Counsellor/psychotherapist

**About the role**:
Looking to make a positive change in your career? We are looking for passionate and experienced counsellors for multiple full-time positions across Brisbane North and South. This is a unique opportunity to grow your clinical counselling skills and knowledge while supporting a growing not-for-profit psychology organisation in providing essential services to the community.

**About us**:
Change Futures is a Brisbane based not-for-profit organisation providing mental health services to a range of community groups. Our mission is to work with people of all ages to provide opportunities for positive change and to enhance their psychological and emotional well-being. We offer services between the Sunshine Coast, Brisbane, the Gold Coast, and into Northern NSW.

**At Change Futures we value**:

- Partnership with our clients, our staff and volunteers, our funders and other organisations to achieve mutually beneficial goals that resonate with our mission and vision.
- Authenticity requires that all of our people conduct themselves ethically and honestly.
- Individuality, diversity and difference are embraced and respected.
- We value Kindness and compassion for others.
- We Reflect on our ways of working and seek always to achieve positive change; to measure and review our results; and strive to learn and grow in our relationships, practices and processes.

**Responsibilities**:

- Provide evidence-based psychological interventions to clients in both an individual and group format via mixed modes of delivery e.g. telehealth / face to face.
- Maintain confidential written records of all sessions and ensure timely entry in our client management systems.
- Compose detailed and concise correspondence to external stakeholders in a timely manner as required e.g. GP letters, risk reports.
- Liaise with external agencies and medical/allied health professionals to ensure a collaborative approach to service delivery.
- Provide mobile visits to clients for off site consultation.
- Attend regular case conferencing and team meetings.
- Maintain ongoing professional development.

**Skills & experience**:

- Qualification in counselling, or psychotherapy, and should be eligible for membership/registration with a counselling accreditation body such ACA or PACFA.
- A minimum of one years' counselling experience in Australia including experience counselling adults.
- Experience with psychological assessment and data collection.
- Experience with evidence-based clinical therapies including Rogerian and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy.
- Excellent therapeutic skills.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

**Pre-employment requirements**:

- Accreditation within an Australian professional association.
- Evidence of working rights within Australia such as a passport or birth certificate.
- Professional indemnity insurance.
- A current valid driver's licence.
- National Police Records Check (less than 12 months old.
- COVID 19 Vaccination certificate with booster.
- Flu Vaccination certificate.

**Benefits**:

- A warm, professional and friendly team environment, with ongoing organisational support.
- You will be provided with ongoing training and professional development opportunities.
- Initial training will be provided to grow your clinical skills - including in the use of assessment tools, managing client risk, and developing clinical judgement.
- Opportunities for ongoing supervision with experienced Psychologists.
- As a Charity we offer attractive salary packaging where you can access up to $15,900 tax-free as part of your salary packaging options to increase your take home pay.
- Super.
- Parental leave after 12-months.

**Salary**: From $31.75 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Parental leave
- Salary packaging

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Brisbane QLD: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (required)

**Experience**:

- Counselling: 1 year (preferred)

Work Authorisation:

- Australia (required)