Counsellor - Gender Based Violence - Mississauga, Canada - ACHEV

ACHEV

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Mississauga, Canada

3 weeks ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

SUMMARY:

For nearly 30 years, Achev has dedicated itself to helping newcomers and Canadians achieve their full potential.

Today, we are one of the largest providers of employment, newcomer, language, youth, women, and inclusion services in the Greater Toronto Area.

We place each client at the center of our work.

Our wide range of high-quality and personalized programs and services provide people from diverse backgrounds with the resources and guidance needed to achieve their goals.

Achev is committed to creating a culture where collaboration, integration, inclusion, and belonging are central values.

The Investing in Women's Futures (IWF) Program aims to ensure women and 2SLGBTQQIA+ Individuals who experience social and economic barriers stabilize their lives and embark on a path to healing and wellness and gain the skills needed to gain economic self-sufficiency and security.

We are seeking a Counsellor - Gender-Based Violence, who will report to the Manager, Career & Loans Services. The individual who meets the job requirements will be recruited for the IWF program at Achev. This position will provide support, advocacy, referral, and assistance to women, 2SLGBTQQIA+ and non-binary individuals who have experienced violence.

This position is responsible for providing safety planning, supportive counselling, and provision of legal rights workshops and resources, outreach and education, and planning and facilitating support group sessions for survivors.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Complete intakes for individual and transitional counselling
Carry a caseload of women providing individual counselling
Provide therapeutic shortterm, solutionfocused, and transitional counselling
Assist women in carrying out their action plans by identifying challenges, assessing progress, and providing strategies to resolve difficulties in reaching their goals.
Assist women with safety planning.
Provide information about and referrals to community resources
Advocate for services on behalf of individual women
Maintain statistics and other records
Participate in program planning and evaluation
Liaise with representatives of relevant community agencies/services
Other duties may be required as assigned

Qualifications:

Registered with the appropriate regulatory body
University Degree in a related discipline
Minimum of 3 years of work experience in the areas of genderbased violence and social assistance systems
A minimum of 3 years of relevant experience in a nonprofit or community health center environment is a definite asset.
Experience with intake procedures, case management, and crisis intervention;

Skills and Abilities:

Excellent knowledge of violence against women issues, justice and social assistance systems, community agencies/resources, the mental health system, child protection, family law, immigrant and refugee issues, and legislative issues
Extensive experience working within an Anti-Racist/Anti-Oppressive and genderbased violence framework
Teamwork, cooperating and collaboration skills
Interpersonal skills
Demonstrated ability to develop relationships with community agencies and groups
Strong computer skills (i.e., MS Office)
Able to work in a multidisciplinary environment
Excellent negotiation and conflict resolution skills
Excellent crisis intervention, mediation and active listening skills

This role is hybrid at this time - working a minimum of 2 days in the office but can change in the future as per Funder and Organisation policy.