Position: PEACE Counsellor/ Facilitator: Full Time – Permanent
Hours of Work: 35 hours/week. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesdays and Fridays 9:00am to 4:30pm & Thursdays from 11:30am to 7:00pm.
PEACE Program (workshop & group facilitation are a requirement of this position).
Department: Programs – Youth, Children and Caregiver Counseling
Grid Level: 14P $40.82- $52.75
Closing Date: Sept 30, 2026
Work Location: In Person

Position Summary:

The PEACE Program workers provide psycho-educational community-based workshops, groups and 1-to- l psycho-educational services and advocacy support to children and youth between the ages of 3 and 18 who have witnessed abuse, threats, or violence; these children/youth are the primary clients of the PEACE program; work undertaken with parent/guardians is designed to support a healthy relationship wherein the child/youth flourishes.

Further, to support the children and youth, the program encapsulates facilitated support, strategies, psycho-education workshops and experiential/ positive parenting skills for guardians of the children to strengthen attachment between child and parent and to develop strategies to support healthy connections and behaviors.
Facilitation /Counselling services provided are not clinical therapy.

Reports to: Program Manager

Key Responsibilities:

• Responsibilities Include: Primary focus is Group & Workshop Work, Individual Work, Agency work, and Community work designed to support skill building using techniques such as active listening, conflict resolution, basic group counseling, and basic psycho-educational group methods to help children understand and resolve identified problems, needs and risks &/or provide preventative education on domestic &/or sexual violence.
• Develop and implement workshops to strengthen families by breaking the cycle of abuse. Collaborates with co-facilitator(s) in conducting groups for children, youth &/or their caregivers.
• Uses a variety of techniques to assist the child to set and obtain developmentally appropriate goals during sessions, paying attention to individual child’s unique needs and outcomes.
• Identify the support needs of the child while helping strengthen the child/caregiver relationship by modeling strategies and skills for greater connection and communication.
• Provides assessment services to gather relevant service information. Identifies and assesses the immediate emotional/behavioral issues that have led the client to seek or be referred to services. Assesses the safety of clients and supports them in identifying and reducing safety risks.
• Develops and conducts psycho-educational support groups/workshops for children, youth & parents.
• Conducts individual support sessions with the child (&/or caregiver) using techniques such as active listening, conflict resolution, play therapy, and psychoeducation as needed.
• Provides parenting support through modeling skills and techniques for enhanced connection and greater communication.
• Outlines services provided by the program and/or agency. Provides information on and referral to other community service providers resources, and professionals for children &/or their caregivers as required.
• Maintains accurate records, statistics and reports to the manager as required and prepares reports as needed.
• Maintains current knowledge of issues and resources related to witnessing violence or abuse, and on prevention of violence and abuse to children.
• Provides interactive and engaging psycho-educational presentation and awareness activities about services and issues related to these issues.
• Participates in (or initiates) case conferenced, integrated case management with other professional as required. Engages in individual and group supervision sessions with superior and/or clinical supervisor, as required.
• Attends and proactively participates in staff meetings and other agency meetings as required.
• Follows current TCT Policies and Procedures, including best practice, and provides reports to the manager as needed. Reports any difficulties to the manager quickly.
• Promotes the program to the community through such things as: school collaborations, intra-agency collaborations; community collaborations, distribution of community posters, brochures, announcements, and presentations.
• Participates in professional development activities in order to stay current in interactive facilitation techniques, as applied to the field of trauma-informed counselling, treatment, and interventions for children of all ages.
• Participates in various processes necessary to carry out and achieve the society’s mandate, such as, but not limited to demonstrated participation in a respectful workplace model of communication, timely collection, and analysis of data through WISH and performing continuous quality improvement tasks.
• Performs other agency related duties as directed by Program Manager

Qualifications, Education, Training and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in a related human/social service field from a university of recognized standing or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience working with children; two (2) years recent demonstrated, related experience working in community-based services providing group and 1-to-1 services to children & their guardians.

Job Skills and Abilities:

• Demonstrated knowledge and skills using a large variety of relevant age-appropriate facilitation/counseling and experiential approaches with the child and/or youth, together with the ability to educate parents by modeling greater communication and connection skills between the child and caregiver.
• Demonstrated excellent written, verbal communication and active listening skills.
• Demonstrated ability to be flexible in-service provision and adaptable to changing client needs.
• Ability to shift focus dependent on client, community, or school needs.
• Demonstrated ability to work positively within and be an active member of a team environment and a strong commitment to building a respectful, collaborative, innovative, respectful workplace, and program culture.
• Demonstrated knowledge of excellent group applications, processes, and tools and facilitation techniques with children, youth and/or their caregivers
• Cultural competency with an ability to be culturally sensitive, respectful, confidential, and caring when dealing with diverse values, beliefs, and lifestyles.
• People of all sexual orientations are welcome and supported here.
• Robust knowledge of community resources
• Demonstrated ability to build and steward community connections and collaborations.
• Demonstrated time management abilities.
• Demonstrated ‘can-do’ attitude with a strong demonstrated focus on strengthening family by breaking the cycle of abuse.

Additional Information:

• Criminal Record Check required.
• Valid CPR certificate (including children)
• Must have a valid driver’s license for in school / outreach program delivery.
• Business Casual Attire
• 2nd language is an asset (please specify in your resume)
• In office work. No remote or hybrid work from home.
• This position requires union membership.
• This position is open to all applicants.

Tri-City Transitions Society is an equal opportunity employer.

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

Please forward your resume and cover letter info@tricitytransitions.com