Sexual Assault Crisis Counsellor

Requisition ID: 339081

Posting End Date: June 26, 2023

City: Winnipeg

Site: Klinic Community Health

Work Location: Klinic Community Health

Department / Unit: SACP

Posting Category: Clinical

Union: MAHCP

Anticipated Start Date: ASAP

FTE: 1.0

Anticipated Shift: Days; Evenings; Weekends

Annual Base Hours: 2080

Klinic Community Heath is a pro-choice community health centre that provides primary care, education and counselling services to our local community and throughout Manitoba. Driven by our vision of creating healthy and engaged communities, we promote health and quality of life for people of every age, background, ethnicity, gender identity and socio-economic circumstances. Rooted in social justice values, we believe that everyone deserves quality care, support and respect.

Position Summary

As a member of the Sexual Assault Program, this position provides individual and group counselling to clients who have experienced sexual assault or other forms of sexual violence. Services are offered to both survivors of sexual trauma as well as individuals who may be impacted by the sexual assault of a loved one. Services are delivered through an empowerment based, trauma-informed lens, and within the broader context of the social determinants of health. The position also supports the work of the Sexual Assault Crisis Program through volunteer training, public education and committee work.

Qualifications

• Comprehensive knowledge of gender based and sexual violence and experience counselling people through the trauma recovery process
• Demonstrated ability to mentor volunteers
• Experience providing public education and training
• Ability to contribute to a positive team culture
• Thorough knowledge and clinical experience related to risk assessment, crisis intervention, suicide prevention, domestic abuse, suicide loss, mental health and substance use/addiction
• Understanding of the role of professional self-reflection in the counselling process
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (verbal and written)
• Understanding of the social systems that intersect with sexual and gender based violence
• Undergraduate degree in a relevant social science field; graduate degree in counselling preferred
• Understanding of empowerment based, trauma-informed principles
• Minimum 2 years (full-time) supervised in-person counselling experience
• Awareness of and sensitivity to issues of diversity
• Experience providing group counselling

Responsibilities

• Participates in program planning, evaluation and quality monitoring including completing daily statistics
• Provide individual and group counselling to individuals who have experience sexual violence
• Performs other duties and functions related to their job description not exceeding above stated capacities
• Participates in formal self-evaluations by identifying strengths and limitations
• Actively engages in promoting healthy team functioning
• Seeks appropriate supervision/consultation of own actions
• Liaise with community resources and service organizations
• Charts appropriately according to Klinic Procedures
• Adheres to all agency policies, protocols and promotes best practice
• Attends staff meetings as required
• Participates in training courses and in-services offered elsewhere and by Klinic in order to maintain and improve quality of service

Requirements

• Satisfactory Criminal Record, Child Abuse and Adult Abuse Registry checks
• Ability to work days, evenings and weekends

SALARY RANGE $29.867 per hour - $38.977 per hour