Battered Women’s Support Services counselling team is growing as a result of YOUR generosity! Because of our donors, our counselling program is expanding. We’re currently recruiting four new counsellors.

 BWSS is a feminist ending violence organization with an entrepreneurial spirit known for its commitment to creating and implementing programs and services that empower women from all walks of life.  BWSS is known for its inclusionary hiring practices. We offer the opportunity to work within an accomplished team making a difference every day on the frontline and beyond. 

Children’s Counsellor

8 hours per week  
 Saturday 9:00 am to 5 pm
Additional hours may be required
This is a part-time position

As part of the BWSS Counselling Program, the Children’s Counsellor is responsible for providing counselling services to girls and boys between ages of three and thirteen years old, who have witnessed violence against their mothers or have experienced violence/ abuse themselves. Provide parenting information and support for mothers regarding the impacts on their children of witnessing and experiencing violence/abuse.

Apply today!

Indigenous Women’s Counsellor

24 hours per week @ $30.68 per hour
Thursday 12:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Friday and Saturday 9:00 am to 5 pm
Additional evenings and/or weekends may be required
This is a one-year temporary part-time position

We seek an accomplished professional to join our counselling team and undertake a broad mandate that includes social change, to address gender inequalities and ultimately to end violence against Indigenous girls and women, through providing decolonizing and feminist intersectional based counselling for Indigenous women survivors of gender-based violence. Specifically, you will work within a multidisciplinary team to ensure an effective response for Indigenous women who are dealing with the impacts of violence and abuse in collaboration with our matrix of support services and external resources.

Apply today!

Women’s Counsellors

Right now, we seek two accomplished professionals to join our counselling team and undertake a broad mandate that includes social change, to address gender inequalities and ultimately to end violence against girls and women, through providing feminist decolonizing, intersectional based counselling for women survivors of gender-based violence. Specifically, you will work within a multidisciplinary team to ensure an effective response for women who are dealing with the impacts of violence and abuse in collaboration with our matrix of support services and external resources.

Part Time
16 hours per week at $30.68 per hour
Thursday from 4:30 pm-8:30 pm, Friday 9 am-5 pm and Saturday 9 am-5 pm.
Additional evenings and/or weekends may be required
Full Time
32 hours per week at $30.68 per hour
Monday – Thursday 9 am-5 pm.
Additional evenings and/or weekends may be required
 
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