Clinical Counsellor, Primary Care-Surrey

Fraser Health; Surrey; On-site; CAD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a compassionate and dedicated team as a Clinical Counsellor in Surrey, where you will make a meaningful impact on individuals facing mental health challenges. This full-time role offers the chance to provide essential support and therapeutic interventions to clients in crisis, while collaborating with an interdisciplinary team to develop comprehensive care plans. Embrace the opportunity to work in a diverse and inclusive environment that values respect, caring, and trust. If you are passionate about mental health and eager to contribute to a supportive community, this position is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in a related field and 2 years of relevant experience required.
• Strong clinical counselling skills and knowledge of CBT and crisis intervention.

Responsibilities

• Provide brief intervention and support to clients affected by mental illness.
• Assess client needs and contribute to shared care plans.
• Deliver psychoeducation sessions and maintain clinical documentation.

Skills

Crisis Counselling

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

Mental Health Assessment

Substance Use Knowledge

Interdisciplinary Team Collaboration

Effective Communication

Networking with Agencies

Client Assessment Tools

Time Management

Education

Master's in Counselling Psychology

Registration with Professional Association

Job description

Salary

The salary range for this position is CAD $42.27 - $52.81 / hour.

Job Summary

We invite you to apply today and find out why employees recommend Fraser Health to their friends as an exceptional place to work. We are committed to planetary health, value diversity in the workforce, and seek to maintain an environment of Respect, Caring, and Trust. Fraser Health’s hiring practices aspire to ensure all individuals are treated in an inclusive, equitable, and culturally safe manner.

If you are someone who is looking for a challenge that is equally rewarding, then this might be the opportunity for you. We hire great people for excellent jobs and need your help to expand our ability to deliver prompt and professional services. We are currently looking for a Full-time Clinical Counsellor to join our Urgent Primary Care Centre team in Surrey, B.C. This is a chance to make a difference every day in the world of health care as you bring your excellent work ethic to the role.

Detailed Overview

The Clinical Counsellor provides consultation, assessment, short-term case management, and brief intervention services on complex cases to individuals and families who present with and are affected by serious and persistent mental disorders and/or substance use. They assess referred clients and/or accept the client for short-term case management or make referrals to other community services where appropriate. As part of the interdisciplinary shared care team, they collaborate in the development of shared care plans and provide comprehensive case consultation and follow-up support on treatment decisions.

Provides client and family-centered care through a trauma-informed approach and evidence-informed practices; establishes a dignifying, purposeful, and trusting relationship with clients, promoting self-determination and independence; encourages knowledge exchange in day-to-day activities and empowers clients and natural supports to engage and connect within their communities; ensures clients and their family members are supported in navigating the health care system.

Responsibilities

1. Provides short-term brief intervention and support to clients affected by mental illness and/or substance use, including people in crisis, utilizing crisis intervention and short-term cognitive behavioral therapy based on treatment goals.
2. Assesses client needs and available services and contributes to the shared care plan with the client's input. Facilitates clients' utilization of appropriate community services and rehabilitative programs through methods such as researching available services, liaising with the service and program providers, and providing advice and consultation to colleagues to ensure clients receive appropriate and timely service delivery and continuity of care.
3. Screens referrals from the interdisciplinary team by gathering background information, determining service priorities, and providing rapid response to urgent referrals, providing outreach, crisis intervention, and short-term treatment stabilization, and referral.
4. Carries out treatment plans and interventions, provision of support and crisis intervention, including facilitation of hospitalization where necessary. Follows up, monitors, and evaluates treatment outcomes.
5. Communicates and consults with psychiatrists and the interdisciplinary shared care team regarding client care and progress.
6. Provides referral to appropriate agencies and collaborative information sharing of psychiatric situations including substance use/dependence.
7. Delivers psychoeducation sessions to clients and their families by using various group processes and theory.
8. Identifies gaps and problems with service and recommends solutions to assist in the development and maintenance of a coordinated mental health care system within the community.
9. Provides education and information sessions regarding mental health issues to the interdisciplinary shared care team, and to government/non-government agencies, in conjunction with other community groups and agencies as needed.
10. Assists in the evaluation of the program and in monitoring quality improvement activities, standards of practice, policies, and procedures.
11. Maintains written reports and statistics and prepares written reports and clinical documentation according to established policies and procedures.
12. Performs other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Education and Experience

Master's in Counselling Psychology, Social Work, or other related discipline from an accredited educational institution. Eligible for registration with the relevant professional association.

Two (2) years of recent related experience in community and/or hospital settings providing programs for individuals with mental health and substance use disorders, or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.

Skills and Abilities

• Comprehensive clinical counselling and therapy skills including crisis counselling.
• Demonstrated clinical skills in working with the seriously mentally ill.
• Thorough knowledge of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) as a therapeutic modality.
• Demonstrated comprehensive knowledge of mental health psychiatric assessment skills, crisis intervention techniques, de-escalation techniques, brief/short-term therapy skills and interventions, abnormal psychology, general counselling theory/principles, DSM V multi-axial diagnosis, community response procedures, community resource utilization, and knowledge of psycho-pharmacology used in psychiatric treatment.
• Demonstrated comprehensive knowledge of substance use, relapse prevention, and harm reduction.
• Ability to undertake client assessment tools.
• Demonstrated ability to deal with others effectively, including establishing and maintaining rapport with psychotic, crisis-prone, non-compliant people, and working collaboratively and cooperatively with other care providers to facilitate and enhance interdisciplinary, inter-departmental, and interagency communication and problem-solving.
• Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
• Demonstrated ability to network with other services and agencies.
• Ability to work on interdisciplinary teams.
• Ability to deal with others effectively.
• Ability to plan, organize, and prioritize work.
• Ability to operate related equipment including applicable software applications.
• Ability to work independently under the direction of physicians, nurse practitioners, and/or psychiatrists.
• Physical ability to carry out the duties of the position.

About Fraser Health

Fraser Health is the heart of health care for over two million people in Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley in British Columbia, Canada, on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded lands of the Coast Salish and Nlaka’pamux Nations and is home to 32 First Nations within the Fraser Salish region.

People - those we care for and those who care for them - are at the heart of everything we do. Our hospital and community-based services are delivered by a team of 48,000+ staff, medical staff, and volunteers.

We are committed to planetary health and value diversity in the workforce. We strive to maintain an environment of respect, caring, and trust. Fraser Health’s hiring practices aspire to ensure all individuals are treated in an inclusive, equitable, and culturally safe manner.

Together, we are the heart of health care.