Counsellor / Group Facilitator

Counsellor & Group Facilitator | Men Choosing Change | Sunshine Coast

• Employment Term: Maximum Term to 30 June 2026, Part-Time (45.6 hours per fortnight, 3 days per week) 

• Location: Maroochydore

• Remuneration: $51 per hour + Super + Penalties & Allowances + 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 Counsellor & Group Facilitator 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

Our Men Choosing Change Counsellor & Group Facilitators play a pivotal role within the MCC Program, operating within a multi-disciplinary team. The primary focus of this role is to facilitate behaviour change programs and undertake assessments, counselling, referrals and case reviews for a range of clients including facilitating group programs for men who are referred due to their use of violence and abuse within their intimate relationships.

The position requires:

• A deep understanding of the dynamics of domestic violence and counselling practices

• A high degree of experience in client work

• Professional epistemological (framework) awareness

• Creating a safe and supportive environment where clients can explore the underlying causes of their behaviour, understand the impact of their actions, and develop healthier ways of relating to others

• Travel and court support

Key Responsibilities include:

• Facilitate behaviour change programs for men who perpetrate domestic violence, promoting accountability and positive change

• Provide individual intake/review and group sessions to clients, utilising evidence-based practices

• Implement safety planning for clients and their families, ensuring a focus on risk management and the cessation of violence

• Networking with the police and criminal justice sector and other agencies and services who work in the field of domestic and family violence.

• A minimum of a bachelor's degree in a Human Services related field, including Social Science, Psychology, Social Work or Counselling.

• Demonstrated experience in domestic and family violence, with a strong understanding of the dynamics and impacts.

• Proven fundamentals in counselling practice, with a high degree of experience in client work.

• Epistemological awareness and ability to work within individual frameworks.

• Expertise in safety planning and risk assessment.

• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and facilitation skills.

• Ability to work effectively within a multi-disciplinary team.

• Commitment to ongoing professional development and reflective practice

• A current drivers license

• "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.