer of choice in our sectors, our staff is engaged for feedback to identify and support improvements, big and small, to enhance the employee experience.
If you have a passion for making a difference in the lives of children and youth with complex needs and want to be part of the mission we are on… Come join our team!
For more information about Kinark, our values, our strategic priorities, and our service programs, please visit our website at www.kinark.on.ca/ or review our annual report .
What we offer:
- Competitive salary, comprehensive health and dental benefits, and other employment perks *
- Flexible work arrangement supporting employee work life balance
- Employer Matching Defined Contribution Pension Plan up to 6% *
- Employee Wellness Program
- Extensive Educational and Training Opportunities and Supports
- Supportive work environment with regular Supervision and Feedback
- Renowned Accredited Clinical Programs
*Dependent on hours worked, length of service and/or collective agreement (where relevant)
We currently have an opportunity for:
Position Title
Clinical Psychologist
Program Lists
Kinark Child & Family Services
Location
Markham, ON L3R 5X5 CA (Primary)
Reg/Temp
Regular
Start Date
Temporary End Date
Full/Part Time
Full-Time
Relief
No
Other Employee Classification (if applicable)
Total # of hours per week
35
# of Positions
1
Close Date
Job Description
In this role, you will report to the Clinical Lead, Autism Services and will be responsible for providing both Remote and In-Person Services. These services will include in-person psychological assessments, virtual/in-person evidence-based treatment delivery, virtual/in-person consultation, and virtual/in-person training as part of a multidisciplinary clinical team.
The candidate will be primarily located out of their Markham office with some travel to other locations is required and is compensated.
Duties & Responsibilities:
- Psychological Assessment: Evaluate intellectual, social, emotional, behavior, academic, personality, and daily living functioning for the purpose of diagnostic and treatment planning. Key responsibilities include: Administration of psychological tests and questionnaires, clinical interviewing, data analysis and interpretation, report writing, feedback and communicating diagnoses.
- Consultation: Provide consultation for complex cases, treatment planning and service delivery, ethical issues, in internal and/or external clinical and multidisciplinary meetings. This also includes decisions around suitability for services and tailoring treatment plans to meet client’s unique needs and troubleshooting clinical issues that arise.
- Treatment: Deliver evidence-based treatment for complex clients (individual, group and family), formulation and goal setting, documentation, progress monitoring, and discharge planning. This also includes professional development, workshops, independent reading, attending specific treatment team meetings, and peer consultation.
- Development and/or Supervision of support groups: Provide safe place to stimulate discussions designed to support and encourage progress for the group as a whole and for each member as an individual.
- Training/Education: Provide in-service presentations to support capacity building on a variety of topics. Prepare and provide presentations for parents and caregivers related to ASD and mental health including how to support children, understanding the assessment process, how to tell a child and/or others about a diagnosis, discuss available resources and strategies.
- Provide external presentations as requested by community partners. For some, provide regular clinical supervision and training to PhD level psychology graduate students doing practicum placements.
- Administration: Attending agency meetings/training, internal communication, scheduling client and community appointments, managing psychological files and manage documentation.
Qualifications:
- A Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology is required.**
- Be registered and a member in good standing with the College of Psychologists of Ontario.
- Strong clinical assessment skills in child and adolescent mental health.
- Proficiency and experience in assessment of autism, intellectual disabilities, learning disabilities, ADHD from young childhood up to 25 years of age.
- Experience with the ADOS-2 and with evidence-based assessment practices.
- An ability to be flexible and responsive in delivering services.
- Demonstrated clinical experience, proven communication, organizational, and interpersonal skills, and the ability to work effectively as a team member.
- Knowledge concerning cultural diversity and proficiency in other languages will be considered assets for this position.
- Travel is required for this position; the successful candidate must have a valid Ontario driver’s license, access to a reliable vehicle and be willing to obtain automobile insurance which includes driving for business purposes with a minimum liability of one million dollars.
- Candidates Bilingual in English and French will be given special consideration.
If this sounds like an opportunity you would like to hear more about please share a recent resume to james.mcnamee@mparecruitment.ca to initiate a confidential conversation.
** Please note that Equivalent combination of education & experience will be considered.
Kinark Child and Family Services conditions of employment include but are not limited to successful Criminal Record Check or Criminal Record Check with Vulnerable Sector Screening (based on position), completed Pre-Employment Medical certificate, and proof of full vaccination against COVID-19. Proof of vaccination for each vaccine dose received is required.
Kinark Child and Family Services values inclusivity and diversity in the workplace. We encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds. We are committed to providing accessible employment practices that are in compliance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (‘AODA’). If you require accommodation during any stage of the recruitment process, please notify People and Culture at kinark.jobs@kinark.on.ca or (905) 474-9595. While we thank all applicants, only those selected for an interview will be contacted. Any information obtained during the course of recruitment will be used for employment recruitment purposes only, and not for any other purpose.
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