Details:
JOB TITLE: Remote Family Counsellor:
This is a perfect position for someone who prefers to work from home and wants to give back to their community.
REPORTING to the CRHS Clinical Lead, the Family Counsellor is responsible for counselling all age groups who are grieving or experiencing end-of-life.
POSITION SUMMARY:
The Family Counsellor provides virtual counselling sessions to individuals and families on behalf of CRHS through Zoom. The Family Counsellor will receive weekly virtual supervision sessions with the Clinical Counsellor Lead to ensure quality, integrated and comprehensive service delivery to the community.
WORKING ENVIRONMENT & HOURS:
This position is 4-5 days per week 8 hrs a day Monday-Thursday 8 am-4 pm. This is a remote position.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
The Counsellor is required to perform a range of duties including, but not limited to, the following:
Provides counselling to children and adults dealing with grief or experiencing end-of-life
Potentially participates/co-facilities virtual grief and end-of-life support groups
Develops and maintains grief and end-of-life resource materials
Attends weekly supervision sessions with the Clinical Counsellor Lead
Maintains a high level of ongoing support to clients
Coordinates with the Administrative Assistant to maintain client files and appointments
Identifies and maintains appropriate resources for clients.
GENERAL ORGANIZATIONAL DUTIES
Reflects and interprets CRHS Vision, Mission and Core Values in his/her own work with enthusiasm and commitment
Participates in providing high-level quality of services to our community
Ensures accuracy, confidentiality and safekeeping of CRHS records
Other duties as assigned by the Executive Director or Clinical Lead
APTITUDES AND ABILITIES:
Ability to develop a working relationship with clients
Ability to counsel children and youth
Strong verbal and written communication skills
Strong organizational and interpersonal skills
Ability to organize and facilitate support systems
Ability to work in a highly confidential environment
Demonstrated sensitivity to issues of loss and grief
Ability to maintain appropriate boundaries in the face of sorrow, pain, and suffering;
Demonstrated ability to work as part of a team and independently;
A high degree of flexibility and initiative
Demonstrated ability to use all relevant technology including a client management database, zoom, Microsoft office etc.)
Willingness to learn new software programs
Ability to maintain a focused and disciplined work ethic at all times
Qualifications & Experience:
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:
Masters in Social Work preferred or equivalent.
Membership in a Professional Counselling Association within British Columbia
Maintains own practice insurance
Demonstrated knowledge of the grief process
Demonstrates knowledge of the end-of-life process
Demonstrated knowledge of family systems and caregivers role
Demonstrated experience with anticipatory grief, compounded grief, complicated grief and traumatic loss
Experience/knowledge of working with children ages 4 years and up
Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of the philosophy of hospice palliative care and the needs of the dying, their families and the bereaved.