Description:
Financial Counsellor
CatholicCare Western Sydney and the Blue Mountains
Western Sydney, NSW
Psychology, Counselling & Social Work
Full time/Part time (Flexible Days)
At Catholic Care Western Sydney and the Blue Mountains, we’ve been providing support and professional care to the most vulnerable and disadvantaged members of our community for more than 25 years. Through a team whose backgrounds and beliefs are as diverse as those we serve; we’re dedicated to helping our clients live with joy and purpose.
Catholic Care Western Sydney and the Blue Mountains is currently looking for a qualified fulltime/part-time financial counsellor (3 – 5 days/week) to work across several of our locations within Western Sydney which include Parramatta, Blacktown and Emerton.
As a financial counsellor within our multidisciplinary counselling team, you will use your financial counselling experience to support individuals, couples and families and truly make a difference in their lives.
This position is initially a fixed term contract until 30 June 2025, h owever, there is opportunity for extension if the funding for our counselling programmes is to be continued.
Your opportunity
In this role, you’ll bring your passion for working closely with vulnerable clients to support them by providing best practice counselling services. You will do this by:
- Providing face to face, phone and online counselling to clients seeking financial counselling support.
- Facilitating educational workshops as required.
- Maintaining an agreed caseload and up to date client files
- Providing advocacy, support and wrap around support referrals for clients
- Attending interagency meetings and other external meetings as required.
- Maintaining timely data entry on both internal and external reporting systems
- Undertake and adhere to specifications for training, supervision and professional registration
What you’ll bring
- Diploma of financial counselling.
- Current membership of Financial Counsellors Association of NSW.
- A minimum of 12 months experience working as a financial counsellor.
- Understanding of the needs of First Nation communities and Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) communities.
- Ability to develop relationships with internal and external stakeholders
- Excellent written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills
- IT proficient in the use of Microsoft Office software.
- Current NSW Drivers Licence - P1 or above, and access to own insured vehicle for work purposes
Why join us?
At Catholic Care Western Sydney and the Blue Mountains, we exist to make a positive difference to our community, through the Church. We embrace every journey with gratitude and love - for our clients, the community and each other. In joining us, you’ll feel proud of the purpose you’re working towards, and you’ll be supported by a team that is deeply committed to each other and serving our clients.
You’ll also enjoy a range of benefits:
- Be supported in your career growth with ongoing training and development, delivered flexibly through both face-to-face and online learning.
- Increase your take-home pay through not-for-profit salary packaging
- Be provided with health and wellbeing support through our Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
If you are passionate about making a difference in a role that is both challenging and rewarding, we would love to hear from you!
If this sounds like you, then to apply for this role please use the apply now button and ensure you include a current resume and cover letter sharing with us how you meet the criteria and why you would be the best candidate for the role.
If you have any further questions about the advertised position or wish to obtain a copy of the position description, please contact Counselling Services Manager Suzanne Corcoran via email - Suzanne.Corcoran@catholiccarewsbm.org.au