Counsellor - Women's Wellness Centre

3 days ago

Toowoomba, Australia Mercy Community Service Full time

**The Role**

The Families and Young People Services team have an exciting opportunity for a Counsellor to join Mercy Community’s Women’s Wellness Centre. This is a Permanent Part-time position offering 45 hours per fortnight based in our Toowoomba office.

You will provide counselling and therapeutic services to clients; including assessments, pre
- & post-evaluations and interventions. This position also liaises with a broad network of stakeholders who participate in or impact on the success of client plans, referrals and goals.

This position offers a competitive hourly rate of $35.77 to $39.26 plus superannuation (dependent on qualifications and experience).

**To be eligible for this position you will require (Key Selection Criteria)**:

- 3- or 4-year tertiary qualification in Counselling, Social Work, Social Science, Psychology or related discipline.
- Knowledge of and/or demonstrated experience in using individual and group counselling interventions.
- An articulated practice framework that incorporates sound knowledge of, and experience working with, domestic violence and complex trauma, including gendered understandings of these as they relate to overall health and wellbeing of women.
- Be able to provide evidence of current vaccination against whooping cough or willingness to obtain prior to commencement, unless applicable exemption provided.
- You will hold a current Queensland Provisional Green (P2) or above Driver’s License.
- You must hold a positive notice in the Working with Children Check (Blue Card) and be able to obtain a positive Police Check and any other legislatively required personal history screening as required.

**Why choose to work at Mercy?**

Mercy Community appreciates the important work that each person contributes to the success of our programs and services. Being part of the Mercy team, means you have access to some fantastic benefits, such as we:

- Pay for your Queensland Blue Card and NDIS Worker Screening Card when you need - saving you up to $144 if you need both cards
- Provide you and your immediate family free, professional and confidential counselling services. This includes specialised First Nations counsellors.
- Provide the opportunity to increase your take home pay through the use of salary sacrificing and other packaging benefits -up to $18,550 per annum is available to take advantage of
- Provide access to novated leases for a vehicle to help reduce your taxable income.

Depending on your role, you may also be eligible:

- For annual influenza and/or other vaccination reimbursements
- To receive pay bonus’ of $500 for successful employee referrals
- To cash out or purchase annual leave and to
- take advantage of extra leave entitlements

We also ensure all our employees have access to a wide variety of excellent learning and development tools to continue your professional and personal development. This includes making sure you have access to plenty of other career pathways and opportunities in the broader Families and Young People programs, or in other programs and services across Mercy.

**About Us**

Mercy Community is a Catholic not-for-profit organisation, compassionately inspiring and supporting people to live hopeful, connected lives within inclusive communities. We support families and young people, people living with a disability, and older people, and live by our values of Compassion, Integrity, Dignity and Empowerment. We, and the Sisters of Mercy Brisbane Congregation before us, have been providing services and support for over 150 years and our team operates across a network that encompasses urban, rural and remote communities. Please visit our website to find out more about our dedicated team and the work we do.
- Mercy Community is committed to Safeguarding - taking actions to promote and ensure the welfare of children and adults at risk, protect them from abuse or neglect and supporting an awareness of whole community responsibility to help and protect all in need._

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