Summary / Scope
Working collaboratively with other health care providers and a multidisciplinary team, the Wellness Counsellor provides direct therapeutic counselling and group work, system navigation and advocacy, and education and linkage to relevant care resources, while facilitating client self-management. The Wellness Counsellor is responsible for providing counselling services to maintain or improve the health and social well-being and functioning of the identified population.
Specific duties and responsibilities of this position include: case assessment and therapeutic counselling, and resource linkages, to support the mental health needs of persons and their families who are dealing with complex issues such as anxiety, behavioral and learning issues, trauma, witnessing violence, sexual abuse, maltreatment, separation and divorce, parenting, and addictions; provide therapeutic interventions to persons through a broad range of therapeutic frameworks including individual therapy, family therapy, play therapy, group therapy and trauma debriefing; provide education sessions and consultation; provide consultation on cultural interventions; and crisis response when the community is impacted by critical events.
The Wellness Counsellor functions autonomously, and is supported by the Team Leader. This position maintains accountability to a licensing body. Other important factors include the development of an awareness and knowledge of reference persons and materials to assist in addressing program/service development and implementation, as well as addressing problems, challenges and issues; references will also include written policies, procedures and guidelines, as well as schedules, day logs and check lists, and equipment manuals and reference handbooks. Other related duties as required.
Hourly Rate:
$25.93–$34.87
Candidate Profile:
The Wellness Counsellor has a good level of energy and is physically fit to perform the work, and has good interpersonal skills including good listening skills to gather information and to ask questions in order to carry out assigned services and to provide routine information to other employees. The Wellness Counsellor has exceptional documentation skills, and written and verbal communication skills and communicates with clients, and the supervisor/ team leader and other employees to obtain information, supplies, tools, equipment and/or advice or help to solve problems or issues, and has periodic contact with external agencies and service providers and the general public. The employee is able to work independently while positively contributing to a teamwork environment.
Competencies
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS
The aforementioned as well as:
Kindly forward your cover letter and resume to: E-mail: recruitment@fnnation.ca
Human Resources, Recruitment
Fort Nelson First Nation
R.R. #1, Mile 295, Alaska Highway
Fort Nelson, B.C. V0C 1R0