Counsellor

**JOB POSTING # 2025-64-01**
**INTERNAL/EXTERNAL**
**Montrose Trauma and Wellness Counselling**
**SAIP (Sexual Abuse Intervention Program)**
**Counsellor**
**Wage: $40.01 per hour**
**Part Time: 21.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday**
**Permanent**

**Counsellor**
**Join the team at Archway**
**Come Help Us Help People**

**Location: Abbotsford**
**On Site**

**Job Summary**:
The Counsellor works in our SAIP counselling for children/youth 4- 18 years old who have experienced sexual abuse, assault, or exploitation. This position provides intake, assessment, individual service plans, individual and group counselling, brief and ongoing sessions, and provides clients with information about other relevant services. The Counsellor assists clients in addressing trauma and working toward identified goals.

**Your Role**:

- Providing one-on-one counselling, in person or virtually, that may include psychoeducation, crisis support/referral, play therapy and other trauma counselling as is appropriate for the client(s).
- Gathering information about the client, conducting assessments, and identifying areas of concern.
- Developing interpretive summaries and consulting with each client to create individualized service plans.
- Working collaboratively with caregivers and facilitating groups.

This position is a great fit for someone who has strong relationship building skills and ability to establish trust; has strong documentation skills and the ability to produce accurate and factual case notes, and has the ability to work effectively with children and young people who have experienced sexual abuse, assault, or exploitation.

**Our Offer**
- Wage: $40.01 per hour.
- A permanent, part-time position at 21.5 hours per week, availability Mondays to Fridays, from 8:30 AM to 5:30 PM.

**Benefits include**:

- Three weeks’ pro-rated vacation.
- A great benefits plan including extended health, and dental, you choose your plan.
- Employee and Family Assistance Program that includes online access to wellness resources.
- Great in-house training opportunities, including specific professional development for counsellors
- Regular clinical supervision and ongoing professional development.
- Rewarding work in a positive environment.
- Work/Life balance.

**Getting an Interview - you will be considered if you have**:

- Master’s degree in counselling psychology or a related field.
- Eligible for registration with professional regulatory bodies such as the BC Association of Clinical Counsellors or Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association.
- Experience working with children who have experienced trauma.
- Training in play therapy and trauma counselling.

**The Job Requires you to have**:

- Excellent verbal, written, and active listening skills; ability to communicate effectively and respectfully with people from a variety of backgrounds and experiences.
- Strong relationship building skills; ability to build rapport, establish trust, and set appropriate boundaries.
- Strong documentation skills; ability to produce accurate and factual case notes in a timely manner.
- Strong computer skills; able to use Microsoft Office365, and virtual meeting platforms including Microsoft Teams and Zoom.
- Ability to provide in-person service, and adherence to health and safety protocols.
- Flexible availability to work some early evenings (up to 6pm) to accommodate clients’ schedules.
- A satisfactory criminal records check is a condition of employment.

**Closing date is March 12. 2025**

**TO APPLY**

Please submit your cover letter and resume to:
Job Posting #2025-64-01

**No phone calls please. Only short-listed applicants will be contacted**.

**Must be legally entitled to work in Canada.**
- **We acknowledge that we gather on the traditional and unceded territory of the Stó:lō people. Stó:lō territory extends from the mouth of the Fraser River to Boston Bar. Locally, this includes the Matsqui First Nation and Sumas First Nation. We give them thanks for sharing their land and resources with us.**_
- **We invest in the mental health and wellbeing of our employees.**_

**Job Types**: Part-time, Permanent

Pay: $40.01 per hour

Expected hours: 21.5 per week

**Benefits**:

- Casual dress
- Company events
- Dental care
- Employee assistance program
- Extended health care
- Paid time off
- Vision care
- Wellness program

Flexible language requirement:

- French not required

Schedule:

- Day shift
- Evening shift
- Monday to Friday

Application question(s):

- Do you have a Master’s degree in counselling psychology or a related field?
- Are you eligible for registration with professional regulatory bodies such as the BC Association of Clinical Counsellors or Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association?
- Do you have experience working with children who have experienced trauma?
- Do you have training in play therapy and trauma counselling?
- A satisfactory criminal records check is a condition of employment.

Work Location: In person