Counsellor - Toronto, Canada - Family Service Toronto

Family Service Toronto

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Toronto, Canada

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Sophia Lee

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Description

Program:

Families in Transition

Contract:

Contract 3 days per week till March 2024

Location:

Hybrid work model, 355 Church Street and 128 A Sterling Road with possibility of other FST sites
or from a safe, home-based office as required

Salary:

$56,691 - $69,826 BU Grade 8

Application Deadline:

July 25, 2023 by 5:00 PM

File Number:

FIT # with cover letter and resume

E-Mail:

Mail:

HR, 355 Church Street, Toronto ON M5B 0B2

Web:

Grow with us
Family Service Toronto (FST) helps people face a wide variety of life challenges. For over 100 years,
we have worked with individuals and families destabilized by precarious mental health and/or
socioeconomic circumstances, to achieve greater resilience and stability in more just and
supportive communities. We achieve this through our direct service work of intervention and
prevention which includes counselling, peer support and education; knowledge building; and
system-level work including social action, advocacy, community building and working with partners
to strengthen the sector.

We're proud of our people and culture We are constantly evolving what we do and how we do
it. Our work is grounded in the lived experience of the clients and the community. We celebrate

diversity, equity, inclusion, and excellence. We are agile, learning and always willing to try new
things.

The Opportunity

Families in Transition provides workshops, groups and individual counselling to children, youth
and adults to support them through separation and divorce. We are seeking someone with
Transition team, in which counsellors use a range of therapeutic modalities, participate in
clinical consultations and have a shared commitment to professional development.

Ready to make that move? Here's what's in it for you:

Thrive in trust-based culture and have fun, working with an amazing, diverse group of

driven, talented people.

Be part of a workplace incorporating trauma informed care into all aspects of service

delivery, building on the principles of knowledge-building and resiliency.

Get onthejob training and development.
Make a significant impact on our clients and community.

What we are looking for:

Counselling expertise:

Provide culturally competent, trauma informed and evidencebased counselling for

individual children, youth and adults

Facilitate workshops
Experience and/or knowledge of working with people facing an array of challenges,

including impacts of separation or divorce, parenting, co-parenting, gender-based
violence, mental health and developmental disabilities

Provide services to clients from diverse ethnocultural communities, diverse sexual

orientation and gender identities, and to clients who are marginalized by a range of
systemic issues

Provide professional clinical assessments, case notes and reports in a timely manner using

an electronic client database.

Key Qualifications:

M.S.W., M.A. or M.Ed.; Foreign credentials or BSW combined with relevant experience are

valued. Foreign credentials are valued.

Applicants must be registered and in good standing with the College of Social Workers and

Social Service Workers or the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario.

Three to five years experience in a clinical counselling role.
Demonstrated clinical training, experience, and competence in integrating at least two

clinical modalities into practice (e.g. Play Therapy, Art Therapy, Expressive Arts, Mindfulness,
CBT, Solution Focused Therapy, Narrative Therapy, DBT)

Demonstrated training and knowledge working with children, youth and adults
Demonstrated commitment to, and understanding of the principles of social justice, cultural

- competency and equity, diversity and inclusion.

Current knowledge of best practices in mental health (e.g., crisis deescalation, suicide

- prevention, harm reduction, child abuse, and gender-based violence).

Ability to provide counselling in a second language, such as Spanish, Tamil, French,
Mandarin, Cantonese, Somali, Arabic, is a strong asset.
Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Interested?

Our goal is to attract, develop, and retain highly talented employees from diverse backgrounds
allowing us to benefit from a wide variety of experiences and perspectives.

We actively encourage applicants from all equity seeking groups. First Nations, Inuit, Métis, Black
and People of Colour, people with disabilities, people of diverse gender expression, members of
2SLGBTQI+ communities and people with lived experience of poverty are encouraged to apply.

In accordance with Ontario Human Rights Code, Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act,
2005, and FST's Equity and Inclusion policy, accommodation will be provided in all parts of the
hiring process. Applicants need to make their needs known in advance.

We thank all applicants and will contact the individuals selected for an interview.