Independent Contractor Position
(Registered Social Worker or Registered Psychotherapist)

Clarity Counselling Services is a well-established private therapy practice and trusted provider of counselling and psychotherapy to clients throughout Ontario. We are seeking a motivated, passionate therapist to join our Timmins, ON team.

We are committed to delivering compassionate, skilled, and culturally-sensitive care to individuals, couples, families, and organizations through high-quality psychoeducational programs and psychotherapeutic services.

Our values include compassion, transparency, collaboration. Our therapists draw from a variety of evidence-based therapeutic approaches to assist, empower, and resource our clients. Our therapists use a collaborative and warm approach with clients in working towards therapeutic goals and tailor treatment to client needs; we openly invite and incorporate client feedback.

We take pride in fostering a supportive, psychologically safe and inclusive environment; providing a balanced approach in entrusting and respecting our therapists’ autonomy, and providing opportunities to connect with a supportive high-morale team.

Together, we will collaborate on connecting you with your ideal client population, so that you can thrive, focusing on work you are most passionate about. The ability to set your own schedule and receive competitive compensation can offer ideal work-life balance. We care about meeting our therapist’s needs, so that you may feel: supported, successful, and satisfied in the work you’re doing. We seek, create and support opportunities for Therapist’s growth, and professional goals; and we value and care for our team in the same way we value and care for our clients.

Successful candidate will be provided with:

• Competitive compensation with opportunity for growth
• Flexibility to set your own schedule and hours of availability
• Ability to determine the size of caseload, specialty areas, and clinical issues served
• Connection with a supportive and experienced team for personal and professional growth
• Orientation and training;
• Opportunities for professional development, peer clinical consultation, clinical resources, and supervision
• Support with marketing the contractor’s services
• Referrals from the practice, where possible and ability to generate own referrals
• Opportunity to work with individuals, couples and groups, depending on candidate’s skills and preferences

The candidate will possess:

• Master’s degree in Counselling Psychology, Social Work, or related field, OR Bachelor’s degree in Social Work
• Registration as an RSW, RP, or RP(Qualifying)
• Professional Liability Insurance upon start-date
• 2+ years of experience in providing psychotherapy
• Training in one or more therapeutic modalities (eg. CBT, DBT, IFS, EFT, SFT, a trauma-specific therapy, etc.)

Experience and/or education in any of the following specializations are strongly considered an asset:

• Disordered eating, trauma-informed and trauma-specific practice, EMDR, OCD, family therapy

Successful candidate will have the following skills:

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Microsoft Office, including Microsoft Teams skills
• Ability to work well independently (self-motivated, organized) as well as part of a team (working collaboratively and professionally, upholding policies and practices of CCS)
• Proficiency in assessment; therapeutic interventions; building safe, respectful, empathetic and trusting therapeutic alliances; timely client record keeping
• Ability to assess risk, and understand reporting obligations, and understanding of relevant legislation
• Ability to tailor interventions to clients’ specific needs, goals and strengths
• Dedication to continued professional development
• Strong level of self-awareness and safe-effective use of self in session
• Openness to learning, collaboration, and growth
• Comfortability with offering sessions in office, via phone, video, or walk-and-talk
• Demonstrate cultural awareness and humility, working from an anti-oppressive and non-discriminatory framework
• Availability for evenings and weekends is an asset

Please send cover letter and resume to: hello@claritycounsellingservices.ca. Inquiries can be directed to this email as well.

Successful candidates will be contacted for interview; professional references will be requested post-interview.

In your cover letter, we welcome: indication of the therapeutic approaches and modalities with which you have training and/or experience, as well as highlighting professional development and areas of specialization.

Application Deadline: March 31, 2025

Job Types: Flexible hours (10-25 hours/week)