OSP Intake Clinician

Overview

Temporary assignment until approximately August 2027

POSITIONS

SUMMARY:

The Ontario Structured Psychotherapy (OSP) program aims to increase access to publicly funded, evidence-based Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and related approaches for Ontarians with depression, anxiety, and anxiety-related conditions (i.e. obsessive-compulsive disorder, post-traumatic stress, panic disorder, agoraphobia, social anxiety, health anxiety etc.). The program is delivered through regional psychotherapy networks as a coordinated provincial program. The Ontario Structured Psychotherapy West Region (OSP West) program is jointly operated by St.

Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton (SJHH) and St. Joseph’s Health Care London. For this position, the applicant will be employed by SJHH and will be expected to support centralized screening, intake and triage for the OSP program across the entire Ontario West region.

The OSP Intake Clinician will utilize a stepped care clinical model and standardized assessment tools in conducting clinical intake and triage assessments to determine program suitability, main problem descriptor, treatment modality and/or appropriate service navigation. The OSP Intake Clinician will participate in training to ensure high quality assessment and triage in adherence with the OSP Clinical Model. The OSP Intake Clinician will additionally work in collaboration with the centralized intake team (e.g. administrative assistants, screeners, therapists etc.)

to support all screening, referral management and intake processes for the OSP West program.

SJHH and the OSP West program are committed to hiring individuals who represent the diversity of the population we serve. We strongly encourage applications from qualified candidates from all cultures, Indigenous, Black and racialized communities, people with lived experience of mental health and/or addictions challenges, people with diverse sexual and gender identities, people living with disabilities, and neurodivergent people. SJHH and the OSP West program strive for a diverse, inclusive, accessible, and equitable workplace where all employees and volunteers feel valued and respected.

As such, it is critical that applicants possess a strong understanding of client-centered, anti-racist, anti-oppressive practice.

• Master’s degree in social work, Nursing, Occupational Therapy, Clinical Psychology, Counselling Psychology or Psychotherapy required

• Registered member in good standing with relevant professional college/regulatory body.

• Minimum 2-3 years of clinical experience in the mental health and/or addictions field, including:

• Experience in screening, triage, clinical assessment, and service navigation in the mental health and/or addictions field.
• Experience working with people with depression and/or anxiety (including obsessive-compulsive concerns and post-traumatic stress).
• Knowledge and applied Experience in science Patient Experience improvement approaches is an asset
• Demonstrated knowledge and practiced skills in providing culturally safe and responsive mental health services to clients of diverse ethno-racial and cultural backgrounds is preferred.
• Experience working in a community-based or outpatient setting.
• Comprehensive clinical intake assessment in mental health/addictions from a strengths-based, trauma-informed, client-centered framework.
• Standardized diagnostic assessment tools, e.g. DART, PHQ-9, GAD-7, OCI-R, SPIN, PCL-5 etc.
• Suicide risk assessment, safety planning and crisis intervention.
• A stepped-care clinical model/pathway and related utilization.
• Diagnostic categories and distinguishing features of in-scope problems (i.e. depression, anxiety and anxiety-related conditions) as listed in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5), and the etiology and treatment of these disorders.
• The science and practice of structured, evidenced-based individual and group-based psychotherapy (i.e. CBT, CPT).
• Motivational interviewing techniques to assess treatment readiness.
• Local and provincial mental health and addictions programs/services and experience providing service navigation based on client need and program…