Senior Trauma Counsellor

4 days ago


Sydney, New South Wales, Australia beBeeChildProtection Full time $39,010 - $57,452
Job Opportunity

We are seeking an experienced Child Protection Specialist to join our team. This is a temporary full-time or part-time position, working up to 38 hours per week.

About the Role

The Child Protection Service provides specialist interventions to children, young people, parents/carers and their families where there has been a confirmed history of violence and neglect. The service is an outreach or home visiting based intervention, providing individual, couple, and family counselling as well as therapy sessions to children and young people after clinical assessment.

The successful candidate will have extensive post-graduate clinical experience in providing interventions to clients where child protection, violence, neglect and trauma incidents have occurred. They will also have demonstrated knowledge of child protection issues including relevant legislation and guidelines, and the appropriate response for clinical practice.

This role requires a strong understanding of the impact of trauma on children, young people and their families, and the ability to provide a trauma-informed approach to practice. The successful candidate will be required to work collaboratively with other health professionals to ensure that clients receive the services they need when they need it.

About Us

We pride ourselves on being an equal opportunity employer, valuing diversity and inclusion, and actively seeking to attract applicants from diverse backgrounds. If you are passionate about working in a dynamic and supportive environment, and are committed to delivering exceptional care to our clients, we encourage you to apply.

What You'll Need To Succeed
  • A Social Work degree which provides eligibility for membership of the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW) or Full registration as a Psychologist with the Psychology Board of Australia.
  • Demonstrated extensive post-graduate clinical experience in providing interventions to clients where child protection, violence, neglect and trauma incidents have occurred.
  • Demonstrated knowledge of child protection issues including relevant legislation and guidelines, and the appropriate response for clinical practice.
  • Demonstrated experience in engaging with difficult and involuntary clients.
  • Demonstrated experience in prioritising a challenging and demanding workload; managing stressful situations; and applying advanced reasoning skills and independent professional judgement when dealing with situations of a novel or critical nature.
  • Demonstrated high level of communication skills (written and verbal) and demonstrated computer skills.
  • Demonstrated experience in the provision of clinical supervision and expert advice/consultation to other professionals in relation to interventions and child protection issues.


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