Position Information

Position: Counselling Lead
Hours: 30–32.5 hours per week
Wage: Commensurate with qualifications and experience
Reports to: Management

Purpose of Position

The Counselling Lead provides clinical and counselling services directly to youth and provides clinical consultation to staff and management to assist them in understanding and appropriately responding to the needs, behaviours, risks, and circumstances of individual clients.

Position Overview

Youth Resources Niagara is seeking a Counselling Lead to provide clinical and counselling services to youth, while supporting staff and management in understanding and responding to the individual needs of clients.

The Counselling Lead will provide direct counselling to youth, develop and review behavioural and safety planning, provide clinical consultation regarding individual clients, and assist staff and management in understanding client needs, risks, behaviours, and appropriate strategies for support.

Qualifications

- Registered Counsellor or equivalent counselling/clinical credentials.
- Bachelors or Master’s degree
- Minimum two years of relevant experience.
- Experience working with youth is an asset.
- Knowledge of the Child, Youth and Family Services Act (CYFSA) and Youth Criminal Justice Act (YCJA) is an asset.
- Experience with risk assessment, safety planning, behavioural interventions, and youth mental health.
- Strong communication, consultation, documentation, and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively with staff, management, youth, and external service providers.
- Maintain all required registration, certification, and professional qualifications with the applicable regulatory or professional body throughout employment.

Training

The successful candidate will receive and/or be required to complete training identified by the Agency, including:

- UMAB
- First Aid
- Suicide Intervention Training
- Additional training identified as appropriate to the position
- Any training required to meet applicable licensing, regulatory, legislative, or Ministry requirements

The Agency may identify additional training or professional development requirements throughout employment based on changes to legislation, licensing standards, program needs,



or the responsibilities of the position.

Key Responsibilities

1. Clinical & Counselling Services – Youth

- Provide individual and group counselling sessions to youth.
- Meet with clients onsite at YRN facilities.
- Support the development, implementation, and review of Behaviour Management Plans.
- Review safety plans and provide clinical consultation regarding identified risks and required supports.
- Consult on suicidal observation plans, risk assessments, and related safety planning.
- Identify and support appropriate clinical interventions based on individual client needs.
- Participate in case consultation and review of client needs as required.

2. Staff & Management Consultation

- Provide clinical consultation to staff to assist them in understanding and supporting individual clients.
- Provide clinical consultation to management regarding client needs, risks, behaviours, and appropriate supports.
- Assist staff and management in understanding behavioural and clinical information and how it should inform their approach to supporting youth.
- Provide guidance regarding strategies, interventions, and responses to identified client needs.
- Support staff in implementing recommendations arising from clinical assessments, safety plans, Behaviour Management Plans, and other clinical interventions.

3. Program & Client Support

- Facilitate life lessons and other educational sessions to support program needs.
- Identify opportunities for staff training related to client needs, behaviours, clinical concerns, and effective interventions.
- Support programs in developing consistent, youth-centred approaches to client care.
- Attend program sites to meet with youth and provide consultation as required.
- Support programs in responding to emerging or changing client needs.

4. Collaboration & External Consultation





- Consult with client collaterals and external service providers as it relates to clinical services and client needs.
- Participate in meetings and case consultations related to client care.
- Collaborate with program staff and management to support continuity and consistency in client services.
- Provide clinical information and consultation, as appropriate, to support coordinated service planning.

5. Agency Policies & Practice

- Understand, review, and follow YRN policies and procedures relevant to clinical and client services.
- Support staff and management in understanding how agency policies apply to client care and clinical concerns.
- Maintain appropriate documentation related to clinical services and consultations.
- Ensure clinical practices are consistent with applicable legislation, licensing requirements, Ministry expectations, and agency policies.
- Participate in policy review and provide clinical input where appropriate.
- Maintain all required registration, certification, and professional qualifications with the applicable regulatory or professional body.
- Ensure required professional registration and qualifications remain current and in good standing throughout employment and promptly advise the Agency of any change to registration, certification, or skilled standing that may affect the position.

6. Training & Professional Development

- Complete required agency training, including:
- UMAB
- First Aid
- Suicide Intervention Training
- Complete any additional training identified by the Agency as necessary for the position.
- Complete all training required to meet applicable licensing, regulatory, legislative, Ministry, and program requirements.
- Support the identification of clinical and client-related training needs across programs.
- Contribute to staff learning opportunities related to youth mental health, behavioural support, risk assessment, safety planning, suicide prevention, and other identified clinical needs.
- Participate in ongoing professional development relevant to the position and maintain the professional competencies required by the applicable regulatory or professional body.

Please send your resume to HR Manager; [email protected] before Oct 22nd, 2026.

Pay: $32.00-$35.00 per hour

Expected hours: 30.0 – 32.5 per week

Work Location: In person

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