- Ability to facilitate individual and group counselling with youth and parents
- Willingness to build on community strengths and the resiliency of its families
- Commitment to service excellence, in quality improvement and risk management
- A willingness to integrate programming utilizing a variety of community partners
- Knowledge in mental health treatment resources
- Knowledge in child and youth treatment programming
- Knowledge in human development and family dynamics
- Specific understanding of child and youth mental health issues is beneficial
- Knowledge of crisis intervention strategies