Des Vocational Counsellor

5 days ago

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Afford Full time

**About the role**:
Our **DES Vocational Counsellor** will provide short term support to participants with complex needs to increase job readiness.

**On a day to day basis you will be responsible for**:

- Meeting with DES team members and their participants to discuss barriers to employment such as emotional, mental or lifestyle issues.
- Working with participant's to overcome barriers to job readiness.
- Assisting Employment Consultants towards a deeper understanding of their participants concerns and reframing challenges.
- Provide multiple vocational counselling support sessions to all referred participants to overcome challenge or issues preparing for or maintain ongoing work.
- Maintaining positive relationships with all Afford staff, DES participants and their respective employers, representatives of DSS, DHS and other Stakeholders.

**Essential requirements**:

- Tertiary qualification in counselling, social work or psychology - Highly preferred
- Experience working withing a short term solution based counselling framework
- Possession of current full NSW drivers licence
- Working with Children Check
- NDIS Worker Screening check

**About you**:

- Strong attention to detail
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Strong record keeping and documentation skills
- Available 4 days per week (60 hours per fortnight)
- Ideally, experienced counsellor with experience working in the disability sector

**In return we offer**;
- Not for profit salary packaging that increases your take home pay + meal and entertainment card.
- Well being benefits such a Fitness Passport which gives you and your family access to a wide choice of fitness facilities close to home and work.
- Afford Rewards - which enables you to purchase discounted vouchers and access exclusive offers with a huge range of retailers, products and services.
- Ongoing paid professional development and training

**About Australian Foundation for Disability (AFFORD)**

Afford is an Equal Opportunity Employer - we support and celebrate diversity and do not discriminate. We are for all people, regardless of difference, and know that the more inclusive we are the stronger our work culture and the better our service delivery will be. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, experience, merit and business needs.

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