Job Description

Salary Range: Commensurate with qualifications and experience ($64,668 - $88,462)

*This is a term position until November 29, 2024*

Student Counselling Services at the University of Winnipeg seeks an experienced Counsellor to provide a wide variety of personal counselling services to our students within a diverse, academic setting. This is a term appointment.

Responsibilities:

• Provides intake, assessment, care planning, individual and group counselling around a range of issues.
• Demonstrates a commitment to a student centered, trauma informed and culturally sensitive, anti-oppressive, inclusive and holistic framework.
• Works within a shared cared setting, using a stepped care model to support student mental health and wellbeing.
• Responds to students in distress or crisis, and assesses, intervenes, liaises and refers students to other supports or services, as appropriate.
• Provides advocacy on behalf of students\xe2\x80\x99 expressed needs with internal and external contacts.
• Collaborates with colleagues around health and wellness promotion for the campus.
• Responsible for university-wide initiatives related to student health and well-being.
• Offers consultation to staff and faculty related to student mental health and wellbeing.
• Responds to requests and offers education to students, faculty, staff as requested in the form of workshops, presentations, and meetings.
• Consults with students, staff, faculty, and off-campus community agencies as it relates to building awareness and capacity on student mental health and wellbeing.

The Successful Candidate will:

• Have a Graduate degree in Clinical Social Work, Psychology, Marriage and Family Therapy, or another related discipline.
• Be registered/licensed with an appropriate professional body.
• Have training in crisis response, risk assessment, sexual violence and suicide intervention.
• Have a minimum of five years clinical experience.
• Possess experience counselling populations presenting a vast diversity of issues and have a demonstrated ability to respond effectively to any presenting issue including suicide, trauma and crisis.
• Be committed to supporting all students, with experience counselling young adults and working with diverse and marginalized persons and communities.
• Have experience working from an anti-oppressive, trauma informed, culturally sensitive student-centered perspective.
• Possess experience in working with sexual violence and mental health.
• Have experience facilitating workshops, groups and presentations.
• Experienced in planning initiatives and events around mental health and wellness.
• Be experienced in navigating local health and social service community resources.

Applications must be submitted online via The University of Winnipeg\xe2\x80\x99s online recruitment system. Please click on the \xe2\x80\x9cApply\xe2\x80\x9d link below to submit your application. For additional details on how to submit your application, please visit our and under the Employment category, choose the Faculty Employment position vacancies option.

Inquiries about the position may be directed to Inga Johnson Mychasiw,

The University of Winnipeg is committed to equity, diversity and inclusion and recognizes that a diverse staff and faculty benefits and enriches the work, learning and research environments, and is essential to academic and institutional excellence. We welcome applications from all qualified individuals and encourage women, racialized persons, Indigenous persons, persons with disabilities, and 2SLGBTQ+ persons to confidentially self-identify at time of application.

All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadian citizens and permanent residents will be given priority.

The University of Winnipeg is committed to ensuring employment opportunities are accessible for all applicants. If you require accommodation supports during the recruitment process, please contact human_resources@uwinnipeg.ca.

The personal information of applicants is collected under the authority of the University of Winnipeg Act and 36(1)(b) of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. All personal information collected via the recruitment process is used to assess the applicant\xe2\x80\x99s suitability, eligibility, and qualifications for employment, and to otherwise support recruitment activities. This information will be provided to participating members of the recruitment process. Questions regarding the collection of your personal information may be directed to the Director, HR Services, 515 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg, MB, R3B 2E9 or human_resources@uwinnipeg.ca.

The University of Winnipeg has a Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccination Policy that requires all those coming to designated indoor campus spaces to provide proof they are fully vaccinated. The Policy was suspended effective May 2, 2022. However, prospective employees should know that the Policy may be reinstated in the future based on changing public health circumstances.

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