Indigenous Counsellor, Pathways to Healthy Families - Toronto, Canada - Jean Tweed Treatment Centre
Description
Indigenous Counsellor, Pathways to Healthy Families (#0058)
Full-Time, Permanent
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Classification: Counsellor_
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Job Title:_
Indigenous Counsellor
- Pathways to Healthy Families
Location: 215 Evans Avenue, Toronto, ON_
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Rate of Pay: $24.82- $29.03_
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Deadline to Apply: Until filled_
Jean Tweed is a leading, community-based organization that provides a supportive environment for women with substance use, mental health, and gambling concerns.
Recognizing the diversity of women's experience in today's society, our programs seek to address a range of issues in a woman's life that may contribute to substance use and gambling concerns.
-The Jean Tweed Centre is building capacity to transform the level of support for women with substance use, mental health, and gambling concerns._
Position Purpose
Provides counselling services to Indigenous individuals, groups, and family members for substance use and related concerns as required. Liaises with other professionals to create culturally-specific treatment plans for a broad range of substance use issues.
Responsibilities
Service
- Conduct client intake where designated.
- Assess clients needs to determine a service plan.
- Engage women in a therapeutic relationship to address their substance use, concerns, and/or parenting and child development issues.
- Engage in a variety of traumainformed service strategies to help meet the needs of women with substance use, mental health and gambling concerns.
- Provide brief or longerterm individual and/or group counselling, that is traumainformed.
- Engage in a variety of service strategies to help meet the clients' needs including: facilitating and cofacilitating groups; individual counselling; assisting clients in the development of their goals; evaluation of client progress.
- Provide referrals and linkages for additional supports (such as mental health assessments, primary care, etc.).
- Liaise with existing supports and services for clients to promote seamless and integrated care.
- Engage in capacity building within agencies and across the mental health and substance use sector in the GTA for traumainformed care.
Administration
- Maintain documentation of relevant client interactions and interventions, and contacts with collateral supports.
- Monitor the progress of clients, prepare reports and letters as necessary.
- Participate in community and service network meetings to promote awareness of targeted program and service needs of the target population.
- Participate in staff meetings, team development and supervision meetings.
- Collaborate with the supervisor to discuss job performance and establish professional goals.
- Engage in ongoing staff development and personal learning as agreed to in performance reviews.
Organizational
- Conduct job responsibilities with a commitment to harm reduction, trauma
- Abide by the Occupational Health and Safety Act, and work in a manner that is safe, reporting incidents immediately to direct supervisor.
- Adhere to the policies and procedures of The Jean Tweed Centre.
- Perform other duties as assigned in order to meet the overall goals and objectives of The Jean Tweed Centre.
- Maintain a client service orientation including learning about and addressing client needs and concerns.
- Work collaboratively including respect others, sharing information, consulting and celebrating shared successes.
- Demonstrate accountability by holding self responsible and following through on commitments.
- Support inclusion and equity by respecting others, embracing diversity and addressing oppression.
Qualifications
- Lived experience within Indigenous community/culture including familiarity and knowledge of Indigenous traditions, ceremonies and values.
- Bachelor's Degree in Social Work, Nursing, Psychology or an equivalent combination of education and experience. A Master's degree is preferred.
- Experience of 5 years in the field of addictions.
- Excellent communication and writing skills.
- Working knowledge of the social service system in the designated service area.
- Proficiency in computer skills.
- A demonstrated ability to work independently and as a team member.
- Experience providing counselling and outreach services to individuals who are experiencing or have experienced problems related to substance use and mental health issues.
- Experience working from a harm reduction perspective.
- Experience working in communitybased settings and familiarity with a community development approach.
- A demonstrated commitment to broadening knowledge and skills.
STATEMENT OF INCLUSION:
The Jean Tweed Centre recognizes and values the rich diversity of Canadian society and specifically the women, children and families we serve.
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