Counsellor Jfs22 046 - Ottawa, Canada - JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OTTAWA
Description
Position Summary:
Jewish Family Services of Ottawa requires a Counsellor with experience in at least one of the following clinical modalities: Play Therapy, Art/Expressive Therapy or Emotion-Focused Family Therapy (EFFT).
Benefits:
- 15 days vacation in first year prorated to your start date and FTE
- 10 days Personal Time Off prorated to your start date and FTE after 3 months of employment
- Various Jewish Holy days off
- Health and Dental Benefits plan
- Hybrid work environment
- Employer RRSP after one year of employment
- Use of gym facilities
- Flexible employer
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Provides clinical counselling / psychotherapy to clients for a minimum of 3 years,
- Provides culturally appropriate and languagespecific direct service including client assessment, treatment, and referrals
- Provides advocacy and referrals to help clients' access relevant community services. Where necessary and useful, collaborates with other professionals (i.e., doctors, settlement workers and other healthcare professionals).
- Maintains cooperative working relationships with community agencies, schools, courts, child welfare workers, etc., makes referrals and mobilizes community resources where indicated on matters relating to clients' welfare
- Ensures quality client care that is consistent with best practices, agency standards, and evidencebased approaches (particularly brief, narrative, & solutionfocused therapies).
- Maintains necessary documentation and case records.
- Participates in supervision, meetings, workshops (including professional development opportunities)
- Performs related work as assigned
Mandatory Qualifications/Experience:
- M.S.W., M.Ed. (Counselling) or equivalent degree
- Membership in good standing with the OCSWSSW or CRPO (RSW or RP). Other health professionals which can perform the act of psychotherapy in Ontario can be considered as well.
- Maintains or is eligible to maintain professional liability insurance through their association
- Experience in Play Therapy, Art/Expressive Therapy, Emotion-Focused Family Therapy (EFFT).
- Demonstrated experience working with children adolescents and emerging adults years in age)
- Knowledge of community resources and hostagent language and culture.
- Ability to work flexible hours according to program need with at least one evening per week
- Fluency in more than one language is an asset as is crosscultural experience
- Comfortable working inperson and in a virtual setting (teletherapy)
- Comfort and knowledge with group work is preferred
- Lived experience
- Possess the lived experience, knowledge, and cultural experiences required to support members of the LGBTQ+ communities
- Possess the lived experience, knowledge, and cultural experiences required to support people who are visible minorities.
- Ability to provide counselling in Russian, Ukrainian, French or Arabic.
- Knowledge of Jewish traditions and communities
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