JOB POSTING # 2025-64-01

INTERNAL/EXTERNAL

Montrose Trauma and Wellness Counselling

SAIP (Sexual Abuse Intervention Program)

Counsellor

Wage: $41.01 per hour

Part Time: 21.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday  

Permanent

Counsellor

Join the team at Archway

Come Help Us Help People

Location:  Abbotsford

On Site

Job Summary:

The Counsellor works in our SAIP counselling for children/youth 4- 18 years old who have experienced sexual abuse, assault, or exploitation. This position provides intake, assessment, individual service plans, individual and group counselling, brief and ongoing sessions, and provides clients with information about other relevant services.  The Counsellor assists clients in addressing trauma and working toward identified goals. 

Your Role:

Archway’s Counsellor with the Montrose Wellness and Trauma Counselling Program contributes by:

•       Providing one-on-one counselling, in person or virtually, that may include psychoeducation, crisis support/referral, play therapy and other trauma counselling as is appropriate for the client(s).

•       Gathering information about the client, conducting assessments, and identifying areas of concern.

•       Developing interpretive summaries and consulting with each client to create individualized service plans.

•       Working collaboratively with caregivers and facilitating groups.

This position is a great fit for someone who has strong relationship building skills and ability to establish trust; has strong documentation skills and the ability to produce accurate and factual case notes, and has the ability to work effectively with children and young people who have experienced sexual abuse, assault, or exploitation.  

Our Offer

• Wage:  $41.01 per hour.
• A permanent, part-time position at 21.5 hours per week, availability Mondays to Fridays, from 8:30 AM to 5:30 PM. 

Benefits include:

• Three weeks’ pro-rated vacation.
• A great benefits plan including extended health, and dental, you choose your plan.
• Employee and Family Assistance Program that includes online access to wellness resources.
• Great in-house training opportunities, including specific professional development for counsellors
• Regular clinical supervision and ongoing professional development.
• Rewarding work in a positive environment.
• Work/Life balance.

Getting an Interview – you will be considered if you have:

• Master’s degree in counselling psychology or a related field. 
• Eligible for registration with professional regulatory bodies such as the BC Association of Clinical Counsellors or Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association.
• Experience working with children who have experienced trauma.
• Training in play therapy and trauma counselling.
• Satisfactory Criminal Records Check. 

The Job Requires you to have:

• Excellent verbal, written, and active listening skills; ability to communicate effectively and respectfully with people from a variety of backgrounds and experiences.
• Strong relationship building skills; ability to build rapport, establish trust, and set appropriate boundaries.
• Strong documentation skills; ability to produce accurate and factual case notes in a timely manner. 
• Strong computer skills; able to use Microsoft Office365, and virtual meeting platforms including Microsoft Teams and Zoom.
• Ability to provide in-person service, and adherence to health and safety protocols.
• Flexible availability to work some early evenings (up to 6pm) to accommodate clients’ schedules.
• A satisfactory criminal records check is a condition of employment.

Closing date is March 19. 2025

No phone calls please. Only short-listed applicants will be contacted.

Must be legally entitled to work in Canada.

Your resume may also be forwarded to other Programs for their consideration for their job vacancies.  If you do not wish for your application to be shared with other Programs, please send an e-mail to with DO NOT FORWARD TO OTHER PROGRAMS, in the subject line of the e-mail and the job reference number to which you applied, in the body of the e-mail.

Archway's goal is to be a diverse workforce that is representative, at all job levels, of the people we serve. Equity and diversity are essential to excellence. An open and diverse community fosters the inclusion of voices that have been underrepresented or discouraged. We encourage applications from members of groups that have been marginalized on any grounds enumerated under the B.C. Human Rights Code, including Indigenous identity, race, colour, ancestry, place of origin, political belief, religion, marital status, family status, physical or mental disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or age.  

We acknowledge that we gather on the traditional and unceded territory of the Stó:lō people. Stó:lō  territory extends from the mouth of the Fraser River to Boston Bar. Locally, this includes the Matsqui First Nation and Sumas First Nation. We give them thanks for sharing their land and resources with us.

We invest in the mental health and wellbeing of our employees.