Counsellor - Arabic Speaking

**Position Summary**:
Jewish Family Services of Ottawa requires a Counsellor with experience in at least one of the following clinical modalities: Play Therapy, Art/Expressive Therapy or Emotion-Focused Family Therapy (EFFT). Fluency in Arabic is required. Comfortable working in-person and in a virtual setting (tele-therapy).

**Benefits**:

- 15 days vacation in first year prorated to your start date and FTE
- 10 days Personal Time Off prorated to your start date and FTE after 3 months of employment
- Various Jewish Holy days off
- Health and Dental Benefits plan
- Hybrid work environment
- Employer RRSP after one year of employment
- Use of gym facilities
- Flexible employer

**Duties and Responsibilities**:

- Provides clinical counselling / psychotherapy to clients for a minimum of 3 years,
- Provides culturally appropriate and language-specific direct service including client assessment, treatment, and referrals
- Provides advocacy and referrals to help clients’ access relevant community services. Where necessary and useful, collaborates with other professionals (i.e., doctors, settlement workers and other health-care professionals).
- Maintains cooperative working relationships with community agencies, schools, courts, child welfare workers, etc., makes referrals and mobilizes community resources where indicated on matters relating to clients’ welfare
- Ensures quality client care that is consistent with best practices, agency standards, and evidence-based approaches (particularly brief, narrative, & solution-focused therapies).
- Maintains necessary documentation and case records.
- Participates in supervision, meetings, workshops (including professional development opportunities)
- Performs related work as assigned

**Mandatory Qualifications/Experience**:

- M.S.W., M.Ed. (Counselling) or equivalent degree
- Membership in good standing with the OCSWSSW or CRPO (RSW or RP). Other health professionals which can perform the act of psychotherapy in Ontario can be considered as well.
- Maintains or is eligible to maintain professional liability insurance through their association
- Experience in Play Therapy, Art/Expressive Therapy, Emotion-Focused Family Therapy (EFFT).
- Demonstrated experience working with children adolescents and emerging adults (6 - 25 years in age)
- Knowledge of community resources and host-agent language and culture.
- Ability to work flexible hours according to program need with at least one evening per week
- Fluency in more than one language is an asset as is cross-cultural experience
- Comfortable working in-person and in a virtual setting (tele-therapy)
Additional Preferred Experience (any of the these are an asset):

- Comfort and knowledge with group work is preferred
- Lived experience
- Possess the lived experience, knowledge, and cultural experiences required to support members of the LGBTQ+ communities
- Possess the lived experience, knowledge, and cultural experiences required to support people who are visible minorities.
- Ability to provide counselling in Russian, Ukrainian, French or Arabic.
- Knowledge of Jewish traditions and communities

Jewish Family Services of Ottawa supports equal opportunity employment. We are committed to a selection process and work environment that is inclusive and barrier free. Accommodation will be provided in accordance with the Ontario Human Right Code. Applicants need to make any accommodation requests for the interview or selection process known in advance by contacting Jewish Family Services.

We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.