Black Wellness Counsellor

2 weeks ago


Hamilton, Canada McMaster University Full time

**Regular/Temporary**
- Regular

**Job Title**
- Black Wellness Counsellor**Job ID**
- 66266

**Location**
- Central Campus**Open Date**
- 11/26/2024

**Job Type**
- Limited Term (>12 months)

**Close Date**
- 12/09/2024

**Employee Group**
- Unifor Unit 1, Staff

**Favorite Job**

**Department**
- Associate VP Student Affairs

**Salary Grade/Band**
- Grade 11

**Salary Range**
- $34.97 - $54.77 (hourly)

**Contract Duration**
- 24 Months

**Hours per Week**
- 35

**Posting Details**

**Schedule**
- 35 hours per week, Mon-Fri, 8:30am to 4:30pm. Evenings and weekends as needed.
- **Education Level**
- Master’s degree in Counselling Psychology, or a related field of study.
- **Career Level**
- Requires 3 years of relevant experience.
- **Unit/Project Description**:
The Black Student Success centre supports and champions the holistic (academic, personal and professional) success and overall wellbeing of Black/African descent students and fosters a positive Black student and student-athlete experience. Through the centre Black students are connected to programs, people and resources to help nurture their academic and personal growth. The department is made of a dynamic team of Black student affairs professionals who work with campus and community partners to support student success. The new role will be a key member of the Black Student Success team and will work in close collaboration with the Student Wellness team on campus.**Job Summary**:
The Counsellor is responsible for promoting student development, student success, and student retention by designing, and providing a comprehensive range of psychological and educational services to aid students in achieving improved academic performance, enhanced personal and social effectiveness, and appropriate educational and career plans.

**Purpose and Key Functions**:

- Identify, assess, develop, and implement effective treatment plans.
- Conduct in-depth counselling and therapy interviews and utilize existing theoretical models to interpret information.
- Provide assessments of mental health and risk factors and coordinate referrals with professionals within the Student Wellness Centre and the community.
- Aid clients in identifying and solving emotional and interpersonal problems that may be affecting their academic success, well-being, and bio-psycho-social development.
- Provide psychological counselling services such as personal counselling, group counselling, and crisis counselling.
- Interact and assess the level of risk when students present with indications of harm to self or others, or suicidality.
- Consult with others regarding how to manage difficult or disruptive behaviours.
- Engage in problem solving to work through ethical dilemmas.
- Facilitate conflict resolution sessions.
- Provide debriefing to clients after a trauma has occurred.
- Advocate on behalf of students for special academic consideration.
- Nurture and support clients and encourage them to develop self care while finding a balance between multiple demands.
- Persuade clients to seek appropriate professional help and to attend appointments.
- Develop and deliver presentations, information, and training sessions to others.
- Develop and deliver group counselling and psychotherapy materials.
- Write case notes including client’s history and treatment plans.
- Write referral reports to other health professionals including general practitioners, psychiatrists, and other specialists.
- Plan and coordinate a variety of events and activities.
- Review, assess, and recommend changes to enhance the effectiveness of service delivery models.
- Maintain and safeguard the confidentiality of client records.
- Participate in professional development activities and remain current with frequent developments in a specialized field of study.

**Supervision**:

- Ensure adherence to quality standards and procedures for short-term staff and volunteers.
- Provide orientation and show procedures to others.

**Requirements**:
Master’s degree in Counselling Psychology, or a related field of study.
Requires 3 years of relevant experience.

**Assets**:

- Passionate about the health and success of young Black adults and committed to contributing to a positive student experience
- Knowledge of, and sensitivity to, the intersectional life experiences and needs of Black identified undergraduate, graduate and international students
- Awareness of culturally situated individual and collective approaches to healing
- Knowledge of the origins, ideology and manifestations of Anti-Blackness and Anti-Black racism
- Familiarity with current research about racial trauma; racial battle fatigue and internalized racism and how they impact students in higher education
- Knowledge of Black worldviews, cultures and values
- Experience working collaboratively with Black communities
- Ability to collaborate and liaise with, Black student, staff, faculty and campus organizations
- Experience coordinating events drawing on Blac



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