Counsellor

WCYR•Newmarket, ON

3d•Onsite

About The Position

The Women’s Centre of York Region (WCYR) is seeking a compassionate, skilled, and trauma-informed Counsellor to provide short-term Counselling and emotional support to women who are experiencing violence domestic or otherwise in areas such as problem solving, boundaries, grief, anger, abuse, trauma, self-esteem and struggles with family relationships. By working through these challenges, women improve the quality of their lives with the support of counsellors. Transitional Support Counselling: To provide emotional and practical support to women who have left or are considering leaving abusive relationships.

Requirements

Maintain registration with OCSWSSW and/or CRPO college, in good standing

Nice To Haves

Compassionate, skilled, and trauma-informed Counsellor

Responsibilities

Be the main point person for all walk-in clients requiring same day counselling assistance
Provide counselling to women and provide support and assistance in goal setting and in developing a plan of action through a safety plan and an assessment tool
Assist women in carrying out their plans of action by assessing their progress, identifying challenges and providing strategies to resolve any difficulties in reaching their goals
Provide community referrals and information
Attend court case conferences and court hearings when required
Assess a woman’s need for individual counselling and develop a counselling plan using a short-term counselling model
Provide services through a combination of phone, virtual and in person modalities
Provide support letters for women to other agencies (i. e. housing agencies, CAS employment agencies)
Maintain accurate client case notes in database
Attend and participate in clinical supervision
Maintain and submit service data for the purpose of reporting, evaluation, and research
Provide case consultation via meetings or telephone with other service professionals.
Schedule appointments.
Advocate to and liaise with other community agencies on behalf of clients to ensure the needs of clients are met.
Add and remove clients from the Individual Counselling waitlist as space permits
Attend and participate in monthly staff meetings and clinical supervision
Attend and participate in professional development training.
Contribute to the development of counselling policies and procedures and attend weekly counselling meetings.
Support the Centre with ongoing program planning, development and evaluation.
Responsible for participating in the understanding and review of funding each year and/or in the event the funding model, definition or target should require an amendment
Support the organization in meeting it’s mission and vision (mandate)