Counsellor, Employment

Education: Bachelor's degree
- Experience: 1 year to less than 2 years
- Social work, other
**Work setting**:

- Community service organization
**Tasks**:

- Interview clients to obtain employment history, educational background and career goals
- Identify barriers to employment and assist clients with such matters as job readiness skills, job search strategies, writing résumés and preparing for job interviews
- Perform administrative tasks
- Develop and implement counselling and intervention programs to assist clients in determining goals and means of attaining them
- Work with mínimal supervision
- Professionalism in customer service
- Identify additional/alternative services and provide referrals
- Interview clients, prepare case histories and assess problems
**Computer and technology knowledge**:

- MS Excel
- MS Outlook
- MS Windows
- MS Word
**Personal suitability**:

- Client focus
- Interpersonal awareness
- Organized
- Team player
- Values and ethics
**Screening questions**:

- Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
- Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?
**Health benefits**:

- Health care plan
**Long term benefits**:

- Group insurance benefits
- Life insurance
- Long-term care insurance
- Pension plan
**Other benefits**:

- Learning/training paid by employer
- Paid time off (volunteering or personal days)
- Team building opportunities
- Variable or compressed work week
- Work Term: Permanent
- Work Language: French
- Hours: 35 hours per week