Grace North Psychotherapy (Barrie)
Year 1 Practicum, January to May 2027
Name of Practicum Site, Unit or Program:
Grace North Psychotherapy
Location:
Barrie Ontario
Description of the practicum site and student activities:
Grace North Psychotherapy is a private psychotherapy practice providing mental health services to children, youth, adults, and families. MSW practicum students will have opportunities to gain hands-on clinical experience in a supportive, collaborative private practice environment.
Student activities may include providing individual therapy to children, youth, and adults; assisting with or facilitating therapeutic groups and workshops; participating in clinical consultation and supervision; developing treatment plans and clinical documentation; and engaging in ongoing clinical training and professional development opportunities.
Students will have exposure to a variety of presenting concerns and therapeutic approaches, with opportunities to further develop their assessment, intervention, case conceptualization, and therapeutic relationship skills.
Practicum Requirements:
☒ Police Reference/Vulnerable Sector Check
☒ Driver’s License
☒ Use of Own Car
☒ Comprehensive report writing and documentation
☒ Evening Attendance
☒ Comfort working with the population being served
Accessibility Considerations:
- Will the student have access to a private space for notes or computer use? Yes
- Are there breaks between clients/patients/meetings? Yes
- Is the practicum considered fast-paced? Medium
- Is there a high noise level in the practicum? Low
- Is the site wheelchair accessible? No
- What are the physical demands of the practicum?
This practicum involves primarily sedentary work, including sitting for extended periods while providing individual and group therapy, completing documentation, participating in supervision, and attending meetings or training. Students may be required to move between offices or therapy spaces, use stairs, and occasionally assist with setting up rooms for groups or workshops. Regular use of a computer and other standard office equipment is also required.
- Are there any other accessibility considerations that potential applicants with disabilities should be aware of? Our office has three floors so there is stairs.
Does your practicum require any previous experience?
Ideally experience with some counseling, psychotherapy and/or trainings beyond what Masters Program offers but not mandatory given it is a student placement
Is this practicum in-person, remote or hybrid? If hybrid, please include details of typical hybrid work schedule.
This is mostly an in-person position. However, if not seeing clients student can work from home.
Will this practicum involve direct work or a mix of direct and indirect?
Mix of both but be prepared to see clients
Student activities to develop social work competencies:
Direct Service Delivery/Interventions/Working with Recipients of Service
☒ Conduct intake/needs assessments
☒ Undertake discharge planning
☒ Provide resource and referral information
☒ Hold responsibility for a defined caseload/case management
☒ Develop, promote Interprofessional collaboration e, plan and/or (co)facilitate educational groups or workshops
☒ Develop and implement individual, family, or group interventions – assessment, implementation and evaluation of interventions
☒ Counsel (individuals, families, couples) – in office or in community
☒ Apply best practices as outlined by the organization
☒ Undertake instrumental activities that support the work with recipients (e.g., assistance forms, benefit forms, referrals, develop plans for activities of daily living)
☒ Provide drop-in services
Interprofessional collaboration
☒ Present cases at case conferences
☒ Attend staff/administrative meetings
☒ Collaborate on organization’s projects
☒ Attend in-service events
☒ Consult and collaborate with professionals from other disciplines
☒ Advocate for the client system
☒ Participate, liaise and represent the agency at community meetings or plan of care meetings or task groups
Indirect Service Delivery
☒ Prepare and maintain case notes, reports, statistics which meet the organization’s accountability guidelines
☒ Collect and/or analyze data
☒ Prepare draft policy/program/grant proposals
☒ Develop, plan and implement prevention activities and programs
Number of practicums offered:
1 maybe 2
Field Instructor name, credentials, pronouns:
Christina Orfanakos MSW, RSW she/her
Application deadline:
October 1, 2026. 4pm.
Do you require a resume? Or resume and cover letter?
Yes Both
Category of your practicum:
☒ A. Specialized
If you are interested in this practicum, please submit a cover letter and resume via the Off-PAS Competitive Practicum Application Form (Year 1 – January 2027) by 4pm October 7, 2026. Applications will be sent to the site.