Counsellor - Sexual Abuse Program (Toowoomba)

3 days ago

Toowoomba City, Australia Mercy Community Full time

About the Role

Mercy Community Services has an opportunity for a highly motivated, resilient, and experienced Counsellor to join our Families team in the Sexual Abuse Counselling Program. This role is a Full-Time maximum-term (Fixed term) contract until end of June 2025. We are seeking a candidate to start as soon as possible and be based in our Toowoomba office.

This position provides counselling and therapeutic services to children and young people; including assessments, pre- and post-evaluations and interventions. This position also liaises with a broad network of stakeholders who participate in or impact on the success of client plans, referrals and goals.

This role will be a under the SCHADS L4. Salary commensurate with experience plus superannuation plus salary packaging available 

As a Counsellor the key duties will include but not limited to -

  • Provide assessment, intervention planning and support to children and young people
  • Identify client needs and deliver appropriate services within available resources, continually assessing effectiveness and responding to changing needs and dynamics
  • Support and provide opportunities for life and personal skill development for clients
  • Complete relevant assessments which underpin the therapeutic goals, intervention plans, casework and support for clients
  • Liaise and interact with a broad network of stakeholders who participate in or impact on the successful outcomes for our clients and families

About You

As the successful candidate, you will possess:

  • Degree in Counselling, Psychology, Behavioural Sciences, Social Work, or related discipline from a recognised institution
  • Demonstrated experience developing individualised and/or family treatment plans and in conducting thorough and holistic assessments, reviewing the effectiveness of programs and plans and the ability to work with the non-offending parent, carer or family
  • Queensland Provisional Green or above Driver’s License
  • Current Paid Blue Card or willing to apply if successful
  • Evidence of a current vaccination against whooping cough or willingness to obtain prior to commencement unless applicable exemption provided

Why Mercy Community

Mercy Community is a Catholic not-for-profit that provides a wide range of services supporting families and young people, people living with a disability and the elderly. All our work is driven by our core values of Compassion, Integrity, Dignity & Empowerment.

Being part of the Mercy Community team, means you have access to some fantastic benefits, such as:

  • Increase your take home pay through the use of generous salary packaging - up to $18,550 per annum of your salary is available as a tax-free component
  • Pay for your Queensland Blue Card and NDIS Worker Screening Card when you need – saving you up to $144 if you need both cards
  • Provide you and your immediate family free, professional and confidential counselling services including specialised First Nations counsellors
  • Free annual influenza and/or other vaccination reimbursements
  • Employee referral bonus incentive
  • Cash out or purchase annual leave and to take advantage of extra leave entitlements

We also ensure all our employees have access to a wide variety of excellent learning and development tools to continue your professional and personal development. This includes making sure you have access to a range of other career pathways and opportunities across Mercy.

Please note we will review applications as they are received and we may interview and appoint prior to closing date, do not delay in applying. 

For any queries, please contact MCSCareers.Mailbox@mercycs.org.au. We do not accept applications via email so please ensure you apply online.

Mercy Community Services is a Circle Back Initiative Employer and commit to respond to every applicant.

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