Indigenous Occupational Rehabilitation Consultant

2 days ago

Melbourne, Australia Wise Employment Full time

**Counsellors Are you looking for a rewarding career to help uplift the community?**

We are looking for Indigenous Identified passionate counsellors, rehabilitation counsellors, registered psychologists or social workers registered with their affiliated body (ACA, PACFA, APS, AHPRA, ASORC); to service our diverse South Australian - Workforce Australia customers.

Please be aware we are able to offer permanent/fulltime or contractor role. Our operating hours are between Monday to Friday, 9am-5pm.

As an **Occupational Rehabilitation Consultant/Counsellor**, you will help empower our customers in the community to gain sustainable employment, by assisting them with resolving their barriers, providing tools and strategies to ultimately find a pathway to sustainable employment. To effectively manage referrals to Professional Services from both Workforce Australia and Disability Employment Services. There is a focus on removing non-vocational barriers to employment via counselling to ensure where possible a sustainable employment outcome for the client. Some team members may work directly in the return to work/Occupational Rehabilitation programs with the goal of creating safe and durable work outcomes.

**You will**:

- Provide relevant assessment and counselling services to our customers to assist in removing barriers
- Establish and maintain positive relationships with the customers and internal stakeholders
- Manage caseload for billing and ensure notes are accurate
- Provide a daily summary of customer counselling session outcomes and attendance to the Business Manager
- Have an understanding of the issues affecting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
- Have an ability to communicate sensitively and effectively with Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples
- Have an ability to connect with and assist a wide variety of customers from diverse backgrounds.

**Why should you join WISE Employment?**- A thriving organisation that genuinely cares for its people, our customers and the community at large- Fantastic reward and recognition initiatives and ongoing learning and development (inc. full training upon commencement)- Access to a generous range of employee benefits, including quarterly wellness days, the ability to purchase additional annual leave and various healthy lifestyle initiatives- Access to exclusive benefits and discounts from leading retailers

**About you**:
We are seeking an experienced person who has a strong interest in assisting clients with returning to the workforce by helping remove non-vocational barriers to employment. You will meet the following key requirements of the role:

- It is essential that you have a degree-level qualification in Rehabilitation Counselling, General Counselling, Social Work or a Registered Psychologist (with AHPRA)
- Experience in one-to-one and group counselling
- Updating a database with clinical notes and billing
- Own ABN and Professional Indemnity and Professional Insurance if subcontracting vs an employee.
- Familiar with a fee-for-service basis
- Experience in working with the long-term unemployed is desirable but not essential
- Ability to provide a current Working with Children check and agreement to undergo a national Police check

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