Afrocentric Counselling Job Description

(Summer contract position - July 1-August 2025, Monday to Friday, 8:00am to 3:30pm)

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Application Deadline: June 10th 2025

Documents needed : Resume

Submit application to webridgecs@gmail.com

Our Afrocentric approach to counselling ensures that client’s ethnocultural background and experiences within various social contexts are acknowledged, both in practice and therapy. Together with our warm, supportive, informal, yet professional approach to counseling, we ensure that our clients are appropriately engaged and well-supported on their journey to wellness.

Personal Counselling
Adhering to professionally approved standards of practice, the Counsellor is required to:

• Complete intake assessments and assess areas of client functioning, e.g. stress, depression, risk assessment, crisis management, relationship issues, support systems, risk of personal harm etc.
• Provide counselling with high-risk clients and in emergency situations
• Establish appropriate intervention plans with the clients and in consultation with the Manager as required.
• Provide counselling through prescheduled appointments and drop-in sessions
• Implement interventions based on the assessment and the plan using accepted models of clinical practice (including the use of group counselling and e-counselling methods), informed by a diversity Lens.
• Ensure Black and Caribbean population are provided culturally relevant therapy services
• Develop and maintain appropriate therapeutic relationships
• Participate in the development and incorporation of new research and technology into therapeutic approached.

Qualifications:
Education: A minimum undergraduate degree in social work, B.S.W. (or equivalent) is required.
M.S.W (Master of Social Work), M.A. (Counselling Psychology), or M.Ed. (Counselling) will be
considered an asset.

Formal training in counselling theories and their practical application is required.
Registration with the appropriate regulatory body associated with the individual’s professional
discipline is mandatory (I.e. OCSWSSW or CPRO).

Training, Experience, Knowledge & Skills Required:

• One to three years of relevant experience
• Identify as a Black, or Caribbean and has experience supporting Black communities who have experienced oppression and racism
• A comprehensive understanding and knowledge of race and racism, anti-oppression, anti-racism, and antidiscrimination and their impacts of individuals and communities
• Experience in on-on-one counselling environment
• Experience supporting clients with mental health concerns
• Demonstrated commitment to evidence-based practice, ongoing learning and skill development
• Knowledge of diversity and unique challenges faced by this population
• Knowledge of counselling theories and models, crisis intervention, social problems, sociological issues, and psycho-social assessment
• Knowledge of community-based mental health treatment, support services and programs
• Ability to develop trust and a positive working relationship with clients and stakeholders
• Excellent interpersonal and communication (written and verbal) skills,
• Ability to manage time effectively, prioritize tasks, engage in ongoing self-reflective practice
• Strong working knowledge of computer and software applications (MS Office Suite, Internet, E-mail)
• A Criminal Reference Check, with vulnerable sector screening is mandatory