Women’s Counsellor – Virtual Services

Do you have?

•  Relevant education and/or experience in providing non-clinical counselling to women experiencing intimate partner violence.
• Knowledge and experience in implementing and administering virtual case plans and program plans. 
• Relevant skills and abilities to provide strategic input for a start-up virtual counselling program.
• Knowledge of evolving technologies for providing virtual counselling, networking, and outreach
•  Excellent interviewing and documentation and records management skills

Apply your education/experience and knowledge to make a difference in women’s lives by:

• Educating and empowering clients to develop coping strategies and life skills to overcome the barriers of abuse and become independent.
• Enabling accessibility of long-term counselling services to broader geographical and demographic populations.
• Providing trauma-informed, client-centered counselling support to women experiencing intimate partner violence (IPV).
• Supporting clients in developing safety plans and increasing awareness of healthy relationships, boundaries, and the cycle of abuse.
• Assisting clients in building self-confidence, emotional resilience, and self-advocacy skills.
• Maintaining accurate and timely documentation in accordance with organizational policies and professional standards.
• Assisting with outreach initiatives, presentations, and external workshops to increase awareness of Virtual Counselling Services and support client referrals and engagement.
• Collecting relevant service data and maintaining accurate records for program tracking and evaluation.
• Preparing and submitting statistical summaries and reports for management to support service monitoring and decision-making.

Strengthen your skills and abilities in:

• Excellent communication skills – written and verbal
• Networking and outreach initiatives
• Identifying counselling software capacity for optimum usage and troubleshooting issues
• Good judgment and decision-making 
• Documentation and digital records management and reporting
• Recognizing and maintaining boundaries
• Embracing and positively adapt to changes
• Flexibility and acceptance of challenges/opportunities to develop knowledge and skills
• Identify and manage risks.

Job Details:

• The Women’s Counsellor’s position provides non-clinical counselling services to clients via telephone and program portal.
• Accountability:  This position is accountable to the Residential Program Co-Manager.
• Work Arrangement: Onsite
• Job Type: Permanent Full-Time
• Hours of Work: 35 hours per week 
• Salary Range: $60,000 to $64,000
• Location: Toronto, Ontario
• Expected Start Date: Immediately

You will benefit from:

• Competitive compensation
• Paid vacation and sick benefits
• Optional RRSP benefits
• Employer fully paid Group Insurance benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Work/Life balance
• Career growth and professional development opportunities