Interested in a fulfilling career where you can make a difference?
Benefits of Working at Women's House Serving Bruce & Grey
Working at Women's House Serving Bruce & Grey offers more than a career—it provides the opportunity to make a meaningful difference in the lives of women, children, and our communities.
As a member of our team, you will have the opportunity to:
- Engage in meaningful, challenging work that supports women on their journey toward safety, healing, and empowerment.
- Make a lasting impact by contributing to safer, more equitable communities for women and future generations.
- Work in a values-driven organization where compassion, collaboration, respect, and social justice guide everything we do.
- Grow professionally through ongoing learning, training, mentorship, and opportunities for advancement within the organization.
- Be part of a supportive workplace where your contributions are valued and your professional growth is encouraged.
- Experience the satisfaction of creating meaningful change through trauma-informed, survivor-centred, and harm reduction approaches to service delivery.
- Help educate and raise awareness about gender-based violence and women's issues throughout our rural communities.
- Bear witness to the resilience, strength, and healing of women and families as they build lives free from violence.
OUR MISSION
Women’s House provides a safe haven for victims/survivors, knowing that ending violence is a community responsibility. We will work towards ending violence through knowledge, which is power, in order to create change.
OUR VISION
We envision a world where women are empowered, and women and children are safe, secure, and free from violence.
Job Purpose
The Sexual Assault Counsellor is responsible for providing service to survivors of sexual assault, including individual and group counselling. The Sexual Assault Counsellor works with survivors to help them process their trauma, cope with the emotional and psychological effects, and develop a plan for healing and recovery. This may include providing crisis intervention and counselling, as well as connecting survivors with community resources and other forms of support.
Qualifications/Certifications
- Degree in social services, with an emphasis on group and individual counselling
- Three years working experience in sexual assault counselling
- Clear current Police Vulnerable Sector Check
- Maintains a valid driver’s license, access to a car, and two million liability insurance on vehicle
- Maintains valid Standard First Aid and CPR-C certification
Required Skills
- Demonstrates a strong feminist, women’s movement, anti-oppression/anti-racism, and trauma informed analysis, approach, and practice
- Demonstrated knowledge of how to integrate a feminist perspective on social and political issues surrounding women’s issues, sexual assault, and violence against women
- Demonstrated understanding of the complexity of issues arising for women who have experienced abuse, homelessness, substance abuse, poverty, and/or mental illness
- Demonstrated women’s advocacy skills and effective child/women-centered practice delivery
- Excellent communications, listening and assessment skills
- Demonstrated organizational and multi-tasking skills with proven ability to work in high-crisis environments
- Ability to work independently as well as within a team with minimal supervision
- Knowledge and proficiency in the use of computer technology and various software applications, in particular WISH database
- Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a multi-disciplinary team environment
- Demonstrates respect for diversity, equity, anti-racism and accessibility with the ability to work collaboratively and positively with others
- A strong interest and understanding of issues affecting people who are impacted by gender-based violence (GBV), homelessness/houselessness, are living with a mental illness or substance use disorder, have complex health needs and/or identify as 2SLGBTQ+
- Knowledge of community resources available to assist women who have been sexually assaulted
- Knowledge of the complexity of issues arising for women who have experienced abuse, homelessness, substance abuse, poverty, and/or mental illness
- Knowledge and understanding of the impacts of sexual assault, sexualized violence, and gender-based violence
- Demonstrated skills in crisis response
Working Conditions
Works as part of the Outreach team, in a unionized position in various locations within the community and with an office in either the Kincardine Outreach building or Owen Sound building.
Works a 36-hour work week but may be required to work variable day, evening, night and/or weekend hours.
Physical effort and environment
The normal physical working environment is comfortable, indoors in an office or meeting space. Physical demands require extensive computer work, concentration and sitting, and lifting/carrying items. Regular travel to various locations in Bruce and/or Grey County is required.
Mental effort
The mental strain resulting from the work of the Sexual Assault Counsellor ranges from moderate to considerable dependent on the number of individuals served and program dynamics. The role of the Sexual Assault Counsellor is mentally demanding and requires significant emotional resilience and cognitive effort. The Sexual Assault Counsellor works with individuals in extreme crisis and distress, with continuous exposure to traumatic stories. A thorough understanding of the potential for compassion fatigue, burnout and secondary traumatic stress is paramount.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Pay: $26.58-$31.78 per hour
Benefits:
- Casual dress
- Dental care
- Employee assistance program
- Extended health care
- On-site parking
- Paid time off
- RRSP match
- Vision care
- Wellness program
Education:
- AEC / DEP or Skilled Trade Certificate (preferred)
Experience:
- counselling: 2 years (preferred)
Licence/Certification:
- First Aid Certification (preferred)
- Driving Licence (preferred)
Work Location: On the road
