School-Based Mental Health Consultant

About the role

Work remotely and in-person with communities in Nunavut. Continuum North is looking for regulated/licensed professionals (child psychologist, clinical counsellor, clinical social worker, occupational therapist, or mental health nurse) to join our school based mental health team.

Responsibilities

• Engage children, schools, and families within an interdisciplinary model while providing onsite and virtual services to schools and students.
• Offer a hybrid of travel-based in person service and remote/virtual services.
• Enjoy the flexibility of working anywhere within Canada.
• Travel is funded from most major Canadian cities.

Requirements

• Knowledge of Inuit cultures and ways of being (or willing to learn)
• Cultural humility/commitment to reconciliation
• Trauma and neurodiverse informed approach
• Work collaboratively with inter-professional team, schools, communities and families
• Understanding of Inclusive schooling and tiered model of service (i.e., MTSS/RTI)

Qualifications

• Registered with a provincial or territorial regulatory body in Canada (Psychologists should be eligible for registration in Nunavut)

Benefits

• Substantial on-boarding with orientation to role specific tasks/duties as well as to the community and cultural context
• Reimbursement of professional fees or other fees needed for practice.

Pay

Continuum North takes pride in offering competitive compensation. Both direct and indirect (non-billable) time is compensated, including:

• Team collaboration and discussions
• Collaborative report writing
• Professional development and supervision

Schedule

The position is an employee (versus subcontractor) position.

Contact

To apply send resume to connect@continuumnorth.net.