"Personal Counsellor/Mental Health Worker"

Personal Counsellor/Mental Health Worker

Date Posted: 08/28/2025
Req ID: 44962
Faculty/Division: UofT Mississauga
Department: UTM: Health & Counselling Ctr.
Campus: University of Toronto Mississauga (UTM)
Position Number: 00030766

Description:

About us:

U of T Mississauga—the second largest campus of Canada’s top-ranked university and the only research university in Ontario’s booming Peel Region—is one of the world’s great catalysts of human potential.

Our employee community hums with the energy of 3,400 faculty, librarians and staff, who power our campus with curiosity, connection and care. We work together to spark life-changing research and innovation, make an indelible mark on the world by building equitable cities and societies, enable healthy lives, create a sustainable future and ignite entrepreneurship. Above all, we prioritize student success, and seek to give our 16,500 students the lift of a lifetime through learning and discovery. We love to open opportunities available nowhere else for our community to achieve their ambitions and make their unique contributions to Canada and the world.

This work all comes together on a spectacularly green campus, alongside the Missinihe-ziibi (Trusting Creek or Credit River), where we seek to honour truth, reciprocity and reconciliation on the traditional land of the Huron-Wendat, Seneca and the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation. We’re thrilled to welcome those who want to learn more about us and to be part of what we do.

The Health & Counselling Centre (HCC) at UTM is a multi-disciplinary health clinic that provides student-friendly medical care, mental health counselling, and health education and promotion programs and services to a diverse student population of undergraduate and graduate students. The HCC strives to empower students to make healthier, evidence-based choices to support their growth and development, assists students in their pursuit of academic success, and promotes adoption of positive coping skills to foster greater resiliency in the pursuit of current and future goals. The HCC works closely with other departments across the University with the goal of ensuring students have timely access to quality medical and mental health supports.

Your opportunity:

Under general direction of the Lead Counsellor, Health & Counselling Centre, the incumbent is responsible for providing counselling and short-term psychotherapy to undergraduate and graduate students of diverse ages, economic levels and cultural backgrounds who are experiencing emotional and psychological difficulties (e.g., family problems, interpersonal conflicts, anxiety, low self-esteem) using individual, couple, or group counselling methods. The incumbent must assess and refer, as appropriate, to community resources and available supports for students; act as a resource for other student service professionals and make referrals to other areas/resources within UTM (i.e. Accessibility Services, academic advising, career counselling, Academic Skills Centre), the University and the community; and participate in Orientation and other outreach programs as required. The incumbent will also assist students to select options for their mental health care using the Stepped Care model.

The incumbent will be providing counselling services within the HCC, as well as while on location within other departments on campus. The incumbent will be responsible for working independently on outreach initiatives specific to the student populations in these departments to increase access to supports on and off campus, and assist with the transition to student life at UTM, as well as within academic departments on campus. There will be opportunities to deliver information on wellness and resiliency through webinars and workshops, and to participate in health promotion activities delivered by the HCC.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Providing clinical counselling and psychotherapy for students and making referrals to appropriate resources on and off campus (e.g., physicians, academic advisors, financial aid advisors, Accessibility advisors, career advisors, etc).
• Providing initial clinical support and/or counselling to distressed students in crisis and making referrals to appropriate resources
• Screening students to determine suitability for short-term counselling
• Assessing the mental health of clients
• Determining if there is a life-threatening situation, risk of self-harm or harm to others and independently applying appropriate interventions
• Developing components of treatment plans based on appropriate therapeutic approaches
• Developing psychotherapeutically-appropriate materials for group counselling and intake procedures for clients
• Updating and maintaining patient records

Essential Qualifications:

Master's Degree in social work or counselling/psychotherapy. Must be a current member, in good standing, within a Regulated Health Profession.

Minimum five years of independent clinical experience, post-internship completion.

Experience with the young adult population (17-25 year-olds) is required.

Prior experience with crisis counselling, and with drop-in or same-day counselling

Prior experience providing single-session therapy

Experience and demonstrated ability to deliver training and workshops on mental health-related topics

Prior training and focus of practice in working with individuals who have experienced trauma or have been diagnosed with PTSD required.

Familiarity and experience with short-term, goal-oriented, focused therapeutic interventions.

Experience providing multi-cultural counselling required.

Prior experience developing and facilitating group therapy programs

Strong counselling, communication (written and verbal), and interpersonal skills

Experience working within short-term counselling model (i.e., 8-session limit)

Good judgment and reliability.

Non-judgmental attitude.

Excellent time management and organizational skills

Strong computer skills (e.g., MS Office, Internet, Outlook), and comfortable with virtual presenting and technology

Assets (Nonessential):

Prior cultural competency training an asset.

Experience delivering Mindfulness Meditation sessions an asset

Prior experience working within a multi-disciplinary treatment team and/or within a primary care environment an asset

Prior experience and familiarity with the Stepped Care model for mental health is an asset

To be successful in this role you will be:

• Approachable
• Communicator
• Diplomatic
• Patient
• Perceptive
• Team player

Closing Date: 09/11/2025, 11:59PM ET
Employee Group: USW
Appointment Type: Budget - Term
Schedule: Full-Time
Pay Scale Group & Hiring Zone:
USW Pay Band 15 -- $97,348. with an annual step progression to a maximum of $124,491. Pay scale and job class assignment is subject to determination pursuant to the Job Evaluation/Pay Equity Maintenance Protocol.
Job Category: Student Services
Recruiter: Kirsten Archbell

Please note this is a term position until April 2026, with the possibility of renewal.

Lived Experience Statement
Candidates who are members of Indigenous, Black, racialized and 2SLGBTQ+ communities, persons with disabilities, and other equity deserving groups are encouraged to apply, and their lived experience shall be taken into consideration as applicable to the posted position.

Diversity Statement

The University of Toronto embraces Diversity and is building a culture of belonging that increases our capacity to effectively address and serve the interests of our global community. We strongly encourage applications from Indigenous Peoples, Black and racialized persons, women, persons with disabilities, and people of diverse sexual and gender identities. We value applicants who have demonstrated a commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion and recognize that diverse perspectives, experiences, and expertise are essential to strengthening our academic mission.

As part of your application, you will be asked to complete a brief Diversity Survey. This survey is voluntary. Any information directly related to you is confidential and cannot be accessed by search committees or human resources staff. Results will be aggregated for institutional planning purposes. For more information, please see http://uoft.me/UP.