Counsellor - Family Services

3 weeks ago

Pakenham, Australia Uniting Vic.Tas Full time

**Part time (4 days per week) | Maximum term position to 30 June 2024**:

- **Increase fortnight take-home pay with access to $15,900 salary packaging benefits**:

- **10% gap discount for childcare services with Uniting Early Learning**

**About the opportunity**:
We are seeking a dedicated professional to join our Family Services team to contribute to the well-being of our community through therapeutic counselling and support. As a Counsellor for Family Services, your role will be integral to the service response for families in need.

Your responsibilities will include:

- Implementing therapeutic counselling services to foster safe, stable, and nurturing environments for vulnerable children and families.
- Designing and implementing customized therapeutic interventions to positively contribute to the adjustment and development of vulnerable children.
- Providing professional development opportunities for professionals and community stakeholders, ensuring effective approaches and contemporary knowledge are used in working with vulnerable children and families.
- Working collaboratively as part of a care team to provide comprehensive support to children within their family context.

**What’s on offer**:
Join an organisation where we don’t just provide a service. We use our connections, our size, our scale, and our knowledge to push into places where we feel like we should be doing more.

In addition to receiving a **salary and superannuation**, you’ll also receive **17.5% leave loading** and an ability to **increase your take-home pay** by accessing up to $15,900 in salary packaging benefits.

Receive **10% discount** on the childcare subsidy gap fee when using a Uniting Early Learning service or centre.

**About you**:
You will also have:

- Full Registration as a Psychologist with AHPRA or Mental Health Accredited Social Worker eligible for AASW membership or Counsellor accredited through ACA or PACFA (desirable).
- Experience providing assessments, therapy / counselling services to children, adults, couples, and families with complex needs. This would mean that you have completed counselling with complex clients.
- Experience providing family and/or couple relationship counselling (desirable).
- Experience facilitating psycho-therapeutic groups (desirable).

**How to apply**:
If you’ve questions about the opportunity, please contact **Mark De Renzy - Acting Manager, Child and Family Services** on **03 8792 8999** or **Kathleen Carns - Team Leader, Family Services** on **03 5945 3900**.

Click here to view the position description.

**About Uniting**:
At Uniting we are passionate about working together to inspire people, enliven communities and confront injustice. We have a 5,000 strong workforce of employees and volunteers who deliver a diverse range of services across Victoria and Tasmania.
- Uniting is also committed to equal opportunity and ensuring the workplace is reflective of the community. We encourage people from different backgrounds to apply, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds and people with a disability._

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