Weekend Night Shift Women’s Support Counsellor (50% FT)
Who We Are: Third Place Transition House provides 24-hour support services and safe shelter to women and their children fleeing abuse and violence. We provide non-judgmental, inclusive, confidential services; offering a safe space for healing to begin. Third Place also offers Outreach Services, Public Education and Programming in Truro, Colchester and East Hants. Third Place is committed to the trauma-informed principles of awareness, safety, trustworthiness, choice, collaboration and empowerment in the work that we do.
The Opportunity: We are hiring a Women’s Support Counsellor to work 3 weekends a month, on a 4-week rotation, for Saturday and Sunday nights from 7pm-7am. This means you will work 6 x 12 hour shifts per 4 week rotation.
We are also hiring relief positions to cover sick calls, holidays, vacation and other open shifts as needed, so please feel free to apply on a casual basis.
Job Description: Under the Direction of the Executive Director, Responsibilities Include but are not limited to:
- Responding to crisis calls and visits, assessing situations for safety and safety planning, processing admissions to the shelter, needs assessment, intake, case management/action planning,
- Providing a non judgmental supportive environment to promote growth and empowerment,
- Recording information and maintenance of client files, daily log, call sheets, and filing,
- Establish rapport, trust, and responding with empathy when working with clients
- Model and encourage a feminist perspective and demonstrating knowledge of women’s issues;
- Connecting women and their children to relevant community resources,
- Transportation of clients to appointments, court, legal aid etc.,
- Preparing bedrooms, household tasks, purchasing and storing supplies as needed,
- Conduct safety checks of shelter, room checks, weekly resident meetings,
- Community liaisons/referrals, advocacy
- Other assigned duties.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in the social sciences, community studies or a related field OR an equivalent combination of training and human services is required,
- Strong communication skills, both written and verbal,
- An understanding of the complexities of working with individuals who have experienced trauma and a framework that draws from an intersectional feminist lens,
- Frontline experience working independently in a similar setting providing supportive counselling and/or crisis intervention, and
- Valid First Aid/CPR, drivers license and criminal/vulnerable sector checks
Please outline your experiences with the above qualifications, and highlight any strengths that you would bring to this role in your cover letter and resume.
Timeline: This job posting will run from June 24thto July 4th, 2022. All interested parties should submit their cover letter and resume by noon on July 4th. Resumes are not held on file, so if you had applied previously, please re-apply if you meet the criteria. Only those who have been shortlisted will be contacted for an interview. The start date will be as soon as possible, and the term will run until March 31, 2022 with possibility of renewal/permanent standing.
Job Type: Part-time
Part-time hours: 24 per week
Salary: From $23.55 per hour
Benefits:
- Casual dress
- Paid time off
- RRSP match
Schedule:
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Truro, NS B2N 3W4: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Application deadline: 2022-07-04