Social & community services jobs in Burnaby, British Columbia

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VAST_BC

Clinical Counsellor - Hebrew, Amharic, Karen, Kurdish, Pashto, Rohingya, Somali, Swahili, and Tigrinya

Vancouver, BC, Canada

Expected hiring salary: $28.50-$30.45 · Full-time

Within 25 km of Burnaby · About 12.2 km from the city centre

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Pay: Expected hiring salary: $28.50-$30.45
Job type: Full-time
Posted: Aug 4, 2026

Original job description

June 30, 2026

In 1986, a small group of human rights activists and mental health workers gathered in Vancouver to support the flood of refugees arriving from the armed conflicts in South and Central America. They founded the Vancouver Association for Survivors of Torture (VAST), and this dedicated group of volunteers built what would become BC’s largest center for refugee mental health. Today, VAST works with refugees from over 100 countries in Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, and Latin America. Our programs and services are offered in over a dozen languages, including Arabic, Farsi, French, Mandarin, and Spanish. We support the mental health of refugees who arrive in British Columbia with psychological trauma as a result of torture, political violence, and other forms of persecution on the basis of race, religion, gender identity, and sexual orientation.

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The Clinical Counsellor provides trauma-focused psychological counselling for individuals and families who arrive in BC as refugees, survivors of war, with a background of persecution and torture, or with other vulnerable statuses. They work within a team composed of the Executive Director, the Clinical Supervisor, the Clinical Team, and the Community Engagement Team to provide assessment, individual counselling, group facilitation and referrals to and from other community-based supports for refugees.

This position reports to the Clinical Supervisor.

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Expected hiring salary: $28.50-$30.45

Responsibilities

Conduct assessments, using clinical interviews and standardized measurements, to assess current symptomatology and psychosocial functioning; and to facilitate treatment planning and outcome monitoring
Provide individual counselling in Hebrew, focused on reducing trauma-related symptoms and increasing psychosocial functioning
Provide psycho-legal assessments and letters to lawyers for the refugee claim process
Provide group facilitations, including groups that are focused on the psychosocial dimensions of the refugee claim settlement process, such as the barriers to providing testimony and creating community
Participate in case consultations and group and individual clinical supervision sessions
Maintain written and electronic client records in electronic database
Facilitate workshops on refugee mental health for legal, health, social, and settlement service providers
Represent VAST at community consultations for the health and settlement sectors
Provide statistical and narrative information on the clinical program for clinical evaluation, funding applications and reports, and research
Perform other duties as requested

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Qualifications

Masters degree in Clinical Counselling or similar discipline, Registered in BC
Significant Cross-cultural experience
Previous work with trauma
Ability to conduct virtual clinical sessions
Fluent in Hebrew and English
Ability to work with interpreters
Knowledge of the refugee and refugee claimant process & systems

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Responsibilities

The Clinical Counsellor provides trauma-focused psychological counselling and assessments for refugees and survivors of torture. They facilitate support groups, provide psycho-legal letters for refugee claims, and collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to support vulnerable populations.

Requirements

Candidates must hold a Master's degree in Clinical Counselling or a similar discipline and be registered in British Columbia. Fluency in both Hebrew and English, along with significant cross-cultural experience and knowledge of the refugee claimant process, is required.

Skills

Trauma-Focused Counselling
Psychological Assessment
Group Facilitation
Case Consultation
Psycho-Legal Assessment
Cross-Cultural Communication
Fluent Hebrew
Fluent English
Virtual Clinical Sessions
Interpreter Collaboration
Treatment Planning
Outcome Monitoring

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Keywords

Clinical Counselling
Trauma
Refugees
Psychosocial Functioning
Torture Survivors
Mental Health
Refugee Claim Process
Cross-Cultural Experience
Psychological Trauma
Case Management
Clinical Supervision
Vancouver Association for Survivors of Torture

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