Rehabilitation Counsellor

3 days ago


Melbourne, Australia atWork Australia Full time

Company Description

atWork Australia is a leading employment services provider working with Australians across the nation. We empower people, supporting them to build better working lives.
- At the heart of what we do is the belief that employment transforms lives,_ not only the lives of individuals, also the lives of their family and friends and the communities they live in. This belief governs all that we do, and how we do it.

**Job Description**:
We currently have a great opportunity for a **Vocational Rehabilitation Counsellor** to join our Disability Employment Services team. atWork Australia offers flexible work options - office based and client facing or Telehealth Services with work from home option.

Key duties of the role will include:

- Providing expert guidance to Job Coaches and inWork Support Coaches on strategies to help clients sustain employment or progress towards returning to work
- Providing vocational counselling to clients utilising various counselling methodologies focusing on interventions to maximise return to work progression and sustainability
- Referring clients to additional external support including medical professionals and community organisations on behalf of clients to address RTW (return to work) barriers
- Providing evaluations on client work readiness and monitoring and reporting on the progression of clients;
- largely autonomous role but part of the atWork Australia team
- minimum report writing e.g. no lengthy vocational assessments
- no billable hours. The focus is quality of servicing and helping clients to achieve employment milestones
- flexible working options and variable working hours (if clients work FT will the voc rehab counsellor hours vary to support clients out of normal business hours? Like night calls once a week)

**Qualifications**:
**Skills and experience needed**:

- Tertiary qualifications and full registration with ASORC (Australia Society of Rehabilitation Counsellors) or RCAA (Rehabilitation Counselling Association of Australasia)
- An ability to communication sensitively with people from all walks of life and a positive attitude

Additional Information

In return for all your hard work, atWork Australia has the support and benefits in place to make you a success in your role

**What we will give you**:

- Ongoing career development and national opportunities, access to the MedHealth Academy including your own professional development plan inclusive of individual training and mentoring.
- Job stability, guaranteed full time hours.
- Achievable quarterly incentive scheme.
- Access to a range of benefits including discounts for health insurance, Employee Assistance Program, ability to purchase additional leave, roadside assistance and paid parental leave.

**You are welcome here.**
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, proudly welcoming people with disability including mental health conditions, people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, people from the LGBTQI community, veterans, carers and Indigenous Australians to our team. When you join MedHealth, we want you to bring your whole self to work - and we value your unique contribution.



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