Counsellor Advocate Ecasa

**Title**:Counsellor Advocate ECASA - Homeless Youth Service**:

- Requisition ID: 4192
- Location: Ringwood East, VIC, AU, 3135
- Job Posting Date: 12 Aug 2025

Do you work for Eastern Health currently? If so, please log in to Eastern Health Careers Employee Login using your network login details to see the full range of jobs available to you

**Counsellor - Eastern Centre Against Sexual Assault**
- Opportunity for Social Worker or Psychologist | Collaborative team environment
- Ongoing part time| 30.4 hours a week | Work-life balance and stability
- Innovative Health Services for Homeless Youth | Values based organisation
- Are you a qualified & passionate Social Worker or Psychologist looking for a new challenge?_
- Come join us at Eastern Health_

**Eastern Health**

Eastern Health is the largest public health provider in the eastern suburbs, providing a comprehensive range of high-quality services across the continuum of care. We pride ourselves on being a great place to learn and work, offering diverse and engaging career opportunities, continued professional development and salary packaging.

**About** the Eastern Centre Against Sexual Assault (ECASA)**

ECASA provides free counselling and advocacy services to adults and young people/children in the Eastern Region who have experienced sexual assault recently and in the past. The model of care includes the provision of crisis and short to medium term counselling, group work, professional consultation, and professional and community education programs.

To hear from one of our Counsellors, click here.

**About the role**

**The Innovative Health Services for Homeless Youth (IHSHY) position has two specific objectives**:
To provide an outreach counselling and advocacy service to young people (12-25 years) who are homeless (or at risk of homelessness) and have experienced sexual assault.

To provide an education, training, consultation and resourcing service to the health and welfare systems that support the target group and engage in relevant community development and health promotion activities.

The roles primarily involve outreach locations in the East, with some time at our Ringwood -East site. There is also an expectation of availability for after-hours on-call duties with a minimum of two shifts per month.

**About you**

To be successful in this role you should have the following:

- An appropriate tertiary qualification in Social Work or Psychology
- Experience in sexual assault and/or family violence or mental health, with an understanding of trauma assessment and treatment.
- An understanding of the dynamics and impact of sexual assault related to adults and young people/children.
- Experience working therapeutically with children and young people would be viewed favourably.
- A respectful, compassionate, innovative, and reflective approach with a passion for making a difference in the lives of those impacted by sexual assault.

Please refer to the attached position description for further details of the role.

Vaccination against infectious disease is a mandatory requirement of this role. An offer of employment is conditional on you providing evidence that you are currently vaccinated against COVID-19 with booster & Influenza, prior to commencing employment.

**What we offer**

Eastern Health offers a variety of fantastic Employee Benefits, view the extensive range here
- Diverse and engaging career opportunities
- Friendly & supportive team
- Flexible working hours
- Salary packaging options
- Career progression in our teaching hospitals

**Next Steps**

Please note:
Eastern Health is a child safe organisation, committed to promoting the wellbeing and cultural safety of Aboriginal children, children with disabilities and all children in their diversity.

Eastern Health is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment that welcomes and values all people. We recognise that diversity is essential in ensuring Eastern Health provides the best service to its consumers.

Values in Action: Respect for all | Safe always | Partnering in care | Learning and improving every day

Psychology Position Description

Social Work Position Description

Contact Person: Nikki Harris Allen

Contact Number: 03 9870 7310

Just contact the Hiring Manager in the advertisement or call the Talent Acquisition Team on (03) 9955 7555 (Option 1)

**Our Values in Action**:
Respect for all | Safe always | Partnering in care | Learning and improving every day

**Our Values in Action**:
Respect for all | Safe always | Partnering in care | Learning and improving every day