Preventive Health Counsellor

2 months ago

Brisbane, Australia Queensland Health Full time

Key competencies/suitability (role specific criteria and personal qualities)
You will be assessed on your ability to demonstrate the following:

- Demonstrated knowledge and experience in collaborative counselling, referral and education using best practice counselling skills (e.g. Motivational Interviewing, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Strengths-based Counselling and Narrative Therapy).
- Excellent communication skills including written and oral communication.
- Strong self-motivator to work independently and efficiently to achieve team and individual goals within a structured call centre environment.
- Capability to contribute effectively to the HCC clinical and operational performance and workplace health and safety requirements through provision of evidence-based care and information, and adhering to relevant workplace instructions, policies and procedures.
- A non-smoker (including not being a social smoker) for at least 6 months.

Qualifications, registrations and other requirements
- Tertiary qualifications, or studying for tertiary qualifications, in counselling, psychology, or social work, are desirable but not essential.
- This role involves counselling and support services for children and as such under the Working with Children (Risk Management and Screening) Act 2000a Blue Card will be required prior to commencement of employment.
- Due to the extended hours of service operation (8:00am - 9:00pm weekdays, 8:30am - 5:00pm weekends), shift work across hours of operation is a requirement of the role. Shifts offered include daytime and evening and are of 6 and 8.5 hours duration.
- The HCC supports staff in the Preventive Health team to work from home up to 50% of their allocated shifts.
- Successful applicants will be required to work a minimum of 40 hours per fortnight.
- Successful applicants will be required to attend two weeks of full-time mandatory training prior to commencement of duties.
- There may be a requirement to work across more than one site to ensure Business Continuity in response to technical system issues, and planned and unplanned building works. The HCC's current Business Continuity premises is at Zillmere.
- The Quitline service endorses and applies the National Minimum Standard of Australian Quitlines that Quitline staff are required to be non-smokers and have been so for at least 6 months. This includes social smoking, vaping, and use of electronic cigarettes.
- It may be a condition of employment for this role for the employee to be, and remain, vaccinated against one or more of the following vaccine preventable diseases during their employment (Health Employment Directive No. 01/16): measles, mumps, rubella (MMR),varicella (chicken pox),pertussis (whooping cough),hepatitis B, tuberculosis.
- Please detail any visa conditions you may have if you are not a permanent resident of Australia.
- We understand that some people may require adjustments to the workplace or the way the work is performed. All applicants are encouraged to advise the panel of any support or reasonable adjustments (i.e. building access, wheelchair access, interpreting services etc.) that may be required.'
- Further information regarding Queensland Health and the benefits of the role can be found in the Information for Applicant booklet

Additional Information
Please provide the following information to the panel to assess your suitability:

- Your resume, including the names and contact details of two referees who have a thorough knowledge of your capabilities, work performance and conduct within the previous two years, and it is preferable to include your current, immediate or past supervisor.
- A short statement (maximum two pages) that gives details of your skills, experience and knowledge as required on the role description under the heading 'key competencies (role specific criteria)'.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License.

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