COUNSELLOR ADVOCATE CHILD & YOUTH
Classification: Health and Professional Services Award
Position Fraction: Full time
Location: MDC Morwell
APPLICATION INFORMATION
- Application must include statements addressing each of the selection criteria listed. This is most important, as consideration for interview will be based on whether the essential requirements of the position are addressed within your application.
- Applications should include a current resume with 3 referees names and contact details.
- GCASA recognises, welcomes, and respects people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and diverse cultures, gender, sex, and sexuality.
All applications are to be emailed and marked ‘Confidential application for Counsellor/Advocate and emailed to:
Jane Barr
CEO
Email : [email protected]
CLOSING DATE:
5:00pm October 21, 2022
If you have any further queries regarding this position, please contact:
Kate Neocleous, Clinical Manager on 5134 3922.
Position Overview and Accountabilities
This position provides specialised counselling to children, young people and their families/care adults who have experienced sexual assault or family violence, and to their non-offending family or friends.
This position has a primary focus of working with children, young people, and their caregivers/ families.
The position is supported by a team of highly skilled and qualified practitioners and receives regular clinical and line management supervision and valuable peer and organisational support.
Counsellor/Advocate
The primary objectives of the role are to:
- Manage an agreed case load, the numbers of cases are dependent on the EFT worked
- Conduct assessments and develop therapeutic treatment and counselling plans with clear goals
- Therapeutic treatment can range from short to long term and will be reviewed at regular intervals
- Therapeutic planning and services delivery engages the system around young people including family/carers and the service system.
- Work therapeutically with family/care units as guided by clinical assessment which may include, individual, dyadic (carer & child) and family counselling.
- The provision of therapeutic services to children, young people and adults who have been sexual assault and their families, this includes assessing children or young people’s psychological, social, cognitive, and medical needs, family relationships, risk factors and risk management.
Direct Service
- involve family or carers and working with other care or support systems.
- Provide advocacy and support for young people, as agreed by them within the broader service system including but not limited to, police, judicial, medical, educational, child protection, community services and family systems.
- Provide expert advice and secondary consultation to other professionals and organisations in relation to sexual assault and family violence.
- Maintain appropriate client records and statistical requirements and provide professional reports as required and manage case load requirements.
- Where required, participate in an intake system to provide an initial response to referrals and enquiries received from professionals, MDC partners and the public, managing crisis presentations, secondary consultations, and intake appointments.
- In accordance with the strategic plan, assist in the delivery of community education and professional training to raise awareness of sexual assault as appropriate.
- Participate in the development and delivery of group programs to families, children and young people.
- Develop and maintain networks with relevant professional groups and community-based organisations.
- Provide business hours crisis care support to people who have experienced a recent sexual assault as requested and contribute to the intake of clients within GCASA Service.
Key Selection Criteria
- Degree level qualification or equivalent certification from a nationally accredited provider in social welfare, counselling, social work, family therapy, psychology, creative arts therapies, or community mental health nursing and a minimum of 2 years recent trauma counselling experience working with children and their families with a comprehensive understanding of child developmental theory and experience counselling.
- Knowledge related to the incidence and impact of sexual assault, as well as an understanding of the gender dynamics that support the occurrence of sexual assault.
- Demonstrated understanding and experience with providing clinical assessment including case formulation, the provision of therapeutic recommendations and goal and intervention planning.
- Demonstrated understanding and application of theoretical frameworks underpinning trauma – informed counselling for children, young people, and adults, including feminist empowerment philosophy and social inclusion theory.
- Well-developed client record keeping capacity, including case noting, administrative and time management skills, and the ability to multi-task and use a broad range of computer and IT skills.
- Knowledge of the legislative requirements governing the collection and storage of personal information; client confidentiality and the protection of all GCASA clients.
Other
The successful applicant will be appointed for a six-month probationary period during which time, regular clinical and line management supervision is provided. At the conclusion of this period a performance review will be held with the Clinical Manager and Senior Clinician (Supervisor); after which, a decision will be made to offer ongoing employment or to cease employment with the Agency.
The successful applicant will:
- be willing to travel across the region and to Melbourne as required.
- hold a current Victorian driver’s licence.
- Hold a current Working with Children’s check
- Provide current National police check.
- Must be Vaccinated for COVID-19
- Be available to work Wednesdays to attend Team & Peer meetings