Career Opportunity at COSTI
Clinical Counsellor - Spanish
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BE A PART OF A DYNAMIC AND DIVERSE ORGANIZATION
AS A CLINICAL COUNSELLOR FOR ITS FAMILY AND MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM
This is a full-time Non-Union contract position scheduled to work 35 hours per week**
(Current incumbent is on Maternity Leave)
Duties:
- Facilitates intake and conducts mental health assessments for Government Sponsored Refugees and Newcomer adults, youth, children and their, families.
- Provides crisis intervention to adults, youth and children experiencing a mental health or emotional crisis.
- Provides Trauma Informed Cognitive Behavioral Treatment to children, youth, and families.
- Provides individual, couples and family counselling to children, adults, couples, and families experiencing personal, emotional or mental health problems.
- Develops and implements a treatment plan for children, youth and families.
- Facilitates group counselling.
- Develops and implements a child/youth and/or adult support groups to focus on settlement stress, school adjustment, emotional, and behavioral issues unique to refugees.
- Conduct off-site clinical visits across GTA.
- Facilities psycho-educational workshops on stress management, anxiety, depression and trauma.
- Assist clients to gain insight, define goals, and plan action to achieve effective personal, social, educational, and vocational development and adjustment.
- Makes referrals to appropriate health/mental health and social service agencies.
- Liaises with other organizations, schools and service providers.
- Enters statistical client data in COSTI’s client database and prepares quarterly report.
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Qualifications:
- Bachelor of Social Work or equivalent with one (1) year clinical counselling experience working with refugee populations.
- Demonstrated clinical skills to work with adults, children and families experiencing mental health issues.
- Experience in facilitating group counselling with a focus on children’s mental health mental health and their unique issues.
- Sound culturally competent clinical skills.
- Must be fluent in Spanish.
- Excellent presentation skills.
- Knowledge of mental health disorders, treatments and psychosocial interventions.
- Knowledge of the adult/children’s mental health system.
- Knowledge of Trauma theory and recovery.
- Knowledge of Trauma informed practice.
- Knowledge of refugee mental health issues.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Sensitive to and aware of the social problems facing refugees and immigrants.
- Must have access to a vehicle.
- Must be fully vaccinated or be exempt from vaccination on human rights grounds. COSTI reserves the right to require information establishing the validity of the exemption
- Required to provide a valid Vulnerable Sector Screening (VSS) Police check. The VSS must have been completed within the past 6 months.
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Location: |
Toronto |
Duration of Position: |
April 1, 2025 to March 31, 2026 |
Starting Salary Range: |
$70,031 per annum to $73,422 + Benefits |
Posting Date: |
2025-03-13 |
Closing Date: |
2025-03-27 |
Notes: |
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Qualified candidates are invited to submit their resumes and cover letters, quoting reference #49-25
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"We thank all applicants for their interest in COSTI. However, only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted. No telephone calls please."
COSTI encourages applications from individuals reflecting the diversity of our community. COSTI is committed to fair and accessible employment practices and when requested, will make reasonable effort to accommodate people with disabilities during the recruitment and assessment processes when filling positions.
