RDC job posting revised after raising mental health-related concerns
Red Deer College is admitting to a major faux pas in a job description on its website.
The posting for a job as a counsellor stated, “Due to ethical boundaries and conflict of interest, our program does not accept applications from students who have received personal counselling in our Centre while they were a student at Red Deer College.”
Second year Music program student David Heikkinen brought the paragraph to rdnewsNOW’s attention, calling it concerning and discriminatory against those with mental illness.
Heikkinen, 33, has used counselling services at RDC in the past to obtain guidance on how to fit in with younger students. He says part of why the stated criteria is offensive is because health issues aren’t supposed to matter when it comes to applying for a job.