Student Counsellor

**Position**:Student Counsellor (2 positions available, 1 x 0.8 FTE and 1 x 0.5 FTE)

**Location**:Bendigo (travel to other sites as required)

**Role Type**:Part time ongoing

**About The Role**:
Bendigo Kangan Institute are seeking a passionate **Student Counsellor **to join our Student Services team in Bendigo. Reporting to the Team Leader Student Support, you will provide counselling services to staff and students. Your will employ your communication and stakeholder management skills when supporting a variety of counselling, welfare, emergency relief and advisory services.

As a Student Counsellor, you will be performing a highly collaborative role that would require you to liaise internally (students, staff, other departments) and externally (welfare professionals, medical care, family etc). You will be required to stay abreast of the best practice methodologies and legal rulings to deliver a arrange of services such as counselling, and advisory services.

At the Bendigo Kangan Institute, our purpose is to empower people and industry with the skills to create a bright future. To do that, we foster a culture that is _customer-centric _, works _together _and focuses on _achieving our best _in a _healthy and supportive environment _. Our employees find what they do at BKI to be meaningful and enriching. If you are passionate about putting the customer first, thrive being part of a united and inclusive team who collaborate and support each other to achieve outstanding results, please read the detailed position description document to understand our values and focus.

**We are excited about you because you have**:

- Tertiary qualification and experience in counselling, social work, psychology or community services with eligibility for membership in relevant regulatory bodies:

- Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia (PACFA)
- Australian Counselling Association (ACA)
- Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW)
- Australian Psychological Society (APS)
- Australian Community Workers Association (ACWA)
- Or, lesser formal qualification with extensive experience/management expertise or a combination of relevant experience and/or education and training
- Short-term, solution-focused and client-centred counselling experience, preferably in an education setting
- Demonstrated experience in co-counselling, facilitating proactive wellbeing and engagement workshops, liaising with education departments, and engaging and supporting students
- Strong understanding and familiarity with the Working with Children Act 2005, the Child Wellbeing and Safety Amendment Act 2016 and the Child Safe Standards
- Experience working with clients from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, people with disabilities, Indigenous backgrounds and individuals who identify in the LGBTIQA+ community

**We can offer you**:

- Flexible work options
- Free onsite parking for most campuses
- Professional development programs
- Counselling support (EAP) and Health & Wellbeing initiatives throughout the year
- The opportunity to do meaningful and challenging work that makes a positive social impact
- Build a career in a world leading vocational education and training sector, with diverse and emerging career opportunities across Australia

**Things we will require from you**:

- Current Police Check
- Certified Right to Work document - Passport/Visa/Citizenship or Birth Certificate
- Certified vocational qualifications and certified transcripts (as listed in Resume and relevant to the position)
- COVID-19 vaccination certificate or a valid medical exemption

**About us**:
Bendigo TAFE and Kangan Institute are the TAFE trading brands of Bendigo TAFE and Kangan Institute. As one of Victoria's largest TAFE providers, we want to stand out from the crowd with our state-of-the-art training centres offering a wide range of courses in a variety of fields.?

VETASSESS and eWorks are also part of our wider organisation. VETASSESS is Australia's leading assessment partner and eWorks designs, builds and supports online learning.

We want to make a real difference for our students and communities, and we give people the opportunity to be the best they can be each day. We are a flexible, innovative, and dynamic place of learning and working with a rich multicultural atmosphere.

Position description below for your reference outlining key responsibilities of the role.
- NOTE: BKI reserves the right to withdraw this advertised position at any stage._