Mental Health Clinician

Position: Mental Health Clinician

Location: Stella’s Place, Toronto (Hybrid – In-Person minimum 3 days per week)

Position Type: Full-Time Permanent, 40 hours/week (2 positions; 1 vacancy and 1 new)

Salary: $70,000

Posting Closes: October 24, 2025

About Stella’s Place

Stella’s Place is an innovative, community-based mental health organization supporting young adults (16–29) in navigating their mental health journey. We provide comprehensive clinical and peer support services, bridging gaps in the mental health system through a holistic, participant-driven model of care.

ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Conduct assessments and provide individual counseling
• Deliver/facilitate groups in partnership with peer support workers
• Provide single-session counseling through the drop-in counseling program
• Provide one on one online counselling on Bean Bag Chat, Stella’s Place’s proprietary app
• Provide assistance to participants seeking navigation supports in the Stella’s Place Café using an interdisciplinary mental health approach alongside Peer Support Workers
• Provide Brief Navigation Counselling
• Utilize culturally responsive, trauma-informed, anti-oppressive and antiracist approaches to ensure quality services
• Engage in participatory action research and codesign
• Lead program development, implementation and improvement
• Engage in comprehensive communication within a multidisciplinary team
• Develop clinical assessments and progress notes
• Establish and maintain productive working relationships with other community-based organizations
• Contribute to the use of various outcome measures for the program, ensuring a model of continuous quality improvement is maintained
• Participate in educational activities and initiatives to enhance the skill, experience, and knowledge of Stella’s Place staff
• Additional duties as assigned

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE:

• Master's Degree in Psychology, Social Work or Counselling Psychology
• Registration with a respective College (e.g. College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario
• (CRPO), Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers (OCSWSSW), or College of Psychologists of Ontario (CPO)
• 2 - 3 years of post-graduate clinical experience in a mental health treatment setting
• Experience supporting clients in managing symptoms of Depression, Social Anxiety, Generalized Anxiety and other mental health concerns
• Experience providing clinical services to young adults 16 – 29 years of age
• Demonstrated experience working in community mental health settings
• Demonstrated experience working with diverse populations, utilizing culturally responsive trauma-informed, anti-racist and anti-oppressive approaches

COMPETENCIES:

• Ability to work independently and demonstrated experience working as part of a multidisciplinary team
• Knowledge of delivering therapeutic modalities in a group setting
• Ability to utilize Client Information Management Systems, Personal Health Record management, and Health Information Custodian requirements
• Strong clinical foundation, including skills/knowledge related to:
  • Unique developmental challenges of transition-aged young adults
  • Holistic health (e.g., fitness, nutrition, primary health, somatics, and spirituality)
  • Conducting referrals for community-based recovery supports (e.g., peer support, education, employment, transition coaching, case management)
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Possess a strong understanding of how social conditions, structural inequalities, power, privilege, and systems of oppression contribute to experiences of trauma and mental health.

PREFERRED ASSETS:

• Training and qualification with other clinical treatment approaches including, but not limited to: DBT, CBT, MBCT, ACT, MBSR, IFS, and somatics.
• Experience using G Suite, Zoom, TREAT and excel is preferred.
• Bilingual (French/English)

HOURS & REPORTING:

This position reports to the Manager, Clinical & Recovery Services. The hours of work are Monday to Friday, and vary between 10:00a.m. - 9:30p.m. depending on programming.

WHAT WE OFFER:

• A collaborative and creative team environment focused on innovation and learning
• Opportunities for professional development and clinical training
• Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package
• Flexible, hybrid work model with dedicated virtual care infrastructure
• A condensed work week during summer

DIVERSITY EQUITY & INCLUSION

Stella’s Place is committed to having a workforce that reflects the diversity of the City of Toronto in general and of our participants in particular. We encourage applications from racialized persons, Indigenous persons, persons with disabilities, persons of diverse sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression and all those who can provide and contribute to diversification of perspective at Stella’s Place.

Stella’s Place is committed to hiring practices that are inclusive and barrier free. Stella’s Place will provide reasonable and appropriate accommodation during all stages of the hiring process in accordance with the Ontario Human Rights Code in order to ensure the equal and fair assessment of all job applicants. Applicants are asked to make any accommodation request in advance.

HOW TO APPLY

Please submit your resume and a cover letter outlining your interest and relevant experience.