Position: Community Counsellor

Full Time- 35 hours until March 31,2028 with possibility of extension

$32-$40

: Oct 19th,2026

: Sept 25th, 2026

The counselor will provide individual and family counseling, including drop in/single session crisis counseling and facilitation of psycho-social/therapeutic groups.

Qualifications

- Bachelor or Social Work or Post-secondary degree in the social services field.
- Experience providing short term/ long-term term, and/or crisis counseling (5 years)
- Knowledge and experience using wrap-around model
- Experience in the development, and facilitation of therapeutic groups and psycho-social education groups (5 years)
- Experience working in a community-based setting in the Inner-city of Winnipeg
- Ability to work flexibly in a high stress environment, adapting to the needs of the group/participant
- Cross cultural awareness and sensitivity is required to work effectively with the diversity of our client base
- Knowledge of the resources available in the community to Individual experiencing barriers to employment, homelessness, violence, and/or addictions.
- Strong organizational, planning, and time management skills
- Ability to work evening is required
- Satisfactory Criminal Record and Child Abuse Registry Check
- A valid driver’s license is a requirement.

Responsibilities:
- Provide short term and long-term therapeutic counselling to individuals and families,
- Provide Information session and facilitate warm referral to other services offered internally and other agencies if in-house service is not available




- Provide crisis management and interventions that support individuals and families accessing service,
- Develop minimally 3 therapeutic groups manual (6 sessions per group)
- Facilitate both therapeutic group and psycho-educational workshops in the community on various topics (in person or online),
- Assist participants navigating social services through visits accompaniment and identifying relevant resources to meet their goals,
- Develop resources on gender based early intervention, prevention promising practices,
- Develop resources on substance use recovery promising practices,
- Participate and represent the center on various sectors and committee,
- Participate in staff meeting and team meetings,
- Administrative duties including monthly reporting, statistical data

Regular hours of work will be at the ECRC office between 9:00am – 8:00pm Monday to Friday, however the schedule is versatile to accommodate meetings. After 3 months, the employee will be eligible to participate in the benefit plan which includes extended health to be paid 30% by the employee and 70% by the employer, as well as a match of employee contributions to an RRSP account of up to 2% of the employee’s gross salary and 3 weeks of vacation days. Submit Resumes and a cover letter indicating the Job Title in the subject line to

Anne Pinnock

Co-Director of Programs

E-mail: [email protected]

*Only successful applicants will be contacted to schedule interview times.

Pay: $32.00-$40.00 per hour

Expected hours: 35.0 per week

Benefits

- Extended health care
- RRSP match

Work Location: In person

📌 Community Counsellor (Winnipeg)
🏢 Elmwood Community Resource Centre
📍 Winnipeg