Mental Health Counsellor

Mental Health Counsellor (Faculty of Arts & Science)

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Job Summary

**A Brief Overview**

This position provides individual, crisis, and short-term counselling to students with mental health, personal, and academic concerns, utilizing appropriate therapeutic modalities, and approaches matched to client needs. This position works within an interdisciplinary team to support student well-being, and assists with managing urgent/crisis situations. This position also supports students in developing skills in areas such as interpersonal relationships, stress-reduction, developmental concerns, management of emotions, mindfulness, conflict resolution, emotional regulation, and strategies to assist in overcoming mental barriers to performance.

**Job Description**:

**What you will do**
- Provides individual, crisis, and short-term counselling to students with mental health, personal, and academic concerns, utilizing appropriate therapeutic modalities, and approaches matched to client needs.
- Works within an interdisciplinary team to support student well-being, and assists with managing urgent/crisis situations.
- Assesses students including those in crisis and who may be at risk of self-harm/suicide, and intervenes or refers as appropriate.
- Plans, prepares, and organizes training and development programs and materials to increase awareness of, and approaches to post-trauma related supports.
- Provides academic support and resourcing to students, and evaluates and recommends the need for short-term academic accommodations.
- Supports students in developing skills in areas such as interpersonal relationships, stress-reduction, developmental concerns, management of emotions, mindfulness, conflict resolution, emotional regulation, and strategies to assist in overcoming mental barriers to performance.
- Builds relationships and liaises with other departments, faculty, student leaders, health care professionals, and community resources.

**Required Education**
- Master's Degree or equivalent. In addition, requires a professional designation, certification, or other qualification, or on-going learning to remain ahead of changes in technology or emerging fields.

**Required Experience**
- More than 3 years and up to and including 5 years of experience.

**Required Licenses and Certifications**
- A Registered Psychotherapist designation is required.
- Satisfactory Criminal Records Check required.
- Vulnerable Sector Screening required.

Consideration may be given to an equivalent combination of education and experience.

**Job Knowledge and Requirements**
- Knowledge of concepts and principles in a specialist field that is typically acquired through a combination of advanced professional or academic qualifications and/or significant work experience.
- Provide expert advice, guidance and consultation on highly complex issues and/or where the outcome may be contentious.
- Interaction with others requires highly developed interpersonal skills to effectively persuade, negotiate, counsel, and/or consult.
- Adapt messages to meet the different needs of different audiences.
- Prioritize and distribute work to deliver objectives on time and to the highest standard.
- Identify in advance when the intended results may not be achieved and develops a plan to address the gaps.
- Lead team and project meetings and develop team/unit and departmental project plans.
- Lead procedural or technological change within a unit or across broader university functions.
- Identify opportunities to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of work processes.
- Anticipate complex challenges to ensure activities are completed on time.
- Effectively leverage relevant data as input to making decisions.
- Appropriately assess risks before making a decision.
- Comprehensive understanding of what sexual violence, harassment and discrimination are, and their varying effects on diverse members of the community.
- Question and take appropriate steps to address attitudes, macroaggressions and other behaviours which are discriminatory. Acknowledges and respects diverse cultural traditions, abilities and beliefs.

Employment Equity and Accessibility Statement

**Skills**
- Advising Clients
- Advising Students
- Assessments
- Case Management
- Communications
- Consultation
- Intercultural Awareness
- Mental Health Counseling
- Patient Support

**Reference**
- 307164