The focus of this role is to provide counselling, case management and assessment of client’s immediate needs and support pathways to keep them safe.

Duties include intensive case management, group work, advocacy, stakeholder engagement and referral pathways to assist individual clients to make decisions about their safety, reduce their exposure and risk of family violence, leading to a safe and reconnected family and community.

The Counsellor will possess strong communication and organisational skills, counselling/clinical skills and is committed to client centred service delivery to engage in culturally safe and a trauma informed and multi-disciplinary approach to healing.

To be successful, you will have:

• A relevant qualification and/or equivalent certification from a nationally accredited provider in the area of social welfare, counselling, social work, family therapy, psychology, creative arts therapies, or community mental health nursing.
• Demonstrated understanding of family violence, sexual assault/abuse, trauma-informed care and practice and ability to work within a ‘strength-based approach’.
• Demonstrated knowledge and appreciation of Aboriginal culture and understanding of issues affecting Aboriginal people in a contemporary society and the history of intergenerational trauma.
• Provision of culturally appropriate and evidenced based assessments, case formation, goals and intervention planning, review and closure processes to guide short, medium and long-term interventions.
• Demonstrated knowledge and experience in working therapeutically with children, young people and adults who have experienced violence, abuse and trauma.
• Demonstrated understanding of the MARAM framework and other legislative requirements governing the collection and storage of personal information, client confidentiality, information sharing guidelines and the protection of children/young people.
• Demonstrated understanding of the issues concerning confidentiality in a service provision organisation.
• Knowledge of pathways and linkages to other support programs and services.
• High level problem-solving skills with the ability to identify issues or problems and recommend strategies and opportunities for resolving them.
• Excellent communication skills, both oral and written, including report writing and an ability to keep accurate and detailed client notes.
• Demonstrated flexibility and willingness to work both independently and effectively as part of a multi-disciplinary team.