Shelter Relief Counsellor

Family Transition Place is seeking Shelter Relief Counsellors to provide opportunities to enhance social service skills on an as-needed basis. The role supports day, evening, overnight and weekend shifts at the Emergency Shelter for women and their children in Orangeville, Ontario.

Overview

Relief Counsellors are an important component of Family Transition Place’s services and programs. They provide crisis line response and support, one-on-one and group counselling, information and referral to legal, medical, housing services and other community resources, administrative tasks such as record keeping and intake procedures, and routine facility maintenance and security procedures.

Responsibilities

• Crisis line response and support
• Supportive one-on-one and group counselling
• Information and referral to appropriate legal, medical, and housing services and other community resources
• Completion of administrative task...