Youth Mental Health Counsellor

5 days ago

Traralgon, Australia Uniting Vic.Tas Full time

**Permanent full time position**:

- **Based at our Gippsland Youth Residential Rehabilitation Program in Traralgon**:

- **SCHADS Level 4 + increase your take home pay with salary packaging benefits**

**About the program**:
The Gippsland Youth Residential Youth Rehabilitation Program (GYRRP) provides a 24 hours per day, 7 days per week residential service to young people aged 16-25 who are experiencing concerns relating to their drug and alcohol use.

**Your new role**:
Working closely with a team of AOD Support Worker, as a Youth Mental Health Counsellor you will:

- Provide one on one mental health counselling to highly complex young people
- Develop individual treatment plans tailored to the needs of each young person and their family
- Facilitate group work education sessions
- Coordinate care team meetings
- Equip young people with tools and resources to support their mental health

**Benefits of working at Uniting**:
Our work isn’t easy, but it matters. Work with people who care as much as you.

In addition to a salary equivalent to **SCHADS Level 4 + super**, you can access the following:

- An **extra 17.5%** on top of your fortnightly pay when you take paid annual leave
- Ability to **increase your take-home pay** by accessing up to $15,900 in salary packaging benefits which can be used for living expenses such as rent, groceries, bills, clothing, and much more
- Up to **10 weeks paid parental leave**:

- **10% discount** for eligible employees on the childcare subsidy gap fee when using a Uniting Early Learning Service
- Access training and development opportunities to **help you grow**

**Your skills and experience**:
You will bring with you:

- A tertiary qualification in a health/welfare related discipline such as social work, youth work, mental health or psychology
- Competencies in dual diagnosis (or willingness to complete within first 24 months of employment)
- Previous experience working within the AOD and Mental Health sectors
- Experience in the facilitating group work
- Experience in developing individual treatment plans, post withdrawal and discharge planning

View the full position description here

**How to apply**:
Click **APPLY** to submit your interest.

**About Uniting**

At Uniting we are passionate about working together to inspire people, enliven communities and confront injustice. We have a 5,000 strong workforce of employees and volunteers who deliver a diverse range of services across Victoria and Tasmania.
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