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Counsellor, VAW Specialist

2 months ago


Toronto, Ontario, Canada Family Service Toronto Full time
About the Role

We are seeking a skilled Counsellor to join our team at Family Service Toronto. As a Counsellor, you will provide crisis intervention, clinical assessment, safety plan development, counselling, and psychotherapy services to women-identified individuals experiencing gender-based violence.

Key Responsibilities
  • Provide evidence-based, culturally competent individual and group work supports to women who have experienced violence using a strengths-based, trauma-informed, intersectional, feminist framework.
  • Lead or co-lead therapeutic/psycho-educational groups, trauma-specific counselling, and single-session therapy.
  • Provide clinical assessments, safety planning, and counselling sessions to clients, and complete informed consent, case notes, and reports in a timely manner using an electronic client database.
  • Offer crisis intervention services to women in need of urgent support due to abuse/assault.
  • Provide service coordination and/or case management supports to clients requiring services outside of FST and/or internal to FST in different programs.
  • Develop and deliver training and educational workshops on topics related to the work of VAW to diverse audiences of various sizes.
  • Collaborate with team members and other staff across the organization.
Requirements
  • M.S.W., M.A., or M.Ed. degree or foreign credentials and relevant experience.
  • Registration and good standing with the College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers or the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario.
  • Demonstrated clinical training, experience, and competence in integrating at least two clinical modalities into practice.
  • Commitment to social justice, cultural competency, and equity and inclusion.
  • Current knowledge of best practices in mental health and gender-based violence work.
  • Experience working with people who have experienced abuse using a trauma-informed, intersectional, feminist, anti-oppression, harm reduction framework.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills.
What We Offer

We are committed to attracting, developing, and retaining highly talented employees from diverse backgrounds. We offer a dynamic work environment, opportunities for professional growth, and a chance to make a meaningful difference in the lives of our clients.

We actively encourage applicants from all equity-seeking groups, including First Nations, Inuit, Métis, Black and People of Colour, people with disabilities, people of diverse gender expression, members of 2SLGBTQI+ communities, and people with lived experience of poverty.