Counsellor to Students

5 months ago

Toronto, Canada University Health Network Full time

Company Description

The Michener Institute of Education at UHN is Canada’s only post-secondary institution devoted exclusively to healthcare professions, offering full-time, part-time and continuing education programs. For more than 65 years, Michener has prepared generations of professionals for applied health careers and responded to emerging health system priorities. We’re uniquely situated within University Health Network (UHN) in downtown Toronto, one of the largest and most highly ranked hospital systems in Canada and internationally. Our curriculum is informed by cutting-edge research and clinical innovations, giving Michener graduates an advantage as they begin their careers.  At Michener, we make healthcare happen.

If you want to work with a team of professionals dedicated to the advancement of applied health sciences to enhance the health of individuals and communities in Ontario and beyond, we encourage you to apply for the Counsellor to Students position with The Michener Institute. 

Job Description

Department: Student Success Network
Status:  Permanent Part-time
Site:  The Michener Institute
Hours per week:   hours
Salary:  $ $ per hour

Position Summary:

The Michener Institute of Education seeks to hire a Counsellor for Students. Reporting to the Dean of Students, the Counsellor is an integral member of the Student Success team. The Counsellor is responsible for providing a wide range of academic and personal services and supports to post-secondary students enrolled in allied health programming. The counsellor will play a crucial role in supporting our students' mental health, offering guidance, and fostering a positive and nurturing environment conducive to their personal and academic growth. This includes developing and supporting workshops for students and staff. Counsellors should have demonstrated experience in assessing numerous issues and concerns that vary in degrees of complexity and implement relevant strategies and techniques to address identified issues. Counsellors may practice multiple modalities, however, of special interest would be experience in anti-oppressive practice, as well as psychodynamic, CBT, DBT, trauma-informed and other somatic counselling models.

For more information about the position, please contact

Qualifications

Master’s degree in counselling (in Education, Psychology or Social Work). Membership in a professional counselling organization such as the CRPO, CCPA, CASWE, OAMHP Strong working knowledge of the key issues and challenges of post-secondary students Excellent communication (written and verbal) skills. Satisfactory Canadian Police Clearance document required upon hire.

Recommended :

Conduct group counseling sessions on topics such as stress management during practical assessments, coping strategies, assertiveness skills in a health care environment Knowledge of common transition challenges for young adults between the ages of 18 and 25 (the time of early on-set psychological challenges) High levels of skills in assessing, supporting, and engaging in short to medium-term counselling with students experiencing major depressive disorder, generalized anxiety, panic attacks, social anxiety, disordered eating, borderline personality disorder, bi-polar disorder (I and II), grief, family and relationship challenges Commitment to some on-site counselling Experience (or openness to) supervising beginning counsellors and student therapists Knowledge and experience working with post-secondary environment school stresses, such ADHD, perfectionism, social anxiety, exam stress, life transition stress and culture shock Five years of counselling experience, including risk assessment training

Additional Information

Closing Date: July 19, 2024

Vaccines (COVID-19 and others) are a requirement of the job unless you have an exemption on a medical ground pursuant to the Ontario Human Rights Code.

Qualified applicants are invited to submit a detailed resume and cover letter.

For further information on The Michener Institute, please visit our website at .

The Michener Institute is publicly funded by the Ministry of health and is a respectful, caring and inclusive workplace. We are committed to championing accessibility, diversity and equal opportunity.

We offer accommodation for applicants with disabilities during the recruitment process providing the applicant has met the Bona-fide requirements for the open position. Applicants need to make their requirements known when contacted.

While we thank all applicants only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

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