Counsellor, Counselling Service

Program:

Pathways to Counselling - Counselling Service

Contract:

Full Time 35 hours per week, including flexibility to work one evening per week

Location:

355 Church Street and 128a Sterling Road with potential for visits to Victoria Park Hub

Salary:

$58,976 – 72,640 Grade 8 BU

Application Deadline: October 27 th ,2025 by 5:00 pm

File Number: COU #43-25

Grow with us

Family Service Toronto (FST) helps people face a wide variety of life challenges. For over 100 years, we have worked with individuals and families destabilized by precarious mental health and/or socioeconomic circumstances, and/or developmental disabilities, to achieve greater resilience and stability in more just and supportive communities. We achieve this through our direct service work of intervention and prevention which includes case management, counselling, peer support and education; knowledge building; and system-level work including social action, advocacy, community-building and working with partners to strengthen the sector.

We're proud of our people and culture We are constantly evolving what we do and how we do it. Our work is grounded in the lived experience of the clients and the community. We celebrate diversity, equity, inclusion, and excellence. We are agile, learning and always willing to try new things.

The Opportunity

FST 's Pathways to Counselling (PTC) program provides trauma informed clinical counselling for adults and youth with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities as well as their caregivers. Referrals come through FST's Options programs which provides case management supports to people with intellectual/developmental disabilities. The counsellor will be part of an outstanding interdisciplinary team using a range of therapeutic modalities, participating in clinical consultations and a shared commitment to professional development.

Services are offered to clients across Toronto in-person, by phone or video call.

Ready to make that move? Here's what's in it for you:

• Thrive in trust-based culture and have fun, working with an amazing, diverse group of driven, talented people.
• Be part of a workplace incorporating trauma informed care into all aspects of service delivery, building on the principles of knowledge-building and resiliency.
• Get on-the-job training and development.
• Make a significant impact on our clients and community.

What we are looking for:

Responsibilities

Counselling expertise:

• Provide culturally sensitive trauma informed and evidence-based counselling for individuals and couples.
• Experience and expertise working with people with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, Autism or secondary diagnosis and/or their caregivers
• Potential to provide trauma therapy for survivors of sexual abuse.
• Experience with short term and medium-term therapy models.
• Provide services to clients from diverse ethno-cultural communities, diverse sexual orientation, and gender identities, and to clients who are marginalized by a range of systemic issues.
• Experience and/or knowledge of working with people facing an array of challenges, including mental and physical health issues, impacts of trauma, relationship issues, intellectual disabilities, neurodiversity and comorbidity
• Provide professional clinical assessments, case notes and reports in a timely manner using an electronic client database.
  Supervising students

Qualifications

• M.S.W., M.A. or M.Ed. Foreign credentials are valued.
• Applicants must be registered and in good standing with the College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers or the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario.
• Minimum of three years of clinical experience.
• Demonstrated clinical training, experience, and competence in integrating at least two clinical modalities into practice (e.g., CBT, DBT, EFT, Mindfulness, EMDR, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, Solution Focused Therapy, Narrative Therapy).
• Professional Development in drama therapy an asset
• Demonstrated commitment to, and understanding of the principles of social justice, cultural competency and equity and inclusion.
• Current knowledge of best practices in mental health (e.g., crisis de-escalation, suicide prevention, harm reduction, child abuse, and gender-based violence). Ability to provide counselling in a second language, is a strong asset.
• Strong Computer skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Interested?

Our goal is to attract, develop, and retain highly talented employees from diverse backgrounds allowing us to benefit from a wide variety of experiences and perspectives.

We actively encourage applicants from all equity seeking groups. First Nations, Inuit, Métis, Black and People of Colour, people with disabilities, people of diverse gender expression, members of 2SLGBTQI+ communities and people with lived experience of poverty are encouraged to apply.

In accordance with Ontario Human Rights Code, Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005, and FST's Equity and Inclusion policy, accommodation will be provided in all parts of the hiring process. Applicants need to make their needs known in advance.

We thank all applicants and will contact the individuals selected for an interview.