Counsellor, Addiction Specialist

2 months ago

Canberra, ACT, Australia Toora Women Inc Full time
About Us

Toora Women Inc is a leading not-for-profit organisation delivering gender-specific services to women in the ACT and surrounding areas since 1982. Our mission is to provide safe, respectful support for all women impacted by domestic and family violence, homelessness, the criminal justice system, and/or alcohol and drug dependency.

About the Role

The Counsellor will work within a small team to provide a high-quality service to women with complex needs. The successful candidate will provide recovery-oriented counselling to women experiencing substance dependencies, requiring confidence in working with these populations. Individual counselling sessions will support women with complex issues, including past or present traumas such as:

  • The impact of their own or another's drug and alcohol use
  • Mental health issues
  • Domestic, family, and sexual violence
  • Homelessness or support to stay out of the homelessness system
  • Women in the ACT corrections system

The Counsellor is bound by a code of ethics, good practice, and confidentiality, requiring regular clinical supervision and ongoing professional development.

Key Responsibilities

  • Maintain a counselling caseload for women with complex needs and their families (where appropriate)
  • Plan, conduct, and evaluate therapeutic groups, where required
  • Undertake alcohol and drug interventions underpinned by a strengths-based, gendered approach to treatment
  • Deliver training workshops internally and externally
  • Maintain client records meeting all legal and professional requirements
  • Provide outreach to Toora sites and other locations, where required
  • Participate in inter-Toora case conferences, where appropriate
  • Provide interim counselling and referral, where appropriate
  • Provide information and referral to other community, health, legal, and welfare agencies, as appropriate
  • Support clients and their families through the legal system, where involved
  • Provide advocacy and support
  • Collect, enter, and regularly review necessary data for effective counselling service delivery
Professional Practice, Development, and Performance Management

  • Engage in professional development activities
  • Attend regular clinical supervision
  • Attend regular in-line supervision with the Clinical Services Manager and accept direction
  • Participate in performance management/appraisal activities as determined by the organisation
  • Contribute to the development of new procedures and methodology
  • Mentor and/or support workers or volunteers in new roles, as required
  • Participate in ongoing monitoring and evaluation of counselling and service delivery
Administration

  • Provide assistance to the Clinical Services Manager with data collection
  • Provide input and participate in review of service policies and procedures
  • Understand all areas of computer operations to meet job needs
  • Provide reports on progress of activities and programs, including recommendations and improvements, as required
  • Undertake a minor phase of a broader or more complex professional assignment, where required
Teamwork, Networking, and Liaison

  • Participate in meetings, including Advisory, as required
  • Represent Toora Women Inc in a professional manner on external committees or working parties, as required
  • Maintain effective, positive relationships with all relevant stakeholders
Work Health Safety / Quality Improvement Systems

  • Adhere to Toora Women Inc WHS policies and procedures, including self-care policy
  • Take reasonable care to protect their own health and safety at work and meet all obligations under the WHS Act 2011
  • Work in accordance with relevant sector standards and participate in Toora Quality Improvement Systems, including auditing, surveys, and needs analysis
  • Provide reports on progress of activities and programs, including recommendations and improvements

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