Trauma Counsellor Jobs

Requisition ID: 341508

Posting End Date: Open Until Filled

City: Winnipeg

Site: Klinic Community Health

Work Location: Klinic Community Health

Department / Unit: Trauma Program

Posting Category: Clinical

Union: MAHCP

Anticipated Start - ASAP

FTE: 0.65

Anticipated Shift: Days; Evenings; Weekends

Annual Base Hours: 2080

0.65 EFT: 26 Hours Per Week

Start Date: Date of Hire

Hours Of Work: Days/Evenings/Weekends

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 Trauma Counselling Team, this position provides individual and group counselling to clients who have experienced trauma. Services are delivered through an empowerment based, trauma-informed lens, and within the broader context of the social determinants of health.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Perform other duties and functions related to job description but not exceeding above stated capacities
• Seek appropriate supervision/consultation of own actions
• Ability to provide outreach and on-site programming services where and when needed
• Participate in training offered elsewhere and by Klinic in order to maintain and improve quality of service
• Assist in the development of resource material
• Adhere to all agency policies, protocols and best practices
• Attend staff meetings as required
• Work as part of a team and promote team functioning
• Participate in formal self-evaluations
• Provide individual and/or group counselling to people who have experienced trauma
• Liaise with community resources and service organizations
• Assist in program planning, evaluation and quality monitoring including completion of statistical data

Requirements

• Satisfactory Criminal Record, Child Abuse and Adult Abuse Registry checks

SALARY RANGE $29.867 per hour - $38.977 per hour