Mental Health and Wellness Facilitator - Limited Term

Tracking Code: req2008

Faculty/Department: Office of the Deputy Provost

Number of Positions: 1

Appointment Type: Limited Term

Hours of Work: 35 hours per week

Salary Range: Level 9 - Starting Salary, Step 1 $87,889

Posting Date: April 16, 2026

Closing Date: May 6, 2026 (7:00 pm EST)

Job Summary:

The Mental Health and Wellness
Facilitator supports and promotes positive mental health among students at
Ontario Tech University. Reporting to the Manager, Student Mental Health, the
Facilitator is accountable for assessing the needs of students with emerging
mental health concerns and triaging their support through campus and community
agencies. The Facilitator also promotes positive health and wellness among
students via development, delivery and coordination of workshops and programs.

The Facilitator works in close
collaboration with students, faculty and staff across the university to promote
wellness and resilience, and proactively responds to students’ mental health
concerns. The Facilitator is responsible for liaising and building
relationships with campus and community medical and social care agencies to
promote timely, effective and seamless support for students.

Responsibilities/accountabilities:

Intake Coordination, Triage
& Referrals

Screens and answers inquiry calls and emails from prospective clients and referees
Prioritizes urgent intakes to support students in distress
Meets with students presenting at Student Mental Health Services for an intake session to ensure the most effective and efficient determination of service needs
Assess the presenting needs using various interviewing techniques, tools and processes including administering and interpreting specialized psychometric and psychodiagnostics assessment surveys
Screens all new intakes for suicidal thoughts/ideations/planning
Identifies students at risk and provides a commensurate level of care
Assesses level of urgency and determines appropriate and timely scheduling of support
Provides brief single-session counselling when appropriate and therapeutically fitting for students who may not require further assistance, as well as those who have become emotionally upset during their intake session
Provides distress support including development of a crisis plan and a safety plan
Makes clinically appropriate treatment recommendations for service supports and formulates initial treatment plans
Supports students affected by sexual violence as the first point of contact via receiving disclosures (when appropriate), advising of reporting channels, reviewing safety options and providing options for subsequent supports
Determines and initiates referrals to appropriate services within the stepped care model
Ensures all intake documentation is accurately recorded in a timely manner
Provides information to faculty/staff regarding mental health services, referral process, and resources.

Distress/crisis support

Mental Health and Wellness serves
as one of the first responders to crisis/distress through:

Providing crisis intervention, risk assessment, intensive single session support, and service coordination
Identifying students at risk and providing a commensurate level of care
Stabilizing students using distress intervention and de-escalation techniques
Assessing level of urgency and determining appropriate and timely scheduling of supports
Co-intervening with collaborating supports
Engaging students to participate in their distress and recovery planning
Maintaining involvement with students until connected with other supports
Completing and maintaining necessary documentation and reporting
Completing mental health, and risk assessments with students in crisis/distress
Conducting safety and wellness checks
Formulating safety plans
Communicating the safety plans and the post-intervention plans to relevant supports in the student’s network
Planning for follow-up
In crisis/distress cases involving sexual violence, domestic violence or GBV: provides an appropriate and timely in session and post session support, helps to plan for alternative safety arrangements, advises of possible accommodations and advises of reporting options

Student Support
and Case Management

Guiding post intake communications with students
Monitoring and tracking referrals and ensuring appropriate follow-up
Assisting students with internal procedures related to leaves of absences, appeals, accommodations, etc.
Obtaining case consultations through individual and group supervisions to ensure evidence-based approaches
Collaborating with Ontario Tech support programs to ensure optimal student care
Coordinating access to community mental health and specialized treatment programs as well as crisis intervention, hospitalization and discharge planning
Coordinating communication between programs, counselors, advisors and other campus service providers to assure a timely and appropriate response to students of concern and ensure their access to the appropriate services and supports
Preparing reports and case records on all student related issues
Maintaining records and data to be used in program evaluation

Programming and
Special Projects

Assists in the development,
delivery and coordination of programs that are designed to support
students with emerging mental health concerns. This includes:

Designing, operationalizing and maintaining the Student Mental Health Services website and other resources to provide students with wellness-based alternatives to counselling
Maintaining working relationships and ongoing communication with referral sources
Acting as a resource and maintaining cooperative working relationships with staff, student bodies/clubs, faculty and community agencies
Representing Student Mental Health Services in the university community
Hiring, training and supervising work studies and peer mentors
Lead for Stepped Care program
including:
Designing and facilitating workshops and training programs to support students along a stepped care informed continuum both online and in person
Delivering presentations on campus and to community-based organizations and outside agencies regarding mental health at Ontario Tech University
Creating, maintaining and strengthening internal collaborations
Enhanced and complex reporting, ongoing evaluation, designing and collecting outcome measures for quality assurance
Developing and coordinating a peer mentoring program for students, including recruitment, training, in consultation with SMHS team
Closely collaborating with and supporting members of the student advisory committee

Required Skills:

Mental Health assessment
Single session counselling
Risk, suicide and crisis assessment
Crisis intervention and de-escalating strategies
Safety planning
Developing and facilitating support groups
Developing and facilitating workshops

Required Skills:

Proven experience working in a support role within Mental Health context
Knowledge of Mental Health promotion
Training or experience in MHFA, non-violent crisis intervention or other Mental Health training
Understanding of anti-oppression, equity, inclusion and accessibility
Knowledge of Mental Health and relevant policies and legislations, such as Mental Health Act and PHIPA

Required Education:

Completion of a 4-year post-secondary program preferably in psychology, social services, counselling or another mental-health-related field
Registration/membership (or eligibility) with a regulatory college governing psychotherapy in Ontario
An equivalent combination of education and related experience may be considered

* Verification of Academic credentials may be required

Required Experience:

1-3 years

How to Apply:

Interested candidates should submit in electronic format a covering letter and their resume. Applications will be accepted until May 6, 2026 or until a suitable candidate is found. We appreciate all applications received; however, only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

This position falls within the bargaining unit represented by the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) and will be subject to the terms and conditions of the collective agreement between the university and the OPSEU. To the extent that policies are not included in the collective agreement, employment will also be governed by the university’s policies which may also be found on our website https://ontariotechu.ca and which may be amended from time-to-time.

Ontario
Tech University is actively committed to equity, diversity, inclusion, indigenization
and decolonization (EDIID), and welcomes applications from all qualified
candidates, while especially encouraging applications from First Nations,
Metis, Inuit peoples, Indigenous peoples of North America, racialized persons,
persons with disabilities, and those who identify as women and/or
2SLGBTQ+. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply;
however, Canadian citizens, permanent residents, Indigenous Peoples in Canada, and those eligible to work in
Canada, will be given priority.

Ontario Tech University respects people's different needs and therefore will take all reasonable steps to ensure accommodation for applicants where appropriate. The University is also committed to ensuring that confidentiality is maintained throughout all aspects of the recruitment cycle.

If you require accommodation, please contact Julie Day, Health and Disability Management Specialist. For more information about the universities policies for accommodating employees with disabilities please review the university’s Accessibility Policy

The university acknowledges the lands and people of the Mississaugas of Scugog Island First Nation which is covered under the Williams Treaties. We are situated on the Traditional Territory of the Mississaugas, a branch of the greater Anishinaabeg Nation which includes Algonquin, Ojibway, Odawa and Pottawatomi.

Job Location: Oshawa, Ontario, Canada

Expected Start Date: 5/4/2026

Expected End Date: 3/30/2027