Core Counsellor - Vancouver, Canada - Family Services of Greater Vancouver

Family Services of Greater Vancouver

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Vancouver, Canada

2 weeks ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

JOB OPPORTUNITY:

Core Counsellor
Competition #47-23

DO YOU WANT A MEANINGFUL CAREER, HELPING OTHERS? JOIN US
About the Role

Family Services Employee Assistance Program (FSEAP) provides clinical counselling services to employees of client organizations who may be experiencing problems in their personal, family, or work lives.

In addition, the program provides a variety of organizational services to its corporate clients, including workplace consulting and training, and critical incident stress management responses.

As a social enterprise of Family Services of Greater Vancouver (FSGV), FSEAP is a fee-generating business, with all of its profits going to support the larger work of FSGV and the Greater Vancouver community.

Working within the mission, vision, values and person-centred philosophy of the Agency, the Intake Care Centre Counsellor, provides the critical first point of contact for FSEAP clients offering detailed clinical assessment, immediate clinical counselling support, and referral to insure clients' clinical needs are met.

The job incumbent is a clear, skillful, and compassionate counsellor with well-developed counselling knowledge, boundaries, time management skills, and proficiency with collaborating in a team.

It actively supports the Agency's awareness and goals around diversity and inclusion.

About our Opportunity:

Our Valued Benefits:

Flexible scheduling
Starting at three weeks' vacation for full time staff and growing to more +
Three (3) paid household leave days a year
Two paid Wellness Days a year
Paid sick days
Two and a half paid Agency days for full time staff
Five paid days for education leave/year
One paid Moving Day/year
Subsidized professional association annual dues (if applicable)
Possibility of remote work/ hybrid work
A work culture that values transparency, teamwork, learning, fairness and integrity

Health and Wellness Resources:

Generous health/dental benefits after 3 months.
Three flex benefit options to meet your individualized needs
Option of psychological/counselling services (up to $1500/year)
Employee Assistance Plan
Long Term Disability Plan
Insurance, Travel insurance, ++

Pension:
Pension plan enrollment

Work Hours: 21-28 hours (hybrid work hours/ flexible scheduling)

Location: 1638 E. Broadway, Vancouver BC

Posting End Date:
Posting will remain open until filled

What you bring:

Education, Training, Experience

Master's Degree in Social Work, Counselling or Clinical Psychology or equivalent
Minimum of five years related work experience providing counselling for individuals, couples, families and/or children or 2,500 counselling hours
Current registration with a regulatory body: RSW, CCC or RCC

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

Superior clinical skills, including significant understanding of mental health and substance abuse issues and shortterm, solutionfocused treatment approaches
Exceptional case management skills, including knowledge of community resources and ability to assist clients to effectively access, utilize, and benefit from those resources
Demonstrated ability to create and manage professional clinical records with exacting detail
Second language would be an asset, but is not required

Additional Requirements

Successful completion of criminal record check
Proof of Covid19 vaccination status will be required

How to apply:

Our programs are located on the traditional, ancestral, and unseeded territory of the Coast Salish peoples, including the Xwməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh Úxwumixw(Squamish), Sel̓íl̓witulh (Tsleil Waututh), Qayqayt,Katzie, Kwantlen, Kwekwetlem,Semiahmoo,Matsqui,and Tsawwassen First Nations.