Part-time Sexual Violence Counsellor and Advocate

2 weeks ago


Brantford, Canada Sexual Assault Centre of Brant Full time

**Part-time Sexual Violence Counsellor and Advocate**
- The Sexual Assault Centre of Brant is a feminist, equity-seeking organization which seeks to create healing and change in our community.
- The Counsellor is responsible for providing individual, trauma-informed counselling from our office located in Brantford. While some service users may prefer to utilize the service remotely, it's expected that the counsellor will be able to provide the counselling in person from our King George location.
- The position will be 16 hours per week at a rate of $35 per hour, and is a 12-month contract, with the possibility of renewal or expansion on hours contingent on funding.
- Work week configuration is negotiable and but will require weekday and day-time availability. Evening availability would be an asset. Exact hours will be determined based on client need and availability

**Responsibilities of the role**:

- Provide individual counselling, advocacy and referral to service users of all genders, aged 19 and over, who are survivors of sexual violence.
- Provide emotional and practical safety planning for people who are experiencing a current lack of safety. Help folks expand their circle of support with resources and therapeutic homework.
- Provide support, advocacy, and accompaniment to service users on caseload who are navigating systems associated with their experience of sexual violence.

**Skills & Qualifications**:

- A feminist analysis of sexual violence; this analysis includes understanding the way that age, ability, race, indigeneity, queerness and trans-ness impact experiences of violence and support
- seeking.
- A commitment to working within an anti-racist, anti-oppressive, and decolonial framework.
- An understanding of how gender impacts sexual violence because SAC is a gender INCLUSIVE but not "gender neutral" organization.
- Trauma-informed counselling and advocacy experience in any setting.
- Experience working with survivors of sexual and gender-based violence is an asset.
- Healing-based engagement or advocacy with any population that experiences systemic oppression is an asset.
- The ability to respond to multi-faceted demands, to rely upon your own initiative and to work with mínimal supervision in a crisis-response environment. (You thrive in chaos, but do not add to it).
- Studies (either completed or in progress) that support this work.

**Other things you need to know about this position**:

- The demand for individual counselling has been consistently high over the past five years and SAC initiated a wait list for the first time 12 months ago; since then 100 people have requested service
- The part-time counsellor and advocate would be responsible for bringing approximately 25 people from the wait list onto their caseload and providing bi-weekly sessions, resulting in each service user receiving approximately 24 sessions over the duration of the 12-month contract
- SAC is undergoing some radical changes informed by an appreciation for how the last four years of human history have shaped the experiences of our community and our agency. If you would like to teach us about your learnings and shape SAC's future, please apply

**Applications must be received by March 18th, 2024 at 9 a.m.**

The hiring team would love to hear from QTBIPOC, newcomers, and people with disabilities. SAC Brant is committed to employment equity and building a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace. Recruitment-related accommodations for persons with disabilities are available on request.

**Job Type**: Part-time

**Salary**: $35.00 per hour

Expected hours: 16 per week

**Benefits**:

- Wellness program

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Brantford, ON N3R 5K9

Application deadline: 2024-03-18
Expected start date: 2024-04-01



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