Family Counsellor

Job Posting

Family Counsellor

Status: 2.5 days per week, starts immediately, new position

Location: In office Newmarket and work in York Region Community

Salary: $31,000/year

The Women’s Centre of York Region (WCYR) is seeking a compassionate, skilled, and trauma-informed Part-Time Family Counsellor to join our team. This role will provide counselling support to women and their families, with a focus on couples counselling and family counselling for parents and children.

This is an exciting opportunity for a clinician who is passionate about strengthening relationships, supporting healing, and helping families build safety, stability, resilience, and healthy communication.

About WCYR

The Women’s Centre of York Region supports women and their families to move toward lives of safety, confidence, independence, and well-being. Our work is grounded in trauma-informed, client-centred, feminist, and anti-oppressive practice. We recognize that supporting women often also means supporting the family system around them, including parenting relationships, couple dynamics, and children’s emotional well-being.

Position Summary

The Family Counsellor will provide short-term therapeutic counselling through a combination of in-person, and virtual modalities. This role will primarily focus on:

• Couples counselling
• Family counselling for parents and children
• Supporting families impacted by conflict, stress, trauma, relationship challenges, separation, parenting difficulties, and family transitions
• Strengthening communication, emotional regulation, conflict resolution, and family functioning

The Family Counsellor will also support case planning, documentation, referrals, service coordination, and collaboration with internal staff and external community partners.

Key Responsibilities

Direct Service

• Provide short-term counselling to couples and families, including parents and children
• Conduct assessments and develop appropriate counselling goals and service plans
• Support clients with issues related to communication, family conflict, parenting challenges, relationship stress, etc.
• Provide trauma-informed, strengths-based, and culturally responsive counselling
• Make referrals to internal and external services as needed

Indirect Service

• Maintain accurate, timely, and confidential client case notes and records
• Participate in clinical supervision, case consultation, and team meetings
• Maintain service data for reporting, evaluation, and program improvement
• Liaise and collaborate with community partners and other service providers as needed
• Provide support letters or service confirmation letters where appropriate
• Contribute to program development, evaluation, and continuous improvement

Qualifications

• Masters or Bachelors degree in Social Work, Counselling, Psychology, Marriage and Family Therapy, or a related field
• Registration in good standing with a relevant regulatory college in Ontario, a must
• Experience providing couples counselling and family counselling
• Strong understanding of trauma-informed, anti-oppressive, and client-centred practice
• Experience working with women, children, and families impacted by violence, trauma, family conflict, or relational stress is strongly preferred
• Knowledge of community resources and referral pathways in York Region is an asset
• Excellent assessment, documentation, communication, and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work independently while contributing positively to a collaborative team environment

How to Apply

Please submit your resume and cover letter to nivb@wcyr.ca with the subject line: Family Counsellor Application

We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

Equity and Accessibility Statement

WCYR is committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and equitable workplace. We encourage applications from individuals who reflect the communities we serve, including women, racialized persons, Indigenous peoples, persons with disabilities, 2SLGBTQ+ individuals, and those with diverse lived experiences.

WCYR is committed to providing accommodation in accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) throughout the recruitment and selection process. Applicants are encouraged to advise us of any accommodation needed to ensure fair and equitable access.

AI will not be used to screen applicants.