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Children's Counsellor | Early Intervention Specialist Service | Caboolture
- Employment Term: Permanent Part-Time (60.8 hours per fortnight)
- Location: Caboolture
- Remuneration: $51 p/hr + Super + NFP Salary Packaging (save tax and increase your take home pay)
At UnitingCare we are leaders in crisis response, the protection of vulnerable people and children, financial resilience and family wellbeing. Our FaDS (Family and Disability Services) team work passionately across Queensland to make a meaningful difference in people's lives.
As a Children's Counsellor, you'll be encouraged to grow, develop and feel empowered to make the everyday easier for the people we care so passionately about. Let's make a meaningful difference, together
Your part in our UnitingCare team
The Early Intervention Specialist Counselling Service delivers intensive prevention and early intervention services for children, young people and their families where children and young people have been identified as at high risk of child abuse and/or neglect and require significant support with an emphasis on providing play therapy as well as referral pathways where needed for the family.
This Children's Counsellor position facilitates the development of quality practice and effective coordination of service delivery to vulnerable young people and their families accessing the service.
In This Role You'll
- Provide direct service delivery to children, young people and their families, through intensive case management and support.
- Provide direct service delivery to children, young people and their families through individual, family and/or group counselling.
- Maintain systematic processes for case planning and case management
- Use a variety of strategies to engage hard-to-reach families, in particular Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander families.
- Tertiary qualifications in Counselling, Psychology, Social Work, Social Science or Human Services.
- Sound knowledge of and demonstrated experience in providing counselling/therapy to children and young people
- Demonstrated knowledge of childhood development and behavioural management strategies with an emphasis on issues related to trauma, abuse and attachment.
- Current Drivers Licence.
- Working with Children Check (Blue Card)
- Qualifications and experience in Child-Centred Play Therapy (CCPT) are highly desirable.
At UnitingCare we are leaders in crisis response, the protection of vulnerable children, financial resilience and family wellbeing. Our Family and Child Services team work passionately across Queensland to make a meaningful difference in people's lives.
- Flexible work arrangements to support work-life balance
- Save tax and increase your take home pay by salary packaging your everyday living expenses and bills (up to $15,900) and meal entertainment (up to $2,650) per annum
- A recognition and rewards platform, providing employee discounts at hundreds of retailers, including everyday expenses, holidays, health insurance, annual awards celebration, wellbeing and employee assistance programs
- A positive and inclusive team based on respect, shared standards, strong values and a commitment to serving others
- Eligible employees are entitled to 12 weeks paid parental leave and 2 weeks paid partner leave, available after 6 months service, in addition to the government scheme; for eligible employees.
- Diversity and inclusive leave, offering paid gender affirmation leave and cultural leave options (paid and unpaid) for those who may celebrate Lunar New Year, Diwali, Ramadan, NAIDOC weeks and other significant cultural events
- Career development opportunitiesto challenge yourself, grow and make a meaningful difference
Our Family and Disability Services team are passionate about their work with parents to ensure children remain safe in the home and parents have the skills, resilience and capability to effectively parent and meet their children's developmental, educational, health and well-being needs. We also provide targeted services to men who are seeking to change their behaviour.
Child safe, Child friendly
UnitingCare is committed to being a Child Safe, Child Friendly organisation and will:
- provide welcoming, safe & nurturing services for children
- implement measures to prevent child abuse and neglect within our services
- appropriately and immediately address child abuse and neglect if it does occur
Our approach is simple– everybody iswelcome here. At UnitingCare, diversity is at the core of our who we are, our mission and our values.We are committed to providing equal opportunities to all employees no matter their sex, race, culture, sexual orientation, disability or gender identity.Demonstrating our commitment to reconciliation and building long-term employment opportunities for First Nations peoples, UnitingCare strongly encourages Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants for this position.
Safe workplace
We work hard to make our services welcoming and safe for every person. We are united in keeping children, young people and the elderly safe from harm, within our services, workplaces and the communities we support. We are committed to speaking up loudly for their safety.Seniority level
- Seniority levelEntry level
- Employment typePart-time
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