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About the Role
The Clinical Care Program is seeking a Social Worker 2 for the Downtown West Clinic Outpatient team, working with individuals experiencing severe and persistent mental illness. The program is client-centered, with treatment based on recovery principles for adults with major mental illness, primarily Schizophrenia and Concurrent Disorders.
Responsibilities
- Participate in the assessment and treatment process to engage clients in their recovery goals.
- Conduct psychosocial-based assessments.
- Provide financial and social supports, assistance, and counseling to clients, families, and caregivers.
- Address social determinants of health through client psychosocial activities.
- Formulate treatment plans.
- Complete standardized assessments.
- Utilize motivational interviewing techniques.
- Implement relapse prevention strategies.
- Provide Concurrent Disorders Case-management.
- Facilitate Concurrent Disorders group programming.
- Monitor client response to therapeutic interventions.
- Communicate with client's social and community networks.
- Network with referral sources to coordinate client flow.
- Liaise with community providers.
- Participate in educating clients, families, and mental health providers.
- Provide supervision of Masters of Social Work students.
- Collaborate with faculties of social work on special projects.
- Contribute to the development of best practices in social work.
- Teach other professionals.
- Support a workplace that embraces diversity, encourages teamwork, and complies with regulatory requirements.
Requirements
- Master’s of Social Work degree.
- Registered and a member in good standing with the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers.
- Eligible for an adjunct faculty appointment with affiliated faculties of social work.
- Knowledge of relevant community resources.
- Experience working with families/significant others.
- Knowledge of mental health and substance use issues.
- Excellent organizational, interpersonal, and written communication skills.
- Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced clinical environment.
- Ability to work effectively as a team member in a dynamic inter-professional environment.
- Demonstrated knowledge and experience in assessment and rehabilitation.
- Fundamental knowledge and application of the recovery model and current Best Practices for Complex Care and Recovery Program clients.
- Experience working with clients, staff, and organizations of diverse ethno-racial backgrounds.
- Computer skills, including word processing, electronic communication, and workload measures.
Skills
- Psychosocial assessment
- Counseling
- Knowledge of schizophrenia and Schizoaffective disorders
- Familiarity with best practices in assessment and treatment of schizophrenia
- Concurrent disorders screening and recovery principles
- Motivational interviewing
- Relapse prevention
- Concurrent Disorders Case-management
- Concurrent Disorders group programming
- Interpersonal skills
- Communication skills
- Organizational skills
- Teamwork
- Research
- Education
- Supervision of MSW students
- Bilingualism (French/English) or proficiency in a second language (asset)
Location
- 10 White Squirrel Way
Work Type
- Full-time
- Temporary (until March 19, 2027)
- Shift work
- Evening work
- Weekend work
- Community-based (FACT level of service)
Experience Level
- 3 years of post-graduate work experience (preferred)
- Outpatient experience in a mental health setting (asset)
Education Level
- Master’s of Social Work degree
Salary/Compensations
- $40.25 – $54.24 per hour
About the Company
- CAMH is a fully affiliated teaching hospital and research institute of the University of Toronto.
- CAMH is dedicated to equity, diversity, and inclusion.
- CAMH fosters an inclusive, respectful, and discrimination/harassment-free workplace, teaching, and learning environment.
- CAMH strongly encourages applications from candidates reflecting the diversity of the communities served.
- CAMH core values are Courage, Respect, and Excellence.
- CAMH is implementing its Strategic Plan: Connected CAMH.
- CAMH's mission is to transform lives, ignite innovation and discovery, revolutionize education, and drive social change.
- CAMH aims to change how society thinks about and responds to mental illness, eliminate prejudice and discrimination, and shape a world where mental illness is central to healthcare.
Equal Opportunity
- CAMH is dedicated to equity, diversity, and inclusion.
- CAMH strongly encourages applications from candidates who reflect the diversity of the communities we serve, including First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Peoples; Black and other racialized communities; LGBTQ2S+ communities; women; and people with disabilities, including those with lived experience of mental health and substance use challenges.
- We welcome applicants from all backgrounds.
- If you require accommodations during the application or recruitment process, please let us know.