Crisis & Case Management Counsellor

• Bachelor or Social Work or Post-secondary degree in the social services field
• Experience providing short term/ long-term term, and/or crisis counseling (2 years)
• Knowledge and experience using the following approach including anti-oppression, strength-based, trauma-informed and harm reduction model
• Experience in the development, and facilitation of therapeutic groups and psycho-social education groups (2 years)
• Cross cultural awareness and sensitivity is required to work effectively with the diversity of our client base,
• Experience working in a community-based setting in the Inner-city of Winnipeg
• Ability to work flexibly in a high stress environment, adapting to the needs of the group/participant
• Cross cultural awareness and sensitivity is required to work effectively with the diversity of our client base
• Knowledge of the resources available in the community to Individual experiencing barriers to employment, homelessness, violence, and/or addictions
• Able to work collaboratively within a team environment, align with the motivation to self-direct your work and be constructive in unsupervised situations
• Strong organizational, planning, and time management skills
• Ability to work independently and demonstrated decision making abilities
• Satisfactory Criminal Record and Child Abuse Registry Check
• A valid driver’s licence is a requirement

• Conduct intake assessment for employment training, counselling program to assess client readiness and level of support
• Provide short term and long-term therapeutic counselling to individuals and families
• Provide Information session and facilitate warm referral to other services offered internally and other agencies if in-house service is not available
• Provide crisis management and interventions that support individuals and families accessing service
• Develop minimally 1 therapeutic groups manual (4-6 sessions per group)
• Facilitate and teach weekly life skills workshops for the employment program on various topics (in person or online)
• Assist participants navigating social services through visits accompaniment and identifying relevant resources to meet their goals
• Participate in staff meeting and team meetings, debrief meetings
• Administrative duties including monthly reporting, statistical data

Regular hours of work will be at the ECRC office between 9:00am – 8:00pm Monday to Friday, however the schedule is flexible to accommodate meetings. After 3 months, the employee wil; be eligible to participate in the benefit plan which includes extended health to be paid 30% by the employee and 70% by the employer, as well as a match of employee contributions to an RRSP account of up to 2% of the employee’s gross salary and 3 weeks of vacation days.