Position: Clinical Counsellor - Contract
Location: Community (Lower Mainland)
Hours: 5-7 hours/week
Salary: $41.20/hour
Start Date: August 1, 2025
End Date: March 31, 2026 (with the possibility of extension)
We are accepting applications for a Contract Clinical Counsellor to provide both individual and group counselling to men dealing with issues of violence and abuse. This individual must be a Registered Clinical Counsellor with BC Association of Clinical Counsellors. This individual should have a strong history of being able to work autonomously as well as experience in co-facilitation in group counselling.
Due to the nature of the program and the population served, this position requires a male-identifying Clinical Counsellor to provide culturally and experientially appropriate support.

DESCRIPTION OF POSITION:

Responsible to: Manager of Trauma Counselling

QUALIFICATIONS:

• M.A., M.Ed., M.S.W. (Counselling Psychology) or the equivalency of a combination of education, training, and life experience.
• Current certification through BC Association of Clinical Counsellors.
• Minimum of two years of experience working with men who have or are experiencing abuse.
• Education and training in individual and group intersectional counselling skills.
• Cultural diversity and equity knowledge and focus on Indigenous reconciliation and reparation and decolonization practices.
• Knowledge of dynamics associated with abuse and demonstrated ability to incorporate the components of trauma counselling into her counselling practice.
• Excellent knowledge and understanding of men’s issues from an intersectional, decolonization perspective.
• Knowledge and understanding of how a man’s race, social and economic status, religion, sexual orientation, marginalization, oppression, and intersectionality may affect their functioning in mainstream society.
• Excellent verbal and written communication; and interpersonal skills.
• Clear criminal record check.
  Closing Date: July 31, 2025
  Internal candidates will be contacted by: July 21, 202

• Provides individual intake, assessment, and mid-range counselling to men experiencing/perpetrating the effects of relationship violence, sexual assault, and/or historic abuse while incorporating an intersectional decolonization perspective and following Stopping the Violence program standards.
• Provides direct counselling on an individual and group basis to men from the community. Group counselling is a co-facilitation model based on the MenTOR program.
• Incorporates the central components of trauma counselling, emphasizing safety and containment and, when safe to do so, processing the trauma.
• Reports complaints and critical incidents to the appropriate levels of authority, whether internal or external, to the agency and documents actions concerning safety assessment and planning.
• Maintains up-to-date confidential client files on Sharevision/OWL, ensuring that information is documented in a way that reduces the possibility of the data being used in a prejudicial manner against the client. Client files include intake records, safety plans (when required), limits of confidentiality, consent forms, session notes, therapy plans, PQI notes and other relevant documents.
• Attends and participates in scheduled external counselling consultations. Uses internal support/debriefing and internal FIT supervision as needed or as required.
• Upholds Sources and the STV standards to ensure the provision of a high-quality service.
• Attends and participates in clinical consultation as scheduled.
• Provides advocacy/presentations for men on an as-needed/as-wanted basis.
• Familiarizes self with referring bodies, addresses client’s needs, and outreach to other Sources programs, external agencies, and organizations.
• Keeps up-to-date confidential client statistics and invoices, including group records reported monthly.
  Physical Demands: Lifting/Pulling - 0%, Walking/Moving Around - 50%, Sitting - 50%, Time Spent Outside - 0%
  Cognitive Demands: Independent Work - 75%, Task Memorization - 50%, Changing Priorities/Deadlines - 25%, Writing/Reading - 50%, Therapeutic Skills - 100%