Counsellor – Prompt Response EACH

JOB DESCRIPTION

  • Ferntree Gully Location
  • 7 days per Fortnight until 30 June 2026
  • Salary + Super + Generous Salary Packaging benefits of up to $18,550

EACH’s vision is for a healthy and inclusive community

Join us at EACH
Founded on the vision that everyone is entitled to good health, we’re one of the nation’s leading health and community services providers, offering a broad range of services for over 45 years.

Click on the link to learn more about the services EACH [link removed] offers.

Who we’re looking for
If you’re a Counsellor, qualified in Social Work, Counselling, Psychology or a related field with eligibility for registration with AASW or other professional counselling association, enjoy variety in your day, and working closely with other service delivery professionals, you might be exactly the person we’re looking for!

As part of our Counselling, Assessment and Support Team (CAST) at Ferntree Gully, EACH is looking for a customer-centric Counsellor to provide a variety of counselling and casework frameworks suitable for a 6-session model of counselling with both women and men within the Knox Municipality. You’ll be an exceptional communicator with sound coordination and a strong commitment to quality client service provision, excellence and innovation in work practices.

What you’ll be doing
Each day will be varied and highly collaborative. You will provide;

  • high quality coordinated therapeutic counselling and casework services tailored to meet the health needs of the community, with an emphasis on providing rapid response and short-term counselling.
  • face to face counselling or telehealth counselling.
  • screening for family violence (MARAM), mental health concerns and substance use issues
  • services that are culturally sensitive to minority groups of people including indigenous, CALD and LGBTIQ

You will collaborate with your team and outside networks to enhance your clients care on issues such as mental health, family violence, drug and alcohol and child safe practices. You will also be involved in the wider Knox community to participate in local health promotion activities which could involve speaking and attending local network meetings as well as facilitating groups in the community.

Who you’ll be working with
Reporting to the Team Leader, Counselling and Assessment Team (CAST), you will be supported by a large team of health service professionals with varied backgrounds who work across services such as Adult, Child, Family and Family Violence counselling, Integrated Family Services, Alcohol Tobacco and Other Drug Counselling, Access to Early Learning Program and Art Therapy.

What we offer
EACH is committed to developing our people. At EACH you’ll be supported to be your best. We provide:

  • Maximise your take home pay with generous Not-for-Profit Salary Packaging of up to $15,900 free income tax per year, AND up to $2,650 additional tax-free money to spend towards meals entertainment Salary Packaging Info [link removed].
  • Work arrangements that flex to you to allow for a positive work-life balance
  • Engaging, inclusive supportive team that meet regularly and has its own chat page to provide daily support to each other
  • Competitive salary based on qualifications and experience
  • Opportunities for internal career progression across QLD, NSW, ACT, and VIC
  • Support through a comprehensive Employee Assistance Program for you, and your immediate family members
  • See what our team have to say about EACH Our People [link removed]

Next steps
We want to know why you would like to come work with EACH and what you can bring to this role. Please attach a cover letter with your resume when you ‘Apply Now’ via EACH careers page.

If you’d like more information about the position, please contact Felicity Townsend- Team Leader at felicity.townsend @ each.com.au or 0409 376 696

Applications close, 27th November 2022. ** Please note applications will be reviewed and interviews conducted as they are received, so please do not delay. **

JOB SUMMARY

Employment Type

Contract/Temp

Job Salary

$45.34 - $48.13 p.h. + Salary Packaging to $18,550

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