Wellness Counselor & Coordinator (Eating Disorders Program)

This role will be assigned responsibilities for both eating disorder specific work and general counselling duties.

Your responsibilities will include

• Assessing the mental health of clients
• Providing clinical counselling and psychotherapy to individual students and/or groups of students and making referrals to appropriate resources
• Determining if there is a life-threatening situation, risk of self-harm or harm to others and independently applying appropriate interventions
• Updating and maintaining patient records
• Leading seminars and/or workshops
• Following rules and procedural processes related to Personal Health Information Protection Act (PHIPA)

Essential Qualifications

• Master's of Social Work and is a member in good standing with the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Services Workers.
• Additional training or extensive experience in working with clients with eating disorders, body image concerns, and unhealthy eating behaviours.
• Minimum five years related experience. Related experience should be in a Community Mental Health setting, and/or Outpatient Mental Health Unit where the incumbent has performed client intakes/assessments, crisis counselling, brief or short-term counselling to individuals, and psycho-educational workshops.
• Extensive experience collaborating with community organizations/resources, hospital-based program, and other community-based service providers (e.g. housing, social assistance, crisis services, etc.), especially with reference to populations affected by experiences of disordered eating, body imageconcerns, and unhealthy eating behaviours.
• Extensive experience with mental health and illness, behavioral issues, anger management, and conflict resolution.
• Keyboarding skills and working knowledge of relevant software is required (e.g. Microsoft Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Good judgment and sensitivity, flexibility and resourcefulness.
• Ability to communicate effectively with staff and senior academic administrators about issues facing students in crisis and make recommendations.
• Able to exercise patience, tact, judgment and discretion.
• Demonstrated ability to relate to students, staff, and faculty in ways that build confidence and trust.
• Able to work in a highly diverse community with students from varied backgrounds and a variety of age groups, presenting with a range of difficulties and personal issues.

Assets (Nonessential)

• Life coaching, mindful based therapies and alternative evidenced based therapies considered an asset.
• Skill in working with university-aged young adults, and individuals in crisis.
• Experience working with post-secondary students and knowledge of university and community mental health resources.

To be successful in this role you will be

• Approachable
• Communicator
• Diligent
• Intuitive
• Patient
• Perceptive

Note

This is a term, fully in-person position with some evenings required for 18 months until approximately the end of January 2028.

Closing Date

06/26/2026, 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: Health & Wellbeing Recruiter: Fiona Chan

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.

Job descriptions are available upon request for internal applicants.