Job Description
INTRODUCTION:
The Adult Counsellor, Mental Health Services, provides counselling sessions and group counselling opportunities to clients of DAHC. Ideally, the candidate for this position would also be comfortable supporting with substance use goals for clients who identify this as a need.
REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:
• Knowledge and ability to integrate wholistic, strength and evidence-based practice into the planning and evaluation of client and program intervention from a trauma informed lens
• Knowledge of Indigenous cultures, customs and traditions.
• Knowledge of history of colonization and intergenerational traumas impacting the health and wellness of Indigenous Peoples.
• Knowledge of mental health and addictions counselling models, techniques, modalities and approaches. • Knowledge of tools, systems and databases used in client services delivery and case management.
• Knowle...