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- Job ID #32026: Clinical Therapist M.A. - REPOST
- Union: CUPE Local 5167
- Job Description ID #: 316
- Close date: Interested applicants please submit your application online at www.hamilton.ca/city-council/jobs-city by 4:00 p.m. on November 11, 2026.
- Duration: 2 vacancies - 18 months
- Vacancy type: This posting is for existing vacancies
- Internal applicants should apply with your work e-mail address. External applicants are considered only after the internal posting process has been completed. Only applicants chosen for an interview will be contacted.

REPOST: Applicants who previously applied, do not need to re-apply to the repost as they are already being considered.

SUMMARY OF DUTIES

Reporting to the Supervisor, Clinics - CAS, conducts assessments, consultations and brief and time-limited therapy with infants, children, youth and their families, through individuals and group treatment.



Conducts other services as may be required.

GENERAL DUTIES

Provide clinical assessments of infants, children, youth in the context of families, subsystems as may be required for therapy or consultation purposes.

Conduct brief and structured therapeutic treatment using evidence-informed and best practice intervention techniques to address a wide range of mental health and social and emotional issues. Assess and treat mental health issues and problems in living, whether cognitive, affective, or behavioural, within the context of the family and wider socio-cultural systems.

Conceptualize infant, children, youth and their families' concerns and subsequent intervention strategies including the awareness of and, when appropriate, consultation and advocacy with larger systems such as other health and social service agencies, schools and human services.

Carry a clinical case load adhering to established program benchmarks, which is specific and appropriate to the scope of practice and funding model. Maintain client information system and documentation to meet requirements that reflect the aforementioned level of analysis and intervention.

Assess and manage the holistic needs of client families through referral and co-ordination of services to the assigned infants, children, adolescents and their families which make up the clinicians caseload.

May provide oversight and/or direction to students and/or volunteers.

📌 Job ID #32026: Clinical Therapist M.A. (Canada)
🏢 The City of Hamilton
📍 Canada