Description:
- Are you passionate about providing counselling services to our clients, then join our Rockhampton team who is committed to serving the local community with quality care
- $48.00 per hour, above award rates, plus generous salary packaging options to increase your take home pay
- Part-time, minimum 30 hours per week
- Ongoing training and development opportunities with subsidised professional supervision
About CatholicCare Central Queensland
CatholicCare Central Queensland is a leading community service provider local to Rockhampton. Specialising in the delivery of a wide range of quality social services including aged care, disability care, counselling, psychology, family relationship support and mediation and domestic and family violence response, CatholicCare Central Queensland offers diverse and rewarding careers in busy and dynamic environments.
About the Role
As a member of the Clinical & Social Services Team, the Family Relationship Counsellor is responsible for:
- Improving the skills and resilience of families and their members to respond to issues that put pressure on their relationships
- Promoting social inclusion through providing participants with knowledge about supports available within their communities
- Providing therapeutic counselling to individuals, families, groups, children, and young people
- Developing and facilitating psychological health and wellbeing educational services to individuals or groups
- Ensuring services are provided in accordance with relevant funding guidelines and standards including services in accordance with the Family Law Act 1975
- Participating in external program promotion and networking to ensure financial viability of the program
This role will also provide services under CatholicCare’s employee assistance program (Working Well) and may at times be required to provide outreach services on-site to clients.
Qualifications and Experience
Essential
- Relevant Tertiary Qualification in Counselling, Social Sciences or Psychology, 1- 2 years relevant working experience and expertise to undertake the range of activities required
- Current C or CA class driver’s license (QLD)
- Must meet eligibility requirements for membership with relevant professional associations
Core Competencies
- Demonstrated ability to respond to critical stress incidents and to post traumatic stress disorders
- Ability to work within legal limitations around the right to confidentiality and privacy
- Demonstrate strong cultural capability for working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families
- Proficient digital literacy to support accurate documentation within CatholicCare’s chosen data management system
- Ability to engage clients from diverse backgrounds and establish effective working relationships
In addition to the above, you will need:
- Sound discipline knowledge gained through experience, training, or education
- Knowledge of the Family Law Act 1975 and relevant amendments
- Understanding the issues effecting families and children during separation
- Knowledge of issues and appropriate responses to clients experiencing domestic and family violence, child abuse and self-harm
The successful candidate will also be required to demonstrate entitlement to work in Australia, and to disclose any pre-existing injury or disease which may be adversely affected by undertaking the inherent requirements of the position.
All offers of employment are subject to the satisfactory completion of relevant screening and background checks, including an Australian Federal Police check, an NDIS disability worker screening check, and attainment of a Blue Card for working with children, prior to commencement.
What to Do Next
To apply for this position, please submit the following documents:
- Your current resume
- A cover letter clearly addressing the key aspects and requirements of the role
If this Family and Relationships Counsellor role sounds like you, apply today for a career that helps to support and changes lives for our clients!!