Counsellor Advocate

About the role

About The Role

This position provides specialised counselling to children, young people and adults who have experienced sexual assault or family violence, and to their non-offending family or friends.

These roles will involve facilitating trauma informed counselling therapeutic group work.

We run a number of caring group programs from assisting with self-awareness, understanding of trauma and calming the body and mind, to programs that focus on strengthening the mother-child relationship after family violence.

In addition these roles will also have the opportunity to assist with our intake response, providing provide vital support and informed, timely, consistent, client-centred response that is focused on a high quality service.

Reporting to a Team Leader, you will be supported by highly skilled and qualified practitioners and receive regular clinical supervision and valuable peer support.

Multiple positions available full time or part time.

About You

With degree qualifications in psychology, family therapy or social work, you will be able to demonstrate experience in the delivery of therapeutic interventions, case management and risk assessment.

With a comprehensive understanding of the issues relating to sexual assault and family violence within a gendered context, you have significant knowledge and expertise in working therapeutically with the dynamics and effects of interpersonal trauma.

You will be a values driven person, motivated to make a difference and hold the client at the centre of everything you do.

You thrive working autonomously and also collaboratively within a dynamic, team environment.

If you share our vision for a community free from family violence and sexual assault and are motivated to make a difference, we would like to hear from you.

We pride ourselves on being a great place to work. You care for our clients and we care for you, including by investing in your development and wellbeing.

You will have access to leading specialists and training and development that supports you in your role and in your longer term career journey.

We offer a variety of career pathway options, leading salary packaging benefits and flexible working arrangements that help you manage your work and your life.

Applications close 5:00pm Sunday 30 July 2023

For a confidential discussion, please contact Chantale White on

The SAFV Centre requires all employees and students to be fully vaccinated (two doses) against COVID-19, unless they are an Excepted Person as defined by the COVID-19 Mandatory Vaccination (Workers) Directions.

All applicants and students must therefore be able to comply with this requirement.

PBA2

Profession:
#Client_Services, #Community_Services

Sector:
#Community_Development, #Community_Engagement, #DomesticFamily_Violence, #Women

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