Career, Internship & Volunteer Opportunities - Shalem Mental Health Network

Current Employment Opportunities

Psychotherapist or Social Worker with a specialty in Substance Use

Are you looking to add variety and stability to your role at a private practice, or other part time position? Shalem Counselling Centre is actively recruiting a part time (one and a half days a week) psychotherapist or social worker with a specialty in substance use. Our counselling centre’s work is client-centered and attachment-informed, done within an anti-oppressive framework. From this context, the position of Substance Use Therapist will offer psychotherapy to individuals and groups through our contract with area probation offices to those whose primary focus will be substance use and those who are at a high to medium risk of re-offending.

You can view the complete posting here.

Intake Support

We are looking for an Intake Support worker to join our team! This position is part-time, beginning at 10 hours per week. Our counselling work is client-centered and attachment-informed, done within an anti-oppressive framework. From this context, the position of Intake Worker will be the first point of contact with new and current clients. They will be friendly, empathetic and efficient in their conversations with staff and clients. As part of the intake team, they will help to manage intake conversations, schedule appointments and take payments. The Intake Worker will provide intake services to the Counselling Clinic, Congregational Assistance Program (CAP), Counselling Assistance Program for Students (CAPS) and Clergy Care.

The complete posting for this position can be found here.

Current Volunteer Opportunities

RE-create Studio Volunteer
We’re currently looking for volunteers to help out during studio time at REcreate Outreach Art Studio. Studio times happen 3 times a week and are times when at-risk, street-involved and homeless youth can come to the studio and make art. As a studio volunteer, you’d be responsible for assisting the studio coordinator to make sure all the youth have the supplies that they need, giving youth positive feedback on their work, encouraging youth and spending time, listening to them and being someone who cares about them and their lives.

A criminal reference check (vulnerable persons), through your local police station, will be required to volunteer in the studio.

Currently open studio is offered on:
Monday from 12:30-3:00pm
Tuesday from 7:00-9:00pm
Thursday from 4:00-6:00pm

You would not need to be available for all those times in order to be a volunteer, but we’d like to have you there at least once a week. We find that it takes the youth a long time to build rapport with volunteers who are present less than once a week.

To apply, please contact Megarrah Buxton, Studio Coordinator at REcreate.

Clinical Student Placements at Shalem

Shalem is pleased to offer student placement opportunities to students seeking placement during their training in Master’s Level programs related to psychotherapy or social work.

Placement dates

Shalem offers placements spanning September to April annually. Please follow the instructions below if you are interested in a placement for September 2023.

Process

If you are interested in joining us for your placement, please complete the form below and submit your CV to our Student Placement Coordinator, Susan Winter Fledderus, indicating your interest in this program, and highlighting your program needs. We will contact you if we are able to offer you an interview for the role.

Hours

Shalem is generally able to offer 4-10 hours/week of direct client contact. All hours are negotiated during the interview process.

Supervision

Interns are matched with a supervisor, who will offer weekly individual supervision. Other details of the supervision relationship will be negotiated during the interview and first meetings. Your supervisor will also work with you to meet your program’s evaluation requirements. Please plan to bring all of your school’s placement material with you to your first supervision meeting.

In addition to individual supervision, Shalem offers monthly group supervision with the wider team of therapists.

Setting

Shalem offers psychotherapy to the community both onsite at its head office in Hamilton, as well as at some offsite offices at nearby schools. It is possible that internship client contact includes a variety of settings.

If the above details and dates meet your program needs and requirements, please complete the form below: