Womens Support Counsellor (Casual)
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Job Summary
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The Opportunity
Third Place is seeking a compassionate grounded and trauma-informed casual Womens Support Counsellor to provide direct support crisis intervention safety planning and advocacy for women and their families. This is meaningful work that directly contributes to the healing safety and stability of women and children across Colchester and East Hants. If youre a empathetic and organized individual with experience in crisis work counselling or social services wed love to hear from you.
What youll do
Responsibilities
Reporting to the Executive Director and Shelter Manager the Womens Support Counsellor provides emotional support crisis intervention safety planning case management and advocacy for women and their children who have experienced violence.
Key Responsibilities
Support Counselling
- Build rapport and trust through a nonjudgmental empowering feminist-counselling approach.
- Assess verbal and non-verbal communication to understand needs and risks.
- Provide information model healthy life skills and support decision-making.
- Organize and/or facilitate support or selfhelp groups.
- Maintain professional and personal boundaries.
Crisis & Distress Intervention
- Use crisis-intervention techniques to assess needs set priorities and respond appropriately.
- Provide supportive empathetic crisis counselling in person and by phone.
- Assess safety needs family context coping skills and available support systems.
- Refer women to relevant resources and community supports.
Needs Assessment & Intake
- Assess physical emotional and mental wellbeing to identify immediate needs.
- Evaluate risk and facilitate collaborative safety planning.
- Complete required intake forms and documentation.
Case Management & Action Planning
- Support women in setting goals and identifying priorities.
- Help develop and adjust personal action plans.
- Assist with appointments housing searches childcare and systems navigation.
- Arrange and facilitate groups and information sessions based on womens needs.
Advocacy & Referral
- Provide accurate information on community legal medical and social resources.
- Assist women in completing forms preparing for interviews and navigating services.
- Accompany or arrange accompaniment to interviews or meetings when requested.
- Support with appeals when necessary.
Child Care Intervention
- (With Family Support Worker)
- Provide a safe supportive nonviolent environment for children.
- Support positive selfimage and note behavioural or developmental concerns.
- Assess risk to children related to abusive partners.
Community Relations
- Build networks and act as a positive representative of the Transition House.
- Participate on committees and help orient volunteers or board members.
- Support educational and resource-development activities.
- Promote feminist perspectives and womens issues in the community.
What youll need
Qualifications
- Bachelors degree in a Human Services field (Social Work Psychology etc.) Social Services Diploma or equivalent.
- Minimum 2 years experience working directly with women and/or children preferably in shelter crisis or trauma-related settings.
- Demonstrated skill in anti-oppressive practice (harm reduction narrative practice client-directed approaches social justice).
- Strong understanding of dynamics of abuse the cycle of violence the impacts of trauma and the socio-economic factors that contribute to violence against women.
- Excellent communication time management and crisisresponse skills.
- Ability to work independently & flexibly within a collaborative team environment.
- Demonstrated ability to maintain strict confidentiality and uphold professional boundaries.
- Valid drivers license required.
All offers of employment require successful Criminal Record Vulnerable Sector and Child Abuse Registry checks.
A little bit about us
Third Place Transition House
Third Place is a shelter for women and their children experiencing abuse-including physical sexual economic verbal financial and psychological abuse. Our services support women aged 16 and older whether they are living at the shelter or in the community. Using a trauma-informed lens we provide residential shelter outreach and family support services across Colchester and East Hants. At Third Place we offer safety healing and hope during some of the most challenging moments in our clients lives.
Are you interested
Work With Us
Position Details
- Employment Type: Casual/relief
- Compensation: $24.30/hour
- Start Date: Anticipated April 20
- Availability: Must be available during evenings weekends and holidays
Additional Considerations
Staff at Third Place must be sensitive to the unique challenges faced by women and children who have experienced abuse. A deep understanding of the cycle of violence trauma-informed care and social determinants of health are essential. Staff are expected to maintain confidentiality demonstrate professionalism and show strong time management and self-reflection skills.
Note: Staff may occasionally be exposed to communicable diseases. All applicants must be double vaccinated against COVID-19.
Third Place is committed to building a team reflective of the diverse population we serve. We encourage individuals who are African Nova Scotian Indigenous persons with disabilities Newcomers and members of the 2SLGBTQIA community to apply.
Key Skills
- Experience Working With Students
- Organizational skills
- Classroom Management
- Behavioral Health
- Classroom Experience
- Mediation Experience
- Special Education
- Conflict Management
- Teaching
- Experience with Children
- Public Speaking
- Word Processing
