Counsellor - Black Student Support

2 weeks ago

Waterloo, Canada University of Waterloo Full time

Overview:
The Counsellor is accountable to a Manager, Counselling Services for the provision of front line clinical mental health programs and services. The Counsellor specializing in Black Student Support will have proactive support from and work closely with the Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Anti-Racism Office

Ultimately, this position underpins the mission of Counselling Services which focuses on supporting and promoting academic success, student and campus mental health, psychological wellness and safety within members of a diverse and global Waterloo community. The mental health, psychological wellness and safety of students are fundamental to the mandate of the university since they are a foundation for personal and academic success.

The selection process for this position will follow the provisions for a special program as described by the Ontario Human Rights Code to address the underrepresentation of individuals from equity-deserving groups. Improving the representation, participation, and engagement of equity-deserving groups within our community is a key objective of Waterloo’s Strategic Plan 2020-2025. As such, this position is open only to qualified individuals who self-identify as Black.

**Responsibilities**:
Clinical Services - for supporting mental health and wellness, as well as personal academic and personal success to clients (i.e., primarily students)
- Treatment planning
- Individual and group counselling/psychotherapy
- Responding to clients in crisis
- Clinical case note and report writing
- Termination planning and referral
- Working along a continuum from single session therapy to a short-term brief counselling model—and/or working to help clients source appropriate long-term therapy
- Design, facilitate and evaluate seminars sessions on various topics related to wellness
- Design, facilitate and evaluate training for student leaders and other key stakeholders across campus on various topics, including well-being or culturally specific wellness workshops

Advocacy - the Counsellor is an advocate for and supports students’ academic success and personal learning
- Engage in internal and external partnerships with local black community supports and on campus resources for black students such as Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Anti-Racism Office, and the Black Association for Student Expression to build a network of support services and referral services for black students; creating a community of support
- Engage in training opportunities for various stakeholders around wellness supports for black students
- Collaborate and consult with key campus support services (e.g., Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Antiracism Office (EDI-AR), AccessAbility Services, Health Services, Student Success Office, etc.) related to students’ personal and academic needs
- Attend monthly EDI-AR meetings providing insight on black student needs and trends, as well as receiving input on supports and services available to address institutional challenges for black students impacting their mental health
- Collaborate and consult with faculty, including individual faculty members, the Associate Deans’ offices and academic support areas in the interest of students’ academic success, retention and graduation
- With the support of the CS Manager & campus services increase awareness of Black student support counselling
- The partnership for the mental health, health and wellness, well-being and safety of the campus community includes active collaboration and teaming with a focus on client issues of shared concern

Clinical Practice - the Counsellor is committed to best clinical practice and best practice in mental health
- The Counsellor has a thorough and expert understanding of developmental issues of late adolescence (e.g., relationships, mental health, disordered eating, transition, sexuality, etc.)
- Reflects a unique understanding of the impact of intergenerational oppression on the lives of Black students
- Incorporates the experience of living in Canada with family members and communities enduring hardships and atrocities overseas
- Incorporates the experience of living in Canada with family members and communities experiencing trauma on and off campus
- Recognizes the common barriers facing Black students when accessing mental health support by using the lens of anti-black racism
- Remains current with pertinent ethical requirements, research and considerations relevant to the fields of counselling/psychotherapy, mental health assessment and crisis management
- Maintains a high level of knowledge and awareness of changes and developments in the fields of higher education and counselling, and their implications for the organization and delivery of counselling and clinical services within the institution
- Represents the interest of the department at conferences, workshops, etc.

Graduate Supervision and Training
- Under the direction of their Manager, the Counsellor provides supervision of

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