Short-term Counsellor - Toronto, Canada - Barbra Schlifer Commemorative Clinic

Barbra Schlifer Commemorative Clinic

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Toronto, Canada

4 weeks ago

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Short-Term Counsellor One-year Full-time Contract Position

Barbra Schlifer Commemorative Clinic offers trauma-informed legal services and representation, counselling, and multilingual interpretation, and drives system transformation to support women and gender diverse people who have experienced violence.

Rooted in the foundations of intersectionality, innovation, and a client-centered approach, we foster the skills and resilience of the people we serve and amplify their voices to create individual and collective change.

The Clinic is currently seeking a Short-Term Counsellor who will provide counselling, safety planning and group facilitation for clients who have experienced gender-based violence.

The Short-Term Counsellor will offer brief and targeted counseling services to individuals dealing with specific issues or challenges.

Rather than engaging in long-term therapy, the Counsellor will provide immediate support, practical guidance, and coping strategies to address the client's concerns.

This Short-Term counseling is solution-focused and aims to help clients achieve tangible goals within a limited timeframe.

The counselor will work collaboratively with clients to identify and implement strategies for positive change, offering support for a short period to address their specific needs.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
All duties and responsibilities will be carried out in accordance with Barbra Schlifer Clinic's Mandate, Mission and Values Statements.

SHORT-TERM COUNSELLING

Provides shortterm counselling (612 sessions) with a focus on traumainformed and solutionfocused lens
Supports Intake and the Counselling Department with safety planning and crisis situations
Prioritizes response based on safety, date received and crisis situations
Screens requests based on the Clinic's mandate
Conducts telephone and inperson intakes which include assessing client personal, legal, and social needs and provides options related to safety protection and referrals pertaining to legal rights
Implements risk assessments and safety plans by delivering timely interventions and supports for clients in immediate need
Provides information and referrals to other organizations when a request does not fall within the Clinic's mandate or there is no space in the Clinic's programs, and advocates on behalf of clients
Provides counselling, deescalation, containment and grounding interventions
Assesses needs and goals for counselling
Conducts assessments to determine program match to clients
Offers clientcentered, traumainformed shortterm counselling
Supports groups, facilitates groups as a leader and as a support to external facilitators
Provides supportive counselling for clients in a group and facilitates discussion around issues of violence and trauma
Encourages clients to connect with their feelings and understand the impact of violence
Maintains up to date client records on client management system (EMHware)
Alerts appropriate department management to emergency client situations
Initiates consultation with the Director of Counselling Services or her designate on complicated, highrisk cases
Performs other tasks as assigned by management

COORDINATION

Plans for group sessions and coordinates room and refreshments for group sessions
Coordinates childcare and interpretation services for clients
Coordinating team consults, high risk service coordination meetings with client's circle of care, and transfer of care meetings
Scheduling client pickups, arranging for group packages and coordinating with front desk for scheduling of client services and group related activities

AGENCY AND TEAM SUPPORT

Conducts research and creates and facilitates workshops on violence against women, which includes providing case consultation to other service providers about client needs
Communicates with team members to share information, provide debriefing opportunities, and resolve problems
Participates on agency committees and contributes to events which include participating in clinical meetings and staff meetings
Create client feedback forms and surveys for individual and group counselling for statistics, funders, and improvement of services and future groups
Collaboration between different departments and roles (eg. THSP, legal, interpretation)
Represents the Clinic and volunteers on a variety of committees or at events to promote the Clinic
Complies with Clinic and funder policies and procedures

ADMINISTRATION

In consultation with Director of Counselling, prepares support letters for service confirmation, and maintains case notes
Completes and submits monthly timesheets and other reports as required
Drafts letters for psychosocial assessments for refugee claimants and consults with Manager of Counselling

KEY RELATIONSHIPS