Trauma Informed Counsellor

2 weeks ago

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia beBeeCounselor Full time $80,000 - $104,000
Role Overview
The Family Safety Program is a client-centred, trauma informed service designed to provide counselling and support to families experiencing relationship difficulties. The team provides specialist family violence services to men, women, adolescents and children who have, or are currently experiencing family violence.

Our goal is to offer online and face-to-face therapeutic services to clients who require support due to systems issues, accessibility or financial constraints. This program seeks to ease access to support for families and children within the community who may not otherwise be able to access it.

Key Responsibilities
  • Provision of evidence-based psychological therapeutic interventions to children, young people and adults.
  • Experience in offering counselling support to children, young people or adults with varied complexity and presentation. A high proportion of the clients referred have a history of complex trauma and require support from dynamic clinicians who can adapt their style to meet them where they are at.
  • Counselling services are offered from our offices, some travel may be required between the offices (minimised as much as possible).
  • Participation in clinical decisions about treatment planning, assessment and risk management.
  • Maintain up to date and comprehensive records in accordance with policy.
  • Work closely with the team to identify opportunities to improve the program and promote positive outcomes for clients.
  • Additional duties as directed by line management.
  • Qualified to administer cognitive, ASD and ADHD assessments and formulate reports, in particular with children and young people.

Required Skills and Qualifications
  1. Degree in Psychology from an accredited tertiary institution.
  2. Registration as a Psychologist with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) and registration (or registration eligibility) with Medicare.
  3. Demonstrated ability and experience in the provision of intake, assessment and counselling with children, young people and adults.
  4. Experience completing and documenting clinical counselling sessions.
  5. Sound ability to work autonomously and as a part of a multidisciplinary team.
  6. Experience working with clients from diverse backgrounds, including cultural and linguistically diverse people, and LGBTQIA+ people.
  7. High level of written and verbal communication skills, including rapport building, case noting and report writing.
  8. Information technology skills and ability to use electronic filing and practice management software.

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