Counsellor Caseworker

_Counsellor Caseworker _

_Position Description_

_Position Objective _
To provide direct care to clients and their caregivers, along the palliative care trajectory and in bereavement.
This includes psychosocial/spiritual assessment, on-going care planning, casework, counselling and liaison
with other services both within Peninsula Home Hospice (PHH) and the community.

To work effectively as a member of an interdisciplinary team, actively participate in organisational
committees and the wider community.

_Statement of Purpose _

• Peninsula Home Hospice provides home based specialist palliative care that optimises quality of life for _

- those in our care, and honours the hope for choice, dignity, comfort and peace.
_Core Values _

We value:
_Integrity, Collaboration, Respect, Innovation and Empowerment_

_Position Specification _

Reports To Clinical Leader Allied Health

Award Aligns with Social, Community, Home Care and Disability Services Industry Award
2010

Classification Social and Community Services Level 6

Hours As per Contract

Role Reflection Initially during the probation period at three months, and six months, then annually

_Key Selection Criteria _
Mandatory - Tertiary qualifications in Psychology, Counselling, Social Work

• Eligibility for membership or registration to relevant Professional Association
• Demonstrated ability to work with issues associated with dying, death and

bereavement

• Demonstrated ability to conduct psychosocial and spiritual assessments
• Demonstrated ability to develop, implement and evaluate care plans to address

the changing needs of clients

• Demonstrated ability to provide counselling for clients and their families and

caregivers

• Welldeveloped interpersonal and written communication skills
• Ability to work independently with mínimal supervision and as part of an

interdisciplinary team

• Current Victorian Drivers Licence

Desirable - Community palliative care experience

• High level of organisation and time management skills
• Experience and skill in group facilitation
• Welldeveloped computer skills

_Counsellor Caseworker Position Description_

_Key Responsibilities _

• Conduct psycho-social and spiritual assessment, planning and evaluation
• Provide counselling which includes bereavement interventions to meet the needs of clients and

their carers/families

• Provide spiritual support to meet the needs of the clients and their carers/families
• Facilitate client groups
• Provide case work support for clients and their carers/families
• Provide timely and relevant support to other members of the team
• Utilise culturally appropriate intervention strategies for Culturally and Linguistically Divers clients

(CALD)

• Demonstrate effective and efficient management of own workload to include indirect activities.

Key Responsibility 1 Conduct psycho-social and spiritual assessment, planning and
**evaluation

• Effective assessment _

- and planning ensuring _
- that psychosocial _
- spiritual needs are met _

• Prioritises new referrals for assessment within accepted timeframe
• Assesses individual mental functioning, emotional status, loss history, social

supports, coping styles, strengths and challenges, financial and legal
concerns and spiritual needs

• Assess group and family functioning
• Assist clients in setting goals, plans and evaluates interventions
• Provides client and carer/family education as appropriate
• Participates in discharge planning to ensure the provision of timely and

appropriate services

• Participates and contributes to the multidisciplinary team meetings

Key Responsibility 2

• Ensures therapeutic _

- interventions build _
- client and family _
- capacity
Provide counselling which includes bereavement interventions to meet the
**needs of clients and their carers/families

• Establishes rapport with clients and families
• Demonstrates counselling skills
• Provides opportunities to explore issues and emotions, and to increase self

- awareness

• Normalises grief processes and individual differences
• Demonstrates ability to facilitate Family Focused Therapy

Key Responsibility 3 Provide spiritual support to meet the needs of clients and their
**carers/families

• Ensures spiritual _

- needs are met_

• Invites spiritual exploration and supports what is sacred
• Demonstrates ability to identify spiritual needs and provide appropriate

spiritual support or referral to specialist worker

• Provides or refers clients for culturally appropriate religious support, ritual and

worship

_Counsellor Caseworker Position Description_
**Key Responsibility 4
**Facilitate client groups

• Provide opportunities _

- for growth in group _
- environments
Key Responsibility 5

• Supports clients and _

- carers to access _
- practical supports**Key Responsibility

• Demonstrates ability to _

- support team growth _
- within collegial _
- boundaries _

• Demonstrates g

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