Indigenous Trauma & Addictions Counsellor  

Written By Alana LeClerc

About our Clinic & Team

Lu’ma Medical Centre Society provides wholistic, culturally safe and integrated primary care for Indigenous families. We provide the conditions individuals and families need to improve their health outcomes.  We offer attachment to a primary care provider, access to traditional healers and Elders, connection to mental health counsellors, and social navigators.  Our team members work closely together, to create a circle of care that braids the values of traditional and western health care, to meet the diverse needs of patients.  We nurture permanency in health care relationships and team members have an interest in long-term career employment at Lu’ma Medical. 

Job Summary

The Trauma & Addictions Counsellor provides one-to-one counselling and group work with people on our patient panel. Your skills will help create dynamic supportive groups to meet rising needs among our patient panel such as coping with anxiety, PTSD, addictions and depression.  Your scope of practice will support patients on their healing journey. You may from time to time be asked to participate in health workshops by facilitating a mental health educational workshop for participants.  At times, you will work collaboratively with other members of the mental health team and multi-disciplinary team to care for patients.

Responsibilities

  • In the Trauma & Addictions Counsellor role you will:

  • Provide Counselling sessions with individuals;

  • Facilitate group counselling. (Topics: Trauma, Anxiety, Depression, Grief & Loss, Addictions);

  • Prepare and provide a Counselling treatment plan;

  • Have exceptional and professional communication skills;

  • Provide Counselling services within the guidelines of the program;

  • Participate in clinical counselling meetings with colleages; and

  • Chart and make Clinical Counselling notes in the EMR.

  • Support individuals who would like to apply to Treatment Centres with the application process.

 Knowledge and Abilities

You possess the following skill set:

  • Exceptional facilitation skills and experience in Clinical Counselling for groups in a healthcare facility;

  • Training and experience in professional therapeutic counselling modalities;

  • Experience in addictions counselling;

  • Knowledge of urban Indigenous challenges and barriers and the history of Indigenous people in Canada;

  • Ability to provide competent and culturally safe care;

  • Ability to balance traditional and western approaches in practice.

  • Excellent computer literacy to utilize an EMR information system (OSCAR an asset), Zoom, Microsoft Office, Internet and email software; and

  • Demonstrated ability to work independently, supportively with Counselling colleagues, and on occasion collaboratively with an interdisciplinary team.

At our primary care centre you will be working in a shared care model with:

A multi-disciplinary team of Counsellors, Registered Nurses, Medical Office Assistants, Traditional Elders and Healers, Social Navigators, Family Medical Practitioners and Practicum Students.

Qualifications & Experience:

  • A Masters of Social Work major with practicum in Counselling or Masters of Clinical Counselling

  • Must be Registered as a Clinical Counsellor with a professional regulatory body in BC: BCACC or BCASW

  • A wide scope of practice & training (Trauma, Addictions, Somatic, CBT, EMDR, DBT, AFOT, MI, PT, Five (5+) years of recent, related experience Counselling in a community mental health or healthcare setting; and

  • Five (5+) years of experience working for an organization with an Indigenous mandate.

  • Proficiency and accuracy in using Word, Excel and Outlook;

  • EMR (Electronic Medical Record) system proficiency is an asset;

  • Ability to conduct healthy working relationships with clients, guests, team, patients, elders and community;

  • Ability to physically, emotionally, and mentally carry out the duties of the position;

  • Ability to conduct comprehensive biopsychosocial spiritual assessments in accordance to professional standards;

  • Ability to work independently, demonstrating motivation;

  • Strong communication skills and ability to support and collaborate in a team of multi-disciplinary practitioners

  • Demonstrated working knowledge of applicable legislations ie. Mental Health Act, Child & Family & Community Services Act, Guardianship Act…

  • Demeanor that is kind, compassionate, culturally safe, and empathetic.

  • Comprehensive knowledge of Indigenous culture, protocols, history in a demonstrated knowledge of the legacy of colonization;

  • Understand privacy and ability to maintain professional confidentiality;

  • Participation in continuing professional development to remain current; and

  • Knowledge of various counselling theories and therapeutic modalities.

*If you have Indigenous ancestry, please identify in your cover letter.

Status:                     Part-time permanent

Hours:                  28 hrs per Week

Wage:                   $55.00 per hour. Commensurate with Experience & Training

Vacation Leave:  3 weeks of annual vacation

Benefits                    Employer paid Extended Health, LTD, Dental, EAP

Posting Date:      April 26, 2024

Deadline:              Posting will continue until position is filled

Work Address:    2970 Nanaimo St, Vancouver

 

Please send your Resume and Cover Letter to:      jobs@LNHS.ca

Subject Line:        Trauma & Addictions Counsellor

 

Alana LeClerc
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