Counsellor - Specialized

**Counsellor - Specialized** Status**:Full Time

**Hours**: 35 hours/week, Monday - Friday

**Home Campus**: Fennell

**Payband**:Not applicable

**Rate of Pay**:Commensurate with qualifications and experience

**Posting Date**:April 3rd, 2023

**Closing Date**:April 10th, 2023 at 7:00 pm EST

We support and encourage the contributions of our diverse employees. We are committed to nurturing an equitable, diverse and inclusive (EDI) environment for everyone who learns and works at Mohawk College. We believe the rich diversity among our students and the communities we serve should be reflected within our workforce. As educators we believe it is important to act and show leadership in advancing the principles of equity, diversity and inclusion in our community.

Mohawk College is currently recruiting for our next

**Counsellor - Specialized**

We are looking for a Specialized Counsellor, one that brings a unique set of skills to complement our growing team.

We are looking for a counsellor who:

- Has specialized counselling experience working closely with marginalized communities
- Has in-depth experience working with particular populations such as people of Indigenous descent, racialized, 2SLGBTQIA+, International people, and/or people with disabilities
- Uses an AOP lens (Anti-Oppression Lens), and
- Applies trauma-informed approaches to their practice

Reporting to the Director, Campus Wellness, the Counsellor - Specialized will work within a multidisciplinary team to provide students with mental health support and counselling to address barriers to academic success while at Mohawk College. As part of the counselling team, the incumbent will support students through individual and group counselling, as well as providing expertise in supporting the experience of international students.

**Responsibilities**:
The duties of this position include, but are not limited to:

- Provide direct service (both in-person and virtually) to students experiencing a wide range of personal issues and complex mental health issues.
- Walk-in, single session, and ongoing appointments utilizing evidence-based psychotherapeutic interventions and culturally sensitive supports to meet students’ unique needs for educational decision making, career planning and personal issues.
- Contribute to other services including campus consultations, workshops and outreach programming to enhance student and campus life.
- Maintain timely clinical records in accordance with college and professional standards.
- Actively participate, as part of a multidisciplinary Wellness Team, to ensure best practices and student safety.
- Supervision on Master’s level clinical interns and/or college placement students.
- Demonstrate cross-cultural competence and understanding of the complexity of elements impacting our diverse student population in relation to values, culture, communication styles, beliefs and practices.
- Engage campus and community-based supports to meet the needs of our student population within a stepped care model.

**Qualifications**:

- Master’s level degree in a counselling-related professional discipline (Social Work, Psychology) that includes a supervised clinical internship(s).
- Must have and maintain the right to independently practice the controlled act of Psychotherapy within the Province of Ontario. Registered with OCSWSSW or CRPO, or equivalent Professional Colleges and Associations, or College of Psychologists of Ontario.
- A minimum of 5 years of full-time experience providing counselling and/or psychotherapy.
- Must meet the CRPO criteria for clinical supervisors, including 30 hours of directed learning in providing clinical supervision.
- Knowledge and experience in utilizing a broad range of evidence-based psychotherapeutic interventions is required.
- Knowledge of the risks and complexity of issues impacting emerging adult populations.
- Demonstrated ability in crisis intervention.
- Demonstrated self-awareness, knowledge, skills and attitudes essential for effective communication, relationship-building, educating, and supervising within a diverse setting is required.
- Demonstrated flexibility and the ability to respond quickly to changing demands.
- Proficiency in using technology to compliment clinical care and experience using an EMR/CRM platform required.
- Demonstrated commitment and understanding of human rights, equity, diversity and inclusion with the ability to communicate and work effectively with diverse groups of students, employees and the community.

Nice-to-have experience includes:

- Experience with counselling in the post-secondary environment is considered an asset.
- Experience in academic and career counselling is an asset.

If you are excited about this opportunity and have a population specialization, we encourage you to apply. We strongly encourage you to include a cover letter outlining your experience working with marginalized communities and/or how your lived experience informs your cou