Community Counsellor

2 weeks ago

Ottawa, Canada The Elizabeth Fry Society of Ottawa Full time

_**Join our Amazing E Fry Ottawa Team**_

**Community Counsellor - Mental Health and Addiction Services**

**Interviews starting Wednesday February 22, 2023**

**Job title**:Community Counsellor - Mental Health and Addiction Services

**Reports to**:Manager, Community Programs and Services

**Hours**:37.5hours/week (maternity leave - 18-month contract)

**Language**:English Essential (Bilingual Preferred)

**Salary**:$25.87 plus benefits ($26.52 on April 1, 2023) - salary non-negotiable - unionized environment

**Welcome**

**About E Fry Ottawa**

The Elizabeth Fry Society of Ottawa a is not-for-profit community agency that supports and advocates for women, gender-diverse people and men impacted by the justice system. We provide a diverse array of community-based and residential programming. Our work is aimed at reducing harm and oppression, supporting people to overcome barriers to reintegration, and empowering them to build a life of stability and resiliency. We are a feminist organization committed to working from a human rights and anti-oppression perspective, recognizing systemic barriers that lead to marginalization. We work with trauma-informed, person-centered principles to promote a respectful, diverse, and inclusive environment that promotes healing, recovery, and successful reintegration. E Fry Ottawa is a unionized workplace.

**Our Community Counsellor**
- Works within a multi-disciplinary team to provide prevention, assessment, referrals, clinical counselling and follow-up services to women and gender-diverse people who are experiencing mental health and substance use challenges.
- Delivers Emotion Regulation program and one-on-one counselling to women and gender-diverse people in the community.

**Core Responsibilities**

**Intake and Assessment**
- Complete client intakes and assess client needs and determine service goals.
- Connect clients with appropriate internal and community resources.
- Conduct ongoing assessments with each client to determine appropriate interventions.

**Program Facilitation**
- Provide Emotion Regulation programming to women and gender-diverse people in a group or individual format.
- Ensure material presented is empowering and individual needs are considered in the presentation of skills development.
- Maintain accurate records and case notes of client’s attendance, participation, and progress.
- Provide on-going assistance, feedback, and support to participants consistent with their goals and determinants of success.
- Provide resource referrals, crisis intervention, conflict resolution to group participants.
- Provide completion reports to referring professionals (Probation and Parole Officers, Courts, Defense Counsel)

**Ongoing supports/responsibilities**
- Provide crisis intervention strategies using a human-centered, trauma-informed approach.
- Liaise with community partners and other agencies in a manner that promotes the agency’s reputation and facilitates quality care for shared clients.
- Develop and maintain collaborative relationships with key supports and resources in the mental health sector.
- Support clients to identify counselling goals and utilize recognized interventions to support client in the achievement of established goals.
- Collaborate and network with community agencies/professionals as needed and provide appropriate referrals.
- Initiate and participate in individual professional development; maintain current knowledge and skills in relation to addiction, mental health, and evidence-based therapeutic approaches.
- Assist in the evaluation of participants success and evaluate program effectiveness.
- Advocate for and help clients access community-based resources that would improve their well-being as required.
- Ensure that all documentation of client-related information is maintained in accordance with the policies and procedures of the organization and is completed in an accurate and timely manner.
- Attend and participate in staff meetings and professional development sessions as required.

**Other responsibilities**

The Community Counsellor - Mental Health Services attends monthly staff meetings and case management meetings as required and undertakes other duties as may be assigned by the Manager, Community Programs and Services to improve or enhance the delivery of service. The position requires ongoing input and maintaining of statistical information for monthly and quarterly reporting purposes. All E Fry Ottawa staff are responsible for promoting and delivering on the mission, vision, and values of our organization.

**Qualifications**

**Required education and experience**
- College Registration: QRP, RP, MSW or Eligible to be registered with the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario - or the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers (and authorized to perform the controlled act of psychotherapy), or the CCC with the Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association.
- 1-2 years of recent ex

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