Counsellor

**About the role**:
Are you looking to make a positive change in your career? We are looking for a passionate and experienced counsellor for a full-time position working across the Brisbane North region. This is a unique opportunity to grow your clinical counselling skills and knowledge while providing essential services to the community.

This role may be required to work across and commute between the following areas:

- Kilcoy/Woodford/Wamuran and Bribie/Beachmere areas
- Burpengary, Bray Park and bay areas
- Brighton to Fortitude Valley areas

**About us**:
Change Futures focuses on providing quality mental health services and clinical excellence to a range of community groups. We work across multiple sectors and have an incredibly diverse range of client work available. 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, 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 with 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.

**What we can offer you**:
At Change Futures we value all of our people and want to offer a range of benefits to ensure your career with us is rewarding and as fulfilling as possible.
- Training and development_

We offer career planning, mentoring, paid professional development opportunities, and a variety of CPD training depending on the programs and client groups you are working with. You will be eligible for practice certificates after completion of all modules in each stream.
- Older Persons Services
- Training for working with older adults both in Residential Aged Care and in the community will focus on reminiscence therapy, cognitive behavioural therapy, cognitive assessment, understanding dementia and working with older adults.
- Completion of the entire suite of training will entitle the practitioner to the Change Futures Older Person’s Practice Certificate.
- Unique opportunities_

Change Futures has unique opportunities to work with a wide range of clients across multiple service streams. Every day you can have a mix of clients which meet your interests and needs.

Our opportunities provide practitioners with the experience needed to grow their skills and professional knowledge.
- Warmth and support_

We are constantly growing, evolving, and improving. But the warmth, kindness, and support we give to all our people never changes. We value your wellbeing and do everything we can to provide a professional and supportive environment for you to thrive.
- Remuneration and benefits_

We are able to offer attractive salary packaging due to our PBI status, where you can access up to $15,900 tax-free to increase your take home pay.

On top of this we offer:

- Competitive remuneration,