Family Plus is seeking a passionate, caring, and talented individual to join our team in the role of Clinical Therapist. We have a full-time position open for a therapist who sees children, youth and families, and has experience working with survivors of sexual abuse/assault. This is a great opportunity to be part of our Child and Youth Advocacy Centre, Kit's Place.

If you are looking for a career where you can ignite real change in your community and pave the path forward for improving the way clinical services are delivered to people in need, send us your resume, we would love to talk with you.

Family Plus, located in the vibrant coastal city of Saint John, N.B., is a not-for-profit mental health care provider. We are a team of highly dedicated professionals who have been serving our local community with a 96-year track record of service excellence. Our team is passionate about making a difference in our community and assisting our clients with a wide range of challenges; striving to enrich personal, family and work lives throughout our community.

Just a few reasons why you will love working here:

• Flexibility in your schedule
• Training opportunities in evidence based leading-edge techniques and methods
• Our team is close-knit; you will always have a strong support network to lean on
• Administrative duties are taken care of for you so you can focus on what you do best- helping your community thrive
• Paid vacation (4 weeks) health benefits, great space to work, healthy case load, training, guidance, and a great team

Responsibilities:

• Working with children and families, both in individual and group settings
• Recognizing mental health disorders among children, and developing treatment plans based on clinical symptoms and disorders
• Treating child neurodevelopmental conditions through an ACE philosophy lens
• Using a variety of therapeutic interventions including person-centred, psychodynamic, trauma-informed, solution-focused, family systems, and cognitive-behavioural through a child-based format
• Advocating for the child and their family members from a culturally appropriate, trauma-informed perspective
• Consulting with in-house and external interdisciplinary professionals
• Preparing and presenting training materials for multidisciplinary professionals on varying issues relating to mental health

Skills to Succeed:

• A Master's degree in a counselling discipline
• Post-graduate direct clinical experience
• An insured member of a Professional Association (NBASW or CCTNB)
• The ability to use techniques like motivational interviewing to facilitate client involvement and change

We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

We can't wait to hear from you.

Please quote "Clinical Therapist" in the subject line and submit your resume to our team via email at [email protected] (No phone calls please as we keep our phone line open for clients).

Salary range: $65 000 to $80 000 a year based on experience and education.

We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.