Child and Family Counsellor

Child & Family Counsellor | Specialist Child and Family Program | Caboolture

• Employment Term: Maximum Term to 21 December 2026, Part-Time (38 hours per fortnight , Wednesday 9-5pm, Thursday 9am to 12:50pm, Friday 9-5pm)
• Location: Caboolture
• Remuneration: $51 per hour + Super + NFP Salary Packaging (save tax and increase your take home pay)

Make a meaningful difference with UnitingCare Queensland

At UnitingCare we are leaders in crisis response, the protection of vulnerable people and children, financial resilience and family wellbeing. Our FaDS (Family and Disability Services) team work passionately across Queensland to make a meaningful difference in people's lives.

As a Child & Family Counsellor, you'll be encouraged to grow, develop and feel empowered to make the everyday easier for the people we care so passionately about. Let's make a meaningful difference, together

Your part in our UnitingCare team

Part of the UnitingCare Community Mental Health Program, the Specialist Child and Family program strives to support children who are having a challenging time and help them find positive ways to move forward. The program also aims to help parents and carers cope with their own issues and find ways to better support their child.

The Child & Family Counsellor position aims:

• To increase the stability of out-of-home care placements by providing emotional support and practical assistance to children, young people, aged 3 to 18 and their cares.
• Provide psycho-education and skill development to carers at times of distress or where behaviours cause disruption to the child's/young person's living situation.

Key Responsibilities

• To provide individual child-centred therapy
• Support children with developing life skills and social skills
• Provide support and psycho-education to carers and stakeholders where needed in order to increase parenting skills, wrap around support for the child and increase connection and relationship building skills for carers
• Provide support including knowledge connection and relationship building strategies with an emphasis on recourses to birth and/or extended families and foster carers to increase their skills and relationship with the child/young person
• Prepare high quality written reports and case notes
• Facilitate warm referrals to other services in collaboration with Child Safety

What makes a difference for us?

• A bachelor's degree or higher in Counselling, Psychology, Social Sciences, or Social Work
• Demonstrated knowledge of childhood development and connection and relationship building strategies with an emphasis on related issues to trauma, abuse and attachment
• Applicants who have qualifications and experience in Child- centred Play Therapy (CCPT) are highly desirable
• Current Drivers Licence
• Working with Children Check (Blue Card)

Applications will be reviewed as they are received and therefore may result in the role closing early if the right applicant is found.

What makes a difference for you?

• Flexible work arrangements to support work-life balance
• NFP Salary Packaging: Save tax and increase your take home pay by salary packaging your everyday living expenses and bills (up to $15,900) and meal entertainment (up to $2,650) per annum. To learn more about this benefit watch the video via the following link: Salary Packaging Explained
• A recognition and rewards platform, providing employee discounts at hundreds of retailers, including everyday expenses, holidays, health insurance, annual awards celebration, wellbeing and employee assistance programs
• 12 weeks paid parental leave and 2 weeks paid partner leave, available after 6 months service, in addition to the government scheme
• Diversity and inclusive leave, offering paid gender affirmation leave and cultural leave options (paid and unpaid) for those who may celebrate Lunar New Year, Diwali, Ramadan, NAIDOC weeks and other significant cultural events
• Career development opportunities to challenge yourself, grow and make a meaningful difference
• A positive and inclusive team based on respect, shared standards, strong values and a commitment to serving others

We'd love you to be part of our UnitingCare family

Joining our FaDS, team, you'll also be welcomed as part of the UnitingCare family. The second-largest Queensland employer, we're a proud not-for-profit with more than 16,500 staff and 9,000 volunteers across our brands of BlueCare, Lifeline, ARRCS, The Wesley Hospital, Buderim Private Hospital, St Stephen's Hospital, and St Andrew's War Memorial Hospital, and have been leading by example for more than 100 years.

Child safe, Child friendly

UnitingCare is committed to being a Child Safe, Child Friendly organisation and will:

• provide welcoming, safe and nurturing services for children
• implement measures to prevent child abuse and neglect within our services
• appropriately and immediately address child abuse and neglect if it does occur

Diversity & Inclusion

Our approach is simple – everybody is welcome here. At UnitingCare, diversity is at the core of our who we are, our mission and our values. We are committed to providing equal opportunities to all employees no matter their sex, race, culture, sexual orientation, disability or gender identity. Demonstrating our commitment to reconciliation and building long-term employment opportunities for First Nations peoples, UnitingCare strongly encourages Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants for this position.

Safe workplace

We work hard to make our services welcoming and safe for every person. We are united in keeping children, young people and the elderly safe from harm, within our services, workplaces and the communities we support. We are committed to speaking up loudly for their safety.