• Full Time

• Summer

• Health & Wellness

The Family Counsellor is responsible for providing counselling to individuals, couples, and families to help them resolve any emotional issues that are negatively affecting the family system and interfering with healthy family routines. Typically, the family counsellor may help clients to address family system/family of origin issues, parent-child relational issues, and blended family issues. The family counsellor may also provide services to help parents respond to difficult child/youth behaviours, improve communications patterns, resolve conflicts, and develop healthy connections among members of the family system.

Job Highlights:

• 6 month term position covering a family leave
• Flexible scheduling including work days and location
• Paid sick days
• Employee Assistance Program
• Health Spending Account
• Paid clinical supervision
• Supportive work environment with a strong team of helping professionals
• CARF accredited counselling program

Work Hours: Temporary full-time, 35 hours per week

Salary: based on experience, range between $34-38/hour

Location: With the opportunity to be hybrid, the position is currently based out of beautiful Fernie BC, providing support to families in the Ktunaxa ʔamakʔis also known as the Elk Valley and South Country. The region boasts some of the most spectacular mountain vistas, with world class adventures for everyone including: skiing, snowboarding, snow shoeing, cross country skiing, hiking, mountain biking hunting, fly fishing, boating, art and culture.

Preferred qualifications:

• Relevant Master’s degree (Social Work, Psychology, Child and Youth Care, Counselling Psychology) preferred
• At least 2 years relevant counselling experience.
• Registration with a regulatory body preferred, does not need to be BC based registration.
• Ability to work with families within a client-centred, strength-based approach.
• Emergency first aid with CPR B.
• Criminal Record Check

Job Responsibilities:

• Undertake intake assessments from a family systems perspective
• Develop treatment plans
• Work in collaboration with clients to monitor and evaluate treatment plans
• Provide individual, couples, and family therapy to children, youth, and adults
• Utilize a variety of specialized treatment modalities and therapies for clients
• Approach therapy from a culture-infused perspective
• Provide crisis intervention services when necessary
• Complete risk assessments and takes appropriate action in accordance with agency policy, provincial legislation, and professional code of ethics
• Work collaboratively with clients to develop safety plans
• Maintain appropriate clinical, client, and administrative records
• Maintain and manage client waitlist when required
• Collate statistics and provide reports on service delivery
• Consult/liaise with Columbia Basin Family Resource Society staff as necessary
• Consult/liaise with Ministry of Children and Family Development staff, community agencies, schools, and hospitals as necessary

Position Start Date: June 2^nd 2025

Apply To: info@cbfrs.com 1592 10^th Ave, Fernie BC V0B 1M0; PO Box 2054 Fernie BC V0B 1M0

Posting Closes: May 16 2025

About Us: The Columbia Basin Family Resource Society has been providing support, guidance, empowerment, and education to families in the Elk Valley since 2002. Recognizing that all families need support, our team of support workers, group facilitators, and counsellors who provide compassionate, client-centered care to youth and adults with support needs, families and children impacted by trauma, victims of domestic violence, neurodiverse and other vulnerable people from an evidence-based, trauma-informed lens.