Interested in working with an amazing team that really cares? Then you should join Lumenus! At Lumenus we illuminate a seamless pathway to optimal wellbeing for our clients. As one of the largest mental health agencies in Ontario, we offer a broad range of high-quality mental health, developmental and community services for infants, children, youth, individuals, and families across Toronto. We are a passionate, dynamic and growing agency. We offer a competitive salary, employer paid benefits, ongoing training, and career development opportunities!
Lumenus Community Services is committed to diversity, equity and inclusion. We value a recruitment and selection process that is inclusive and barrier-free and we encourage applications from all individuals including, but not limited to, all cultures, religions, racialized communities, abilities, sexual orientations, and gender identities and expressions.
Lumenus Community Services is seeking a dynamic individual to join our Community Counselling and Intensive Programs within the Children Division.
The successful candidate will provide counselling/psychotherapy/family therapy and service coordination to children (0-12) across Brief Services, Community Counselling, and Intensive Milieu Programs. This role supports a wide range of mental health concerns, including emotional, behavioural, and psychiatric symptoms that affect functioning at home, school, socially, or in the community. Situational challenges may include family conflict, bullying, trauma, substance use, and difficulties related to psychiatric diagnoses. Therapeutic support is evidence-based, child-centered, and responsive to the diverse needs of clients and their families.
Experience with and/or lived experience of oppression, racism, homophobia, transphobia, ableism, and/or personal connections to queer or trans communities of colour, including newcomer and disability communities, is considered an asset.
Lumenus Community Services is a dynamic and growing agency. We offer competitive compensation, ongoing training, and career development opportunities.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Formulate assessments and treatment plans; provide therapeutic counselling using Evidence-Based and Evidence-Informed Practices.
- Provide holistic, trauma-informed, and family-centered clinical service.
- Apply approaches that promote health equity, including anti-oppressive and anti-racist practice.
- Collaborate with children, families, and service providers.
- Provide crisis support, risk mitigation, and safety planning.
- Liaise with multidisciplinary professionals.
- Provide service coordination for clients with multiple needs.
- Align work with agency mission, vision, values, and policies.
- Perform other related duties as assigned.
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Master’s degree in a relevant discipline authorized to practice psychotherapy in Ontario.
- Membership in good standing with appropriate regulatory body.
- Minimum 2 years related experience.
- Strong knowledge of individual and family therapy techniques.
- Experience working with children experiencing mental health challenges.
- Knowledge of anti-oppressive and anti-racist practices.
- Ability to work sensitively with diverse identities and experiences.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:
- Knowledge of multiple evidence-informed modalities.
- Experience with brief and single-session models.
- Strong suicide risk assessment and intervention skills.
- Sound judgment in high-risk situations.
- Strong understanding of child development.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Group facilitation skills.
- Strong writing, organizational, and administrative abilities.
- Ability to identify learning needs and seek supervision.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:
- Satisfactory Vulnerable Sector Screening.
- Ability to travel within community and office locations.
- Flexibility to work two evenings per week.
Applicants requiring accommodations for any part of the interview or selection process are encouraged to contact Human Resources in advance.
