Counsellor

2 weeks ago

Milton, Queensland, Australia The Benevolent Society Full time

Part time position (32hrs a week) based in Milton (travel to other office hubs required):


  • $82k
  • $89k pro rata + Super + Salary Packaging:
-
Flexible, Friendly organisation with WFH options available

Our Organisation
The Benevolent Society's vision is to build a just society where all Australians can live their best life.

For more than 200 years we have supported people at the margins of society:

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians; children, young people, and their families; older people; carers and people with disability.

We are an independent, non-religious service provider which supports people to live life their way.


As part of The Benevolent Society's vision, we are strongly committed to reconciliation with our First Nations people of Australia.

We remain steadfast in our commitment to promoting the economic, political, and social inclusion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.


About this role


For 13 years Post Adoption Support Queensland (PASQ) has supported people across QLD whose lives have been affected by adoption.


As our
Post Adoption Counsellor, you will improve the wellbeing of people affected by adoption by providing therapeutic services such as counselling, therapeutic group work, other events, search (for family members lost to adoption) and intermediary (outreach and connection with family members lost to adoption).

The role also involves written work such as contributing to a quarterly newsletter, contributing to the PASQ Facebook page, and creation of information resources.

We use a trauma-informed, family systems and strengths-based approach to support our clients.

Duties

  • Provide face to face, video and telephone counselling services to people presenting with grief, trauma, identity, relationship, parenting, drug and alcohol, domestic violence and mental health issues relating to experiences of adoption.
  • Engage clients using appropriate strengthsbased assessments and risk minimisation processes.
  • Work with clients to research, create, monitor, and evaluate their client plan and outcomes, that identify strengths as well as areas of risk, ensuring clients are actively engaged in the process.
  • Facilitate connection meetings and provide debriefing support to clients.

Our Benefits
We support people to live their best life. That includes you, our employee.

A '
best life'** is unique to everyone and can change as life changes:

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Salary Benefits
  • You can package up to $15,900 pa of your pre tax salary to pay for everyday expenses before income tax is calculated, meaning you take home even more pay
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Motor Vehicle Packaging Options - to suit your lifestyle.
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Work/Life Balance
  • Enjoy flexible work arrangements, including hybrid home/office options, and accrue an additional day off each month (a bonus of 12 days per year) as a fulltime employee.
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Recognition and Reward -** Sector competitive remuneration, various recognition programs and access to long service leave after 5 years.
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Wellness -** Stay fit with a Fitness passport, utilise our Employee Assistance Program, and even purchase additional leave.
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Professional Development -** We tailor career development opportunities to all employees and volunteers for career enrichment, fulfilment, and growth.
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Our Reconciliation Commitment -
First Nations employees are entitled of up to 10 days of leave for ceremonial purposes, as well as the option to be a voice on
RAP working group, and the opportunity for cultural and professional development that supports career pathways.

Skills and Experience
You will have a
relevant tertiary (degree) qualification eg.

social work, counselling, psychology and:

  • Membership with ACA or PACFA is highly desirable.
  • An understanding of the key issues surrounding adoption such as trauma and its impact, grief and loss, identity and reunion issues.
  • Experience delivering trauma informed evidencebased therapeutic services, individually and in groups.
  • Demonstrated practice skills working therapeutically with adults and adolescents, preferably in a post adoption service.
  • High level written and verbal communication skills, with knowledge of search, outreach and intermediary practices.
  • Current driver's license.

Please submit your current CV and 1 page cover letter outlining your suitability and interest in the role.
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