[Hiring] Family Services Clinical Consultant and Counsellor @The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Role Description

Through a professional, private office setting including teletherapy, these experienced clinicians provide high-quality consultation to ecclesiastical leaders, facilitate presentations to members at the request of Church leaders, direct counseling services, train facilitators for Family Services education courses, provide psychological first aid in emergencies, develop community resources, and support other staff. This is an individual contributor role doing career-level, professional work and reports to a Family Services agency/area manager. This position is an 18-month maternity leave contract. Please note that the contract may end earlier than anticipated should the incumbent employee return to work before the expected end date. This is a fully remote position and is open to candidates residing anywhere in Canada.

• Trusted collaborator – experienced relationship builder, consultant, and collaborator with ecclesiastical leaders, area leaders, service missionaries, and community resources; committed to strategically developing and fulfilling a whole service plan.
• Provide orientation to community resources who provide therapy to missionaries/members and conduct pre-mission assessments.
• Professional client counseling provider – experienced professional providing the highest quality, direct clinical care including skills/treatment groups, individual/couple/family therapy, and pre-mission assessments; demonstrates professionalism with great attention to quality and timely notes, consultations, and client terminations; fully committed to data security, privacy practices, and organization priorities.
• Team builder and contributor – engaged member of the office team who maintains a supportive relationship with all office staff; fully participates in agency council meetings; actively seeks to learn from others; timely response to agency, region, and headquarter needs and expectations.
• Professional development – possess a powerful intellectual curiosity that fuels a drive for advancing professional development with current modalities that align with organizational values.
• Time in each responsibility will vary based on area needs and resources.
• Regular interactions and consultations may include bishops, stake presidents, mission presidents, and general authorities.
• May include travel to outlying areas, evenings, weekends, and holiday work.

Qualifications

• University (post secondary) degree in psychology or a mental health field that supports the country’s licensing requirements.
• Master’s degree in psychotherapy or 2 one-year diplomas/certificates in a specific therapeutic model.
• Locally licensed clinical psychologist or locally licensed mental health professional.
• 2 years of clinical experience.
• Strong clinical skills.
• Demonstrates teamwork while being receptive to feedback and willing to provide direct feedback.
• Professionalism with great attention to quality and timely notes, consultation, and client terminations.
• Professional consultation and training skills.
• Conflict resolution.
• Critical thinking.
• Emotional intelligence and self-awareness.
• Demonstrated and documented ability to provide productive, efficient, effective, and quality work.
• Must possess excellent communication, written, and presentation skills with demonstrated ability to provide effective presentations and proposals.
• Proficiency in computer skills necessary for presentations and reports.
• Ability to supervise other counselors and interns.
• Development of community resources.

Preferred

• Proficiency in verbal and written English.