Mental Health & Addictions Counsellor (Newmarket, Ontario)

TELUS Health is empowering every person to live their healthiest life. Guided by our vision, we are leveraging the power of our leading edge technology and focusing on the uniqueness of each individual to create the future of health.

As a global-leading health and well-being provider encompassing physical, mental and financial health TELUS Health is improving health outcomes for consumers, patients, healthcare professionals, employers and employees.

Registered Social Worker or Psychotherapist

Independent Contractor

Newmarket, ON. (1 day / week)

In collaboration with the Ministry of the Solicitor General, we are seeking a registered social worker or psychotherapist with experience supporting marginalized folks dealing with complex life challenges including mental health, addictions, social exclusion, and involvement with the justice system.

The Opportunity :

An independent contract providing in-person counselling to assigned cases referred by the Ministry of the Solicitor General, in a probation and parole office.

Our Gov't Services Counsellors :

• Support mandated clients by providing medium-term counselling to assigned cases;
• Communicate on clients' behalf, with express consent, with external professionals;
• Follow the Government Counselling Services client services model and administrative requirements;

Meet the company's contractual obligations to the Ministry of the Solicitor General, Ontario.

What we're looking for :

• Master's degree in Counselling, Psychology or Social Work;
• Professional College membership in Ontario and valid professional liability insurance;
• Minimum two (2) years post-graduate counselling experience;
• Ability to work with various types of clients presenting a wide variety of issues and good knowledge of local community resources;
• Strong clinical assessment skills with ability to promote community adaptation and integration;
• Ability to set short term objectives and work from a strength-based model;

Availability to provide in person support during business hours.

A bit about us

We’re a people-focused, customer-first, purpose-driven team who works together every day to innovate and do good. We improve lives through our technology solutions and foster a culture of innovation that empowers team members to solve complex problems and create remarkable human outcomes in a digital world.

TELUS is proud to foster an inclusive culture that embraces diversity. We are committed to fair employment practices and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment.

We offer accommodation for applicants with disabilities, as required, during the recruitment process.

Disclaimer : In accordance with the TELUS Health Solutions Data Center Security Policy, as a condition of employment, all team members whose job functions require they work at a Data Center and / or have access to detailed knowledge of technology related to client service delivery, are subject to a Personnel Security Screening conducted through the Government of Canada.

The health and safety of our team, customers and communities is paramount to TELUS. Accordingly, we require anyone joining our TELUS Health Care Centres to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19.

Note for Quebec candidates : if knowledge of English is required for this position, it is because the team member will be asked, on a regular basis, to interact in English with external or internal parties or to use English applications or software as part of their tasks.

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