Student Counsellor

6 months ago

Brisbane, Australia Navitas Full time

**About Us**

Established in 1976, SAE Creative Media Institute is Australia’s leading private educator in niche creative programs, and globally SAE delivers offerings to over 10,000 students at more than 50 campuses around the world.

SAE is recognised for providing students with access to the best industry equipment and facilities, employing teaching staff with strong industry experience and delivering hands on teaching and learning in small class environments. The Institute engages with industry to develop curriculum that is relevant to local and global workforce needs.

Nationally and globally, SAE offers an extensive suite of creative media programs, from short courses and professional training through to bachelor and postgraduate degrees.

SAE is part of the Careers and Industry Division of the Navitas group.

**About the Role**

As a Student Counsellor at SAE, you will be at the forefront of delivering high-quality counselling services, empowering students to achieve their personal and academic goals. This part-time position, based in Brisbane, offers autonomy in task prioritization and a dynamic environment where you can balance outreach programs with individual counselling services. The role contributes to a range of support and development activities aimed at strengthening the SAE community and provides consultation to campus staff. The Student Counsello_r_ works individually, under the clinical supervision of the National Manager of Counselling and Wellbeing.

**Responsibilities and Duties**:

- Conduct in-person, telephone, or video counselling sessions
- Address urgent presentations, individual and group counselling
- Facilitate thorough assessments and external referrals when needed
- Advocate for student needs by collaborating with staff
- Maintain precise records and contribute to strategic initiatives
- Offer consultation and training sessions to staff for mental health literacy
- Promote an inclusive campus culture
- Contribute to the effective delivery of support services within a remote and local team

**The person we seek will ideally have the following**:
Essential:

- A relevant tertiary qualification e.g. Social Work, Psychology or Counselling, and current membership of the appropriate professional association
- Demonstrated proficiency and efficacy in counselling clients from diverse social and cultural backgrounds with a broad range of issues, including complex and high-risk presentations.
- Proven high level of competence in responding to urgent mental health presentations, triage, case management and liaison/advice regarding appropriate mental health first aid.
- Comprehensive knowledge and understanding of relevant legislative, ethical and practice requirements e.g. confidentiality, privacy, anti-discrimination, mandatory reporting.
- Demonstrated capacity to facilitate appropriate and effective referrals as needed.
- Proven ability to plan, implement and evaluate groups and/or training and development workshops, particularly with an outreach focus.
- Track record in working both autonomously and effectively as a member of a team, with high levels of accountability.
- Highly developed interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills

Desirable:

- Experience providing counselling in a higher education setting
- Qualifications and experience in providing clinical supervision to counselling, psychology or social work students

**What we can offer you**:

- High quality and supportive clinical leadership and supervision
- A fun and supportive team environment
- First-class modern facilities on a dynamic creative industries campus
- Collegial and collaborative environment with the aim of academic excellence
- Health & Wellbeing packages that include counselling for employees and family, discounted gym membership, movie tickets, discounts on travel, accommodation and insurance.

**Diversity and Inclusion**

Navitas promotes and embraces an inclusive and diversified workforce. We believe equality, flexibility and diversity in the workplace will deliver a rich and collaborative environment for our employees, students and clients.

**How to apply

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