Associate Counsellor

**Private Practice Associate Counsellor**

Nightingale Counselling & Research is a thriving private practice of Registered Clinical Counsellors working with clients in-person in Vancouver and online. We provide non-manualized, trauma-informed counselling services to individuals, couples, and families.

**About the Opportunity**

Nightingale Counselling is looking to hire several full-time Associate Counsellors for in-person and online counselling at our Granville Street clinic. Nightingale is hiring for this position on a rolling basis, and the positions will remain open until they have been filled.

We are seeking professional and committed counsellors eager to build **full-time caseloads**. We are seeking applicants who are:

- actively seeking and deeply value participating in clinical teamwork,
- demonstrate a strong work ethic towards their peers and their clients,
- zealous about developing their counselling skills.

**Diversity**

At Nightingale Counselling, we are committed to recruiting a diverse workforce that represents the community we proudly live in and serve. We actively encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds, including First Nations, all genders, nationalities, and persons with disabilities. Applicants must be legally entitled to work in Canada (i.e. Canadian citizen, permanent Resident, or person who has been granted refugee status).

Compensation
- ~$90/hour to begin
- Opportunities for advancement and promotion both clinically and in other areas of the business
- Industry leading suite of administrative and clinical support
- Extended dental and health benefits
- Ongoing professional development funding

We are dedicated to what we do and encourage our employees towards personal leadership and professional development. We offer competitive rewards and benefits commensurate with applicants’ experience. Associate Counsellors receive a “Roadmap to Success” detailing pathways for bonuses, promotions, and raises.

**Requirements**:

- Master’s Degree in Counselling Psychology (or related)
- Current registration with applicable regulatory body (e.g. BCACC)
- Ability to commit to adequate weekly shifts to accommodate flexible appointment times for a caseload of 18+ clients per week
- For contracted associates: up-to-date professional documentation including business registration and professional liability insurance

**Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities**
- Professionalism, teamwork, and commitment to learning
- Strong work ethic
- Core belief in the efficacy of counselling therapy
- Non-manualized, client-centered therapy approaches
- Commitment to ethical practice, including supervision, consultation, and self-care
- Willingness to exercise sliding scale and pro-bono options for professional practice

**The Culture of Nightingale Counselling**

Nightingale Counselling is a legitimate group practice, which is distinct from a practice that is a group of counsellors. We work as a group rather than simply in a group.

There are consistent opportunities to talk and work and struggle through the everyday problems of being a counsellor with peers and clinical leaders. This is the very heart of Nightingale Counselling. We have learned that the effect of working in such an environment produces better client outcomes, because counsellors that are maximally supported by their peers, clinical leadership, and administrative team are maximally effective. This is what work looks like at Nightingale.

But of course, all work and no play does not make for well rounded counsellors and people. Over the past couple of years, we have worked to offer a variety of ways in which Nightingale employees can enjoy each other in non-work ways, including end of month get-togethers and a group of folks that run together.

What a current Nightingale Counsellor has to offer about their experience working at the practice:
Nightingale Counselling is a unique flavor—an identity—not a brand. It's a group of counsellors who have unlimited curiosity, compassion, and joy. Shane and hart, literally the heart of the organization (pun intended), push the limits of what I thought a career in counselling could offer. It is not a siloed, each counsellor working their casework alone approach, but rather offers an environment that promotes growth, tests our limits of clinical understanding, and brings to life the very reason I chose this career. I care deeply about people and their experience and they have curated the space in which I can explore all aspects of humanity.

Carolina Radovan, RCC

**Application Process