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Notes:

• This is a CASUAL position; hours are not guaranteed. Contract will be for six months.
• This role will work between 3-5 days per week varying hours between 8:45 AM to 8:00 PM.
• The hourly rate is: $51.32 plus 4% vacation pay.

Please apply to yana.liao@utoronto.ca with a cover letter and resume.

About us:

The University of Toronto Scarborough is a place of energy, enthusiasm and passion. Our commitment to inclusive excellence attracts the brightest learners, scholars and employees from around the globe. Our success has been made possible by the opportunity given to us by our Indigenous hosts to operate on their territory, and we cherish our continuing partnerships with these communities. The University of Toronto Scarborough is an exciting campus with unlimited potential. Join us on our journey.

Your opportunity:

The Health & Wellness Centre at the University of Toronto Scarborough provides health promotion, primary care and counselling services in an interprofessional shared care model. The team delivers student-focused care and support that is compassionate, culturally responsive and evidence-based and supports students in achieving their goals and potential by inspiring hope, promoting healthy choices and supporting the healing process. The team strives to enhance services to students through collaborative partnerships across campus and in the community. Our goal is wellness for EVERY student and our vision is Transformative Inclusive Care. Thriving Community. We are guided by our values including compassion, empowerment, empathy, support, and inclusion.

Working under the direction of the Director, Health & Wellness Centre, the incumbent provides personal counselling using solution/goal-focused psychotherapy primarily to students at the University of Toronto Scarborough. The Counsellor/Therapist is responsible for providing counselling and psychotherapy to individuals, facilitating psycho-educational workshops and counselling groups/group therapy.

This search aligns with the University’s commitment to strategically and proactively promote diversity among our community members (Statement on Equity, Diversity & Excellence).

Recognizing that Black, Indigenous, and other Racialized communities have experienced inequities that have developed historically and are ongoing, we strongly welcome and encourage candidates from those communities to apply.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Following rules and procedural processes related to Personal Health Information Protection Act (PHIPA)
• Assessing the mental health of clients
• Liaising with the health care team to facilitate appropriate internal resources referrals for students in crisis
• Developing components of treatment plans based on appropriate therapeutic approaches
• Developing psychotherapeutically-appropriate materials for group counselling and intake procedures for clients
• Providing clinical counselling and psychotherapy to individual students and/or groups of students and making referrals to appropriate resources
• Exercising extreme care to prevent serious physical or emotional injury or harm

Essential Qualifications:

• Master's Degree in counselling psychology or social work or acceptable combination of equivalent experience. Must be in good standing with professional college.
• Minimum five years related experience in a community mental health setting and/or outpatient mental health unit performing client intakes/assessments, crisis counselling, brief or short-term counselling to individuals and psycho-educational workshops.
• Extensive experience with mental health and illness, behavioural issues, anger management, and conflict resolution.
• Experience working with young adult population.
• Experience with addiction assessment and treatment in individual and group settings.
• Applicants are also expected to show evidence of a commitment to equity, diversity, inclusion, and the promotion of a respectful and collegial learning and working environment.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint).
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Knowledge and competency in maintaining confidentiality of client information according to FIPPA and PHIPA legislation.
• Strong knowledge of community resources.
• Demonstrated ability to relate to students, staff and faculty in ways that build confidence and trust.
• Able to work in a highly diverse community with students from varied backgrounds and a variety of age groups, presenting with a range of difficulties and personal issues.
• Good judgment, sensitivity, flexibility, discretion and resourcefulness.
• Strong interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability to work professionally and collaboratively in an interdisciplinary team environment.
• Ability to communicate effectively with staff and senior administrators about issues facing students in crisis and make recommendations.

Assets (Nonessential):

• Preference will be given to candidates who self-identify as female with lived experience as a member of the Muslim community.
• Experience working with post-secondary students and knowledge of university and community mental health resources.
• Trauma informed counselling experience, life coaching, mindful based therapies and alternative evidence-based therapies.
• Lived experience with oppression, racism, homophobia, transphobia and/or ableism and/ or connection to Black, Indigenous, and Racialized communities, including newcomer and disability communities.
• Formal training/certification in two or more types of psychotherapy (e.g. cognitive behaviour therapy, dialectical behaviour therapy, internal family systems, acceptance and commitment therapy, etc.) and in dual diagnosis/concurrent disorders.
• Fluency in a second language.