Student Wellbeing Counsellor

Staff - Non Union

Job Category

M&P - AAPS

Job Profile

AAPS Salaried - Counsellors/Psychologists, Level B

Job Title

Student Wellbeing Counsellor

Department

Student Services | Peter A. Allard School of Law

Compensation Range

$7,622.83 - $11,886.67 CAD Monthly

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Posting End Date

September 22, 2024

Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the Posting End Date.

Job End Date

At UBC, we believe that attracting and sustaining a diverse workforce is key to the successful pursuit of excellence in research, innovation, and learning for all faculty, staff and students. Our commitment to employment equity helps achieve inclusion and fairness, brings rich diversity to UBC as a workplace, and creates the necessary conditions for a rewarding career.

Job Description
Provides services and programming to the Peter A. Allard School of Law to support student's mental wellbeing and help them succeed in their law school program. Provides single session/short term counselling, triage and referral to stepped care including external resources and emergency services as appropriate. Offers consultation to faculty and staff including response to crises. Promotes mental wellbeing for students at Allard Law. Builds a network of resources on campus and in the community specific to the needs of Allard Law students. Contributes to the ongoing development and implementation of programming for students to support their mental wellbeing.

Organizational Status
Reports to the Associate Director, Embedded Counselling, Counselling Services for oversight of clinical work. Reports to Assistant Dean, Students, Allard School of Law for operational matters including scheduling vacation, work hours and personal attendance tracking, and for direction of non-clinical work with respect to law student wellbeing. Works collaboratively with the Allard Law student services team as well as the team of professionals within UBC Health and Wellness, actively participating in and contributing to the development and delivery of effective mental wellbeing programs and services. Also works in collaboration with other UBC student services and community resources.

Works in Allard Law and may provide some programming elsewhere on or off-campus (such as Allard Law legal clinic sites) as needed to support the wellbeing of Allard Law students.

Work Performed

**Responsibilities**:
1. Promotes mental wellbeing for law students through a range of programming including orientation, workshops, seminars, groups and other resources that helps students normalize stress, understand how to manage stress and maintain mental wellbeing, as well as how to seek support when needed.

2. Provides single session and short term counselling to support students experiencing mental health concerns.

3. Conducts triage as needed and referral to stepped care including connection to online tools and resources, workshops, life coaching, group programs,, Student Health Service, external resources and crisis support/emergency services.

4. Builds and maintains a network of UBC and external resources specific to needs of students in Allard Law.

5. Provides consultation and support to staff, faculty and student peer leaders on student mental health concerns including crises.

6. Develops and delivers workshops and outreach programs that promote student wellbeing.

7. Assumes the Wellbeing Liaison role, providing orientation, presentations and training on how to support students’ mental wellbeing for faculty and staff.

8. Participates in and supports mental wellbeing programming for law students throughout their time at Allard Law including in Orientation, Student Services events, peer program training, Career Services and Indigenous Legal Studies events and supports Allard Law Students Society groups in their wellbeing events.

9. Participates in meetings with Allard Law student services professionals as well as Counselling Services case management and administrative meetings.

10. Liaises with external legal support services such as the Canadian Bar Association, Lawyers Assistance Program and the Law Society of British Columbia with respect to law student wellbeing, and the resources and supports available to students upon entry into the profession.

11. Considers the impact of substance use on the legal profession and takes steps to implement programs/supports in law school

12. Facilitates, in connection with UBC Counselling Services as appropriate, the operation of counselling programs within the law school (e.g. group counselling, etc.).

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