Social Worker - Brain Sciences Outpatient Mental Health - Temporary Full-Time - 2026-18922 (2026-18922)

Job summary

Provide social work services to adults, adolescents, and families in outpatient mental health, including comprehensive assessments, crisis triage, family counselling, and referrals to community resources. Collaborate with an interdisciplinary team, coordinate client care, and co-facilitate psychoeducational groups.

Job details

Summary Of Duties To provide a full range of social work services to adults, adolescents and their families in the Ambulatory Outpatient Mental Health Division, including those who present in emerge. Services include comprehensive assessments of individuals in crisis, family functioning, time limited and goal oriented family counselling (psycho-education regarding mental illness, assistance with parenting and limit setting, mediation assistance with resolving conflict); and facilitaes referrals to community resources. The position requires ongoing consultation and collaboration with colleagues to coordinate optimal services for clients within an inter -disciplinary approach; co-facilitate psycho-educational groups; crisis assessments/triage for patients referred through Emergency Department; assessment and programming for clients from the emergency, inpatient and youth streams Qualifications Masters Degree in Social Work required Member in good standing of the OCSWSSW Minimum 3-5 years of experience working as a MSW in an Ambulatory/ Outpatient Mental Health setting 3-4 years’ expereice in Mental Health Crisis Commitment to Patient-focused care Excellent communication and organization skills Strong teambuilding skills Knowledge of the principle tenants of CBT and DBT for anxiety and mood disorders Extensive experience with Family Therapy using attachment and developmental stages theories, apply Brief solution Focused Therapy Crisis intervention techniques and risk assessment techniques Understanding of concurrent and addiction disorders Understanding of anxiety and mood disorders and current treatment interventions Knowledge of learning disabilities and the relationship with mental health CPI Crisis Intervention Excellent assessment, interviewing and problem solving skills Knowledge of the health care system and community resources Superior ability to manage multiple tasks and set priorities in a fast-paced environment Commitment to student education Demonstrated Interprofessional Collaboration knowledge and competencies

What you’ll do

Provide social work services to adults, adolescents, and families in outpatient mental health, including comprehensive assessments, crisis triage, family counselling, and referrals to community resources. Collaborate with an interdisciplinary team, coordinate client care, and co-facilitate psychoeducational groups.

Requirements

A Master of Social Work degree and good-standing membership with the OCSWSSW are required, along with 3–5 years of outpatient mental health experience and 3–4 years of mental health crisis experience. Candidates should have expertise in crisis and risk assessment, family therapy, CBT and DBT principles, anxiety and mood disorders, and strong communication, organization, and collaboration skills.

Listed skills

• crisis intervention · Preferred
• Interprofessional Collaboration · Preferred
• Communication · Preferred
• Problem solving · Preferred

Other relevant skills

Identified from the job description. Confirm important requirements above.

• Social Work
• Mental Health Assessment
• Crisis Intervention
• Risk Assessment
• Family Therapy
• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
• Dialectical Behavior Therapy
• Brief Solution-Focused Therapy
• Psychoeducation
• Interprofessional Collaboration
• Client Triage
• Community Resource Referrals
• Addiction and Concurrent Disorders
• Communication
• Organization and Prioritization
• Problem Solving

Job areas

• Social Services
• Healthcare

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