Bring therapeutic programming and crisis intervention skills to WRHN’s Child & Adolescent Mental Health Services at WRHN @ Midtown.

As a Casual Child & Youth Worker, you will support inpatient services for children and adolescents up to 17 years. Working with families, hospital teams, community services, and school board providers, you will contribute to patient care. Your work includes designing and leading therapeutic groups, supporting developmental programming, and participating in service improvement.

Key Responsibilities:

- Design programming that meets group needs
- Lead therapeutic groups and co-lead groups
- Provide developmental programming for young patients
- Use de-escalation and crisis intervention skills
- Contribute to service development and improvement activities

Requirements:

- Knowledge of intake and assessment processes
- Knowledge of children’s psychosocial development
- Knowledge of family systems theory
- Knowledge of mental illness treatment approaches
- Excellent recreational therapeutic life skills programming

Use therapeutic group leadership, crisis intervention, and developmental knowledge to support inpatient mental health services at WRHN @ Midtown.

📌 Child Adolescent Mental Health Worker (Kitchener)
🏢 Grand River Hospital
📍 Kitchener