Mental Health Therapist - 2SLGBTQ+

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Job Summary

A Brief Overview

This position is focused on working with the 2SLGBTQ+ students and community within Queen's University.

This position provides individual, crisis, and short-term counselling to students with mental health, personal, and academic concerns, utilizing appropriate therapeutic modalities, and approaches matched to client needs. This position works within an interdisciplinary team to support student well-being, and assists with managing urgent/crisis situations. This position also supports students in developing skills in areas such as interpersonal relationships, stress-reduction, developmental concerns, management of emotions, mindfulness, conflict resolution, emotional regulation, and strategies to assist in overcoming mental barriers to performance.

The schedule for this position requires the incumbent to work evenings and weekends.

Job Description

What you will do

• Provides individual, crisis, and short-term counselling to students with mental health, personal, and academic concerns, utilizing appropriate therapeutic modalities, and approaches matched to client needs.


• Works within an interdisciplinary team to support student well-being, and assists with managing urgent/crisis situations.


• Assesses students including those in crisis and who may be at risk of self-harm/suicide, and intervenes or refers as appropriate.


• Plans, prepares, and organizes training and development programs and materials to increase awareness of, and approaches to post-trauma related supports.


• Provides academic support and resourcing to students, and evaluates and recommends the need for short-term academic accommodations.


• Supports students in developing skills in areas such as interpersonal relationships, stress-reduction, developmental concerns, management of emotions, mindfulness, conflict resolution, emotional regulation, and strategies to assist in overcoming mental barriers to performance.


• Builds relationships and liaises with other departments, faculty, student leaders, health care professionals, and community resources.


• Provides counselling services to 2SLGBTQ+ students in accordance and within a feminist anti-oppressive, anti-racist, and decolonizing framework.


• Leads and/or facilitates counselling support groups.


• Other duties as required in the support of the department and/or unit.

Required Education

• Master's Degree or equivalent. In addition, requires a professional designation, certification, or other qualification, or on-going learning to remain ahead of changes in technology or emerging fields.

Required Experience

• More than 3 years and up to and including 5 years of experience.
• Experience working with diverse populations/equity deserving groups considered an asset.

Required Licenses and Certifications

• A Registered Psychotherapist designation is required.


• Satisfactory Criminal Records Check required.


• Vulnerable Sector Screening required.

Consideration may be given to an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Job Knowledge and Requirements

• Knowledge of concepts and principles in a specialist field that is typically acquired through a combination of advanced professional or academic qualifications and/or significant work experience.


• Provide expert advice, guidance and consultation on highly complex issues and/or where the outcome may be contentious.


• Interaction with others requires highly developed interpersonal skills to effectively persuade, negotiate, counsel, and/or consult.
  


• Adapt messages to meet the different needs of different audiences.


• Prioritize and distribute work to deliver objectives on time and to the highest standard.


• Identify in advance when the intended results may not be achieved and develops a plan to address the gaps.


• Lead team and project meetings and develop team/unit and departmental project plans.


• Lead procedural or technological change within a unit or across broader university functions.


• Identify opportunities to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of work processes.


• Anticipate complex challenges to ensure activities are completed on time.


• Effectively leverage relevant data as input to making decisions.


• Appropriately assess risks before making a decision.


• Comprehensive understanding of what sexual violence, harassment and discrimination are, and their varying effects on diverse members of the community.


• Question and take appropriate steps to address attitudes, macroaggressions and other behaviours which are discriminatory. Acknowledges and respects diverse cultural traditions, abilities and beliefs.

Employment Equity and Accessibility Statement

The University invites applications from all qualified individuals. Queen's is strongly committed to employment equity, diversity, and inclusion in the workplace and encourages applications from Black, racialized persons, Indigenous people, women, persons with disabilities, and 2SLGBTQI+ persons. In accordance with Canadian Immigration requirements, priority will be given to those who are legally eligible to work in Canada.

The University provides support in its recruitment processes to all applicants who require accommodation due to a protected ground under the Ontario Human Rights Code, including those with disabilities. Candidates requiring accommodation during the recruitment process are asked to contact Human Resources at [email protected].