Care Coordinator/counsellor

About the role
- 1 x Newcastle Based Role: Part-Time (3 days / week)
- 1 x Sydney Based Role: Full-Time

What’s the Sexual, Family and Domestic Violence (SDFV) Service?

The SFDV service is a project operating from our Surry Hills, Newcastle and Lismore offices, providing specialist care coordination and counselling services to LGBTQ+ people experiencing sexual, family and/or domestic violence.

Ok, so what’s the role?

The Care Coordinator / Counsellor roles are essentially a combination of case management and brief counselling in response to clients with experience of SDFV. This service is only for LGBTQ+ folk and recognises the unique contexts in which SDFV occurs for people of diverse sexualities and genders, and its impacts. You will:

- Maintain a caseload of LGBTQ+ clients who have experienced sexual, domestic and/or family violence. Some clients may also be seeking support in relation to gender and/or sexuality, mental health, substance support, ageing, housing, and/or be newly diagnosed or living longer-term with HIV.
- Collaborate with clients, other services, supervisors and managers to assess, manage and mitigate risk in a victim / survivor focused and trauma-informed manner.

Who are we looking for?:

- Someone who has an understanding of ACON’s communities and the unique complexities of working with LGBTQ+ clients who have experienced SDFV.
- Someone with real enthusiasm for working with victim / survivors of SDFV and can bring energy, optimism along with an organised, collaborative working style to the role.

What else can we tell you?

ACON provides a colourful, nurturing, and fun workplace. Our employees and volunteers are the foundation for our ongoing effectiveness and for our capacity to deliver innovative community engagement and health promotion programs and initiatives for our communities.
- Flexible working arrangements.
- Generous learning and development opportunities.
- Potential for tailored mentoring opportunities.
- Supportive working environment with a knowledgeable and friendly team.

You will be part of the Community Health team which delivers Care Coordination, counselling, substance support counselling, peer mental health support, trans mental health and trans peer support across NSW. It’s an energetic team of people with a dedicated focus on improving the lives of LGBTQ+ people.

What’s the remuneration and working details?:
Sydney Role (Full-Time):
Salary (F-Time): $88,721.00 (_Gross per-annum, PLUS_ S_uperannuation and Leave Loading_) - commensurate with skills, qualifications, and experience.

Location: ACON’s Surry Hills (Sydney) Office, with some flexible working from home arrangements possible.

Hours: Full-Time (70 hours per fortnight) on a 2-year fixed term contract with the possibility of extension.

Newcastle Role (Part-Time):
Salary (P-Time): $53,232.60 (_Gross per-annum for 3 days / week, PLUS_ S_uperannuation and Leave Loading_) - commensurate with skills, qualifications, and experience.

Location: ACON’s Islington (Newcastle) Office, with some flexible working from home arrangements possible.

Hours: Part-Time (42 hours per fortnight) on a 2-year fixed term contract with the possibility of extension.

We offer flexible working arrangements and a generous array of entitlements often above the National Employment Standards (NES) including:

- Salary Packaging up to $30,000 gross up value (i.e., currently up to $15,899 tax free).
- Generous pro-rata leave entitlements - including up to an extra week of paid leave for full time employees to be taken during our Christmas and New Year’s shutdown period.
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) - access to a comprehensive counselling service free to employees.

Why You'll love working here

**Professional development assistance**:
**Employee mentoring program**:
Position Description : PD - Care Coordinator & Counsellor - SD&FV Services

How can I find out more details and apply?:
We’d love someone who has experience already in this area but people at all levels of experience are absolutely welcome to apply. We highly encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from CALD backgrounds, people with disabilities, and people of all genders to apply.
- Your completed _ACON Employment Application Form_ - with all the details filled in where requested;
- Your _Cover Letter_ outlining how you meet the _Selection Criteria_ (max. 4 pages); and
- Your _Resume_ (max. 4 pages).

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