Summary
Description
Catholic Family Services of Toronto (CFST) is a non-profit, charitable organization whose mission is to deliver quality services that strengthen family life, and individual health and well-being. For 101 years, CFST has been helping individuals, couples, and families in the Toronto area, from all religious, cultural and ethnic backgrounds, to deal with a variety of life transitions and challenges, develop their full potential and move towards a more positive future.
CFST delivers high quality professional services and is committed to hiring staff and volunteers from diverse backgrounds without discrimination because of race, ancestry, colour, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, family status or disability.
Catholic Family Services of Toronto delivers high quality professional services and is committed to hiring staff and volunteers from diverse backgrounds without discrimination because of race, ancestry, colour, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, family status or disability.
Opportunity
Catholic Family Services of Toronto is currently seeking a one-year full-time contract Domestic Violence Social Worker position to cover a maternity leave and reporting Program Manager for the Violence Against Women Program. This position will require two (2) evenings of work per week.
This is a collective bargaining unit position within OPSEU Local 594.
This is a hybrid position – a percentage of the work schedule is eligible to be completed remotely, at a home office.
The Primary Duties required for this position include, but are not limited to:
- Conduct counseling/psychotherapy to women who have experience abuse in their relationship
- Provide counselling/psychotherapy with women who are survivors of childhood sexual assault
- Provide group counselling and have a sound knowledge of group methodology
- Participate in program development
- Work with diverse groups
- Performing other duties as assigned
Qualifications and Skills
- Knowledge and understanding of dynamics of violence against women when providing services
- Working knowledge of the dynamics of childhood sexual assault
- Highly developed skills in working with groups, and a strong ability to work as part of a team
- Ability to work from a conceptual framework and demonstrate skills when conducting individual counseling, couple counseling and family therapy
- The candidate must have an ability to work collaboratively on an inter-agency basis and with other VAW service providers
- Registration in the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers, College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario, or equivalent
- Master’s Degree in Social Work, Psychotherapy, Counselling or related discipline
- Knowledge and experience in conducting clinical counseling/psychotherapy including individual, couple and family therapy
- Ability to conduct single-session counselling in the context of a Walk-In Counselling Clinic
- Knowledge and experience in group methodology; and knowledge of systems and personal dynamics on violence against women, especially in intimate relationships
- Experience in providing group work with women who have experienced abuse in their intimate partner relationships
- Knowledge of personality development, family life cycle, family systems, trauma treatment and trauma informed care
- Knowledge and experience working with mental health and the dynamics associated with women who experience abuse in their relationships
- Ability to be sensitive to the needs of people from diverse cultural and racial backgrounds
- A working understanding of Catholic values and social teachings, and an ability to work within a Catholic agency
- Fluency in a second language is an asset
- A satisfactory Vulnerable Sector Criminal Records check.
