EFAP Counsellor

Family Services of Greater Vancouver; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Part time

Job summary

A community support organization is seeking an EFAP Counsellor to provide clinical counselling services. Candidates must hold a Master's Degree and have extensive experience in providing counselling. This role involves addressing diverse client concerns in a supportive environment. The position is part-time with a pay rate of CA$38.00 per hour, and offers several health and wellness benefits.

Benefits

Three weeks’ vacation for full-time staff

Paid household leave days

Two paid Wellness Days a year

Flexible health benefit options

Qualifications

• Minimum of three years related work experience providing counselling for individuals, couples, families, and/or children.
• Current registration with a regulatory body: RSW, CCC or RCC.

Responsibilities

• Provide short-term, solutions-focused counselling in an EAP model.
• Support a wide spectrum of client concerns including depression, anxiety, and family conflict.

Skills

Clinical skills

Case management

Bilingual (second language)

Education

Master's Degree in Social Work, Counselling or Clinical Psychology

Job description

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Base pay range

CA$38.00 / hr - CA$38.00 / hr

JOB OPPORTUNITY : EFAP Counsellor

EFAP Counsellor Competition #15-25

About Our Opportunity

Family Services Employee Assistance Program (FSEAP) provides clinical counselling services to employees of client organizations who may be experiencing problems in their personal, family, or work lives. In addition, the program provides a variety of organizational services to its corporate clients, including workplace consulting and training, and critical incident stress management responses. As a social enterprise of Family Services of Greater Vancouver (FSGV), FSEAP is a fee-generating business, with all of its profits going to support the larger work of FSGV and the Greater Vancouver community.

Working within the mission, vision, values and person-centred philosophy of the Agency, the Counsellor provides short term, solutions focused counselling in an EAP model for children, youth and families, individuals and couples, serving clients of all ages, family configurations and income groups, addressing a wide spectrum of concerns including separation and divorce, relationship difficulties, parenting concerns, family conflict, loss and grief, ageing, depression, anxiety. It actively supports the Agency’s awareness and goals around diversity and inclusion.

• Three weeks’ vacation for full-time staff
• entitlement increases from there
• Three paid household leave days a year
• Two paid Wellness Days a year
• Two and a half paid Agency days for full-time staff
• Five paid days for education leave / year
• One paid Moving Day / year
• Subsidized professional association annual dues (if applicable)
• A work culture that values transparency, teamwork, learning, fairness and integrity
• pro-rated for part-time staff)

Health And Wellness Resources

• Three flex benefit options to meet your individualized needs
• Option of psychological / counselling services (up to $1500 / year)
• Employee Assistance Plan
• Long Term Disability Plan
• Insurance, Travel insurance, ++

Salary : GS 13 Step 1 $37.89 / hour

Location : 3700 Minoru Blvd., Richmond and 1638 E Broadway, Vancouver

Posting End Date : Posting will remain open until filled

What do you need to succeed?

Education, Training, Experience

• Master's Degree in Social Work, Counselling or Clinical Psychology or equivalent
• Minimum of three years related work experience providing counselling for individuals, couples, families and / or children or 2,500 counselling hours
• Current registration with a regulatory body : RSW, CCC or RCC

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

• Superior clinical skills, including significant understanding of mental health and substance abuse issues and short-term, solution-focused treatment approaches
• Exceptional case management skills, including knowledge of community resources and ability to assist clients to effectively access, utilize, and benefit from those resources
• Demonstrated ability to create and manage professional clinical records with exacting detail
• Second language would be an asset, but is not required

Additional Requirements

• Successful completion of a Criminal Record Check

How To Apply

If this describes you, please submit your application to us through our website, https : / / fsgv.ca / careers /

Short-listed candidates will be contacted for interviews. We thank all candidates and searchers for your interest.

We believe in the power of inclusion and the power of enabling all our staff to thrive by embracing diversity and fostering equality. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all staff that dismantles barriers and creates opportunities. Our organization is committed to recruiting a diverse workforce representing the communities we proudly serve while encompassing the principles of equity, inclusion and diversity. Decisions regarding recruitment, hiring, promotion, compensation, and all other terms and conditions of employment will be made without regard to race, colour, ancestry, place of origin, political beliefs, religion, marital status, family status, physical or mental disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, or non-applicable criminal condition.

If you require a disability-related accommodation to participate in the recruitment process or are an internal candidate, please email your resume and cover letter (indicating the competition number #15-25 in the email subject line) to [e-mail].

We gratefully acknowledge that our programs are delivered on traditional and ancestral lands and waters of the Coast Salish peoples, including the Xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish), Sel̓íl̓witulh (Tsleil Waututh), Qayqayt, Katzie, Kwantlen, Kwekwetlem, Semiahmoo, Matsqui, and Tsawwassen First Nations. Huy ch q’u.

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About Us

When you work with us, you will join a caring team of people who will value you as a whole person. You will also have the opportunity to do meaningful, leading-edge work that has a direct impact on the local community.

Family Services Employee Assistance Program (FSEAP) provides clinical counselling services to employees of client organizations who may be experiencing problems in their personal, family, or work lives. In addition, the program provides several organizational services to its corporate clients, including workplace consulting, training, and critical incident stress management responses. As a social enterprise of Family Services of Greater Vancouver (FSGV), FSEAP is a fee-generating business, with all of its profits going to support the larger work of FSGV and the Greater Vancouver community.

At Family Services of Greater Vancouver, we have been helping people in crisis since 1928. We are a non-profit working to support and empower individuals, families, and communities. We offer programs and services designed to help people develop the skills, knowledge, and confidence to create positive change in their lives. Our staff operates from an evidence-based, trauma-informed lens to meet people where they are and get them where they want to be.

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