AMENDMENT - Closing date has been extended to June 15, 2026!
Clinical Counsellor, Therapeutic Court Programs
19-month term to March 31, 2028
The Department of Justice is working to ensure Yukon remains a safe, secure, and healthy place to live and work. We build strong and healthy relationships with others to support good governance and to foster safe communities with opportunities for healing. The Department of Justice provides supportive and dynamic work environments comprising teams of professionals who are committed to making a difference in the lives of Yukoners.
Reporting to the Manager of the Justice Wellness Centre, this position provides research to develop and deliver programs to support and assist perpetrators of spousal violence and other violent crime. This position provides psychodynamic, cognitive, and behavioural therapy, and psychoeducational programming according to a variety of theoretical models and best practice.
The principles that guide the Department of Justice (DOJ) are:
Reconciliation with Yukon First Nations: Together as Department of Justice (DOJ) representatives we commit to embracing the spirit of the Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada entitled Honouring the Truth, Reconciling the Future, by conducting ourselves in our day-to-day business in a manner that embodies the purpose of reconciliation with our First Nations members in the Yukon. We recognize the importance of employee education on First Nations history and the encouragement of innovative thinking by all DOJ personnel on our ability to effect meaningful change towards true reconciliation.
Working as a Team: As DOJ employees we value working together as a team within branches and within the department as a whole, while respecting our respective roles in the administration of justice, to work as one entity to meet our collective objective to serve the public. We are mindful of the impact of our actions on the people around us both in proximity and in the larger department and strive to ensure that we maintain the best interests of the department in our approach to our work.
Identify and Meet our Clients' Needs: DOJ personnel have a wide variety of responsibilities and an equally diverse clientele, internal and external to government, and we are committed to ensuring that they know we work for them and that we treat them with empathy, inclusion, integrity, respect and professionalism.
Initiative and Innovation: Management will encourage DOJ staff at all levels to think innovatively and to take initiative that will improve the work we do and services that we provide to allow for positive change and creativity in the workplace. Management will encourage DOJ personnel to reconsider our approach to the services we provide and adapt to the changing environment.
Communications: We are committed to improving the way we communicate internally with one another and externally to the public in order to better perform as a DOJ Team, share information and ideas with each other, dispel negative myths about the department and to ensure that the general public has an appreciation for the excellent work we do.
For more information about this position, please contact: Kelly Dunn, Manager of the Justice Wellness Centre at Kelly.Dunn@yukon.ca
For more information about the recruitment process, please contact: Shannon Poelman, Human Resources Consultant at Shannon.Poelman@yukon.ca
Essential Qualifications:
Please submit your resume clearly demonstrating how you meet the following qualifications. Please note selection for further consideration will be based solely on the information you provide in your resume; ensure you use a month/year to month/year format and include the duties you performed in each of your positions.
- Master’s degree at the clinical level in Clinical Social Work, Psychology, Counselling, or a related field, with training grounded in ethical, evidence‑based practice.
- Demonstrated experience conducting comprehensive clinical screening, mental health and substance use bio‑psycho‑social assessments, case formulations, and treatment planning, and providing individual and group work within a trauma‑informed and culturally responsive framework.
- Proven experience working collaboratively and respectfully with Yukon First Nation Governments, community partners, and interdisciplinary teams to support the delivery of culturally safe mental health and substance use services for individuals and families in rural and remote communities.
- Experience providing clinical counselling to individuals and groups impacted by substance use and/or mental wellness concerns and are or have been involved with the criminal justice system, using strengths‑based, client‑centred, and culturally appropriate approaches.
- Demonstrated cultural competence, including awareness of the impacts of colonization, intergenerational trauma, and social inequities on mental wellness, and a commitment to reconciliation and culturally safe practice.
- Registration and current good standing with a Canadian regulatory body related to the above post‑secondary education requirements is considered an asset.
- Candidates who have training and experience equivalent to the essential qualifications listed above may be considered.
Desired Knowledge, Skills, and Suitability
Candidates should have and may be assessed on:
- Experience providing therapeutic interventions and developing treatment plans for forensic clients within the Criminal Justice System aligned with identified clinical treatment targets.
- Ability to work collaboratively and respectfully in partnership with external agencies, Yukon First Nation Governments, and community stakeholders, demonstrating cultural humility and culturally safe practice.
- Ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team within a dynamic and evolving service delivery environment.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, supported by self‑awareness, accountability, and the ability to communicate respectfully across diverse cultural and community contexts.
- Ability to provide professional counselling services using a client‑centred, trauma‑informed, and culturally responsive approach.
- Demonstrated strong teamwork and interpersonal skills, with a commitment to fostering inclusive, respectful, and culturally safe working relationships.
Conditions of employment
- Travel throughout the Territory
- Vulnerable Sector RCMP security clearance
- Valid Class 5 Driver’s license
Job requirements
- May be required to participation in an afterhours schedule to support client services outside regular business hours.
