Counsellor Therapist

Access Alliance Multicultural Health and Community Services; Toronto; On-site; CAD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Access Alliance Multicultural Health and Community Services in Toronto is seeking a Counsellor/Therapist to join its interdisciplinary health services team. You will provide assessment, case management, and short- and long-term counseling, advocating for clients who face complex health and social needs.

The role serves diverse groups including newcomers, immigrants, refugees, women, children, youth, and 2SLGBTQI+ communities.

Qualifications

• Experience in counselling or therapy within health or community settings.
• Ability to work with diverse populations, including immigrants and refugees.
• Strong assessment, coordination and advocacy skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide brief and short-term trauma-informed counselling.
• Support newcomers with mental health needs using culturally appropriate approaches.
• Coordinate client care including assessments, referrals and discharge planning.
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary team to integrate services.
• Build links with community organizations and groups.
• Travel across the city to designated sites and work flexible hours.

Job description

Title

Counsellor/Therapist

Position

Type

Full Time Permanent

Number of

Vacancies

1

Posting Date

August 14, 2026

Expiry Date

August 28, 2026

Posting

Type

Internal & External

Supervisor

Manager, Primary Care and Health Initiatives

Location

• Main Location: 340 College Street, Toronto, Ontario
• You may be required to work at any site

Short Description

Access Alliance Multicultural Health and Community Services (AAMHCS) is a Community Health Centre that aims to provide services and addresses system inequities to improve health outcomes for the most vulnerable immigrants, refugees, and their communities. The Centre envisions a future in which Toronto’s diverse communities achieve health with dignity.

We are looking for a thoughtful, empathic, and organized person to be part of the Centre’s interdisciplinary health services team and work within a collaborative model of clinical and allied health practice, program planning, implementation and evaluation. The Counsellor/Therapist provides assessment, case management and co-ordination, short and long-term counseling and where appropriate advocacy for clients and community members. The position works with all Centre clients, including women, children, youth, adults, seniors and 2SLGBTQI+, who are newcomers, immigrants, refugees and who face multiple and complex health and social issues.

Detailed Description

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Brief and short-term trauma-informed counselling for clients.
• Support newcomers with mental health needs in any context; culturally appropriate approaches; trauma informed practice; integrating promising and emerging practices.
• Client care coordination, including orientation, assessment, referrals to internal and external resources, case management and discharge planning.
• Participate actively in the Centre's interdisciplinary team, supporting integrated approaches to client services based on social determinants of health.
• Establish and maintain links with organizations and groups in the community.
• Work with community groups and organization to identify service gaps and needs.
• Network, liaise and jointly advocate with organizations and community groups addressing issues identified by clients and/or community.
• Participating in primary health care program and service delivery within the broader community context in partnerships with other institutions as may be required from time to time.
• Participating in all organizational systems and structures as required including but not limited to, quality assurance and performance evaluation.
• Ability to travel and provide services throughout the City, at designated sites, and to work flexible hours, including evening and weekend shifts when required/scheduled.

Please note that a criminal background check (Vulnerable sector) will be conducted for this position.

We encourage applications from individuals who reflect the broad diversity of communities we work with, including those from racialized and 2SLGBTQI+ communities.

In accordance with the Ontario Human Rights Code and the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005, accommodation will be provided in all parts of the hiring process. Applicants need to make their needs known in advance.

Access Alliance encourages a scent-free environment. Employees, students, volunteers, and visitors are asked to refrain from wearing fragrances and other scented personal care products (i.e. perfumes, lotions, hairspray, etc.) while at the Centre.