Niki Mraud

Compassionate and dedicated Child and Youth Counsellor with over 7 years of experience in clinical, educational, and residential settings. Skilled in patient-centered mental health care, interdisciplinary collaboration, crisis intervention, and therapeutic relationship building.

Child and Youth Care Practitioner

OCTOBER 2023 – PRESENT

• Full time, permanent, on the Concurrent Youth Unit.
• Provide ongoing care and support to patients with complex mental health, dual diagnoses, and concurrent disorders. 
• Provide informal counselling.
• Facilitating groups such as Relapse Prevention, Managing Difficult Emotions, and Life Skills.
• Detailed documentation.
• Connecting and providing supports to families of youth. 
• Crisis care, planning, and de-escalation. 
• Assisting with admission and discharge planning.
• Supporting transitions from in-patient to out-patient services. 

Child and Youth Worker

January 2019 – OCTOBER 2024

• Design, develop and facilitate social skills workshops related to life skills, socializing, effective communication, conflict and crisis management, behavioural modification, and emotional intelligence. 
• Complete ABC charts, daily logs, incident reports 
• Navigating support services for students and families.
• Bridging the gap between students, teachers, and guardians.

Child and Youth Counsellor

AUGUST 2022 – SEPTEMBER 2023

• Pediatric, In-patient eating disorder program.
• In-patient Adolescent Mental Health and Psychiatry.
• Providing emotional support to patients during mealtimes and programming.
• Facilitating DBT-based group lessons and activities.
• Providing language and resources to caregivers of children struggling with eating disorders. 
• Using intervention and de-escalation skills. 

Child and Youth Worker

December 2019 – December 2021

Williams Marijan & Associates

• Perform within a clinical environment at CAMH and Sick Kids Hospital. 
• Providing support to patients diagnosed with eating disorders.
• Support clients with ASD, developmental exceptionalities, mental health issues, and behavioural challenges. 
• Apply knowledge of ABA and evidence-based practices to support client specific goals, facilitate programming, address behavioural challenges, and teach life skills to prepare clients for independent living. 
• Utilize knowledge of crisis intervention to support children, youth, and adults with complex needs. 
• Provide risk management and respond to clients that may cause harm to themselves or others. 

Child and Youth Worker, Advanced Diploma

George Brown College, Toronto, ON

Graduated in 2017