Counsellor - Kelowna, Canada - Okanagan College

Okanagan College

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Kelowna, Canada

2 weeks ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

Position Information

Position Number

S00866
Position Title
Counsellor
Division/Portfolio
Student Services
Department/Program
Counselling
Location
Kelowna
Other Flexible Work Options

Your Opportunity

A counsellor should be qualified to provide personal, academic success, and career counselling. The professional roles and responsibilities of a noninstructional faculty member include an awareness of current scholarship and continuing mastery in one's field, professional duties, professional development, and service. In addition, duties and responsibilities may include scholarly activity.
Functions and Duties
1. Workload assignments may include clinical practice, teaching, scholarship and community service.
2.

The professional duties of a counsellor may include all or any of the following:

personal, career and academic success counselling services; response to student crises and emergencies; case consultation; testing and psycho-educational assessment; development, delivery and evaluation of student success courses and workshops; practicum and internship supervision; community and professional education; consultation for and liaison with Okanagan College departments, faculty and staff, as well as community representatives and groups; administrative duties; regional campus duties that are congruent with the counselling discipline; and other ancillary counselling and advisory functions.

Education and Experience

The minimum qualification is a Master's degree, or equivalent in a counselling or related discipline with supervised clinical experience at the graduate level.
Registration or eligibility for registration with degreeappropriate governing or legal body is required (e.g. BCACC, CCPA, BC College of Social Workers, BC College of Psychologists).
Clinical counselling experience in a postsecondary environment is preferred. Experience may also include independent, postsecondary or secondary school work directly related to the duty assignment. An active profile in scholarship, research and creative activity is preferred.
Skills and Abilities
Demonstrated competency in the following areas:
individual and group counselling

- career, academic success, and personal counselling
- crisis intervention work
- student success programming and workshop delivery
- outreach and referral
- mediation
- student advocacy
- working in a computerized environment

Preferred Qualifications

Desired Start Date