ABOUT THE PROGRAM
Melbourne City Mission’s Palliative Care service (MCMPC), was established in 1981 as the first community-based palliative care service in Victoria. The service aims to enhance quality of life by providing specialist, interdisciplinary palliative care and practical support for people living with a terminal condition. Support is offered to families and carers, including the management of complex symptoms, loss, grief, and bereavement. The service is provided to residents of Darebin, Hume, Moreland, and Yarra in accordance with the Palliative Care Australia Standards 2005. Palliative Care operates within the MCM Disability, Early Childhood Intervention and Palliative Care division and implements MCM’s commitment to best practice in palliative care.
ABOUT THE ROLE
Working within the Palliative Care counselling team, you will provide counselling, and psychosocial support to MCM Palliative Care clients and carers within an interdisciplinary team model, in accordance with the vision, values, policies, and procedures of Melbourne City Mission. Support and outreach is provided face to face, in client/carer homes, MCMPC office, via telephone and telehealth and group settings.
- Providing appropriate assessment, and responsiveness through counselling, psychosocial, support, and welfare needs of clients and carers, friends, and family, including those with complex and high-risk needs. This may also involve appropriate referrals to internal or external stakeholders
- Organise and facilitate family meetings
- Initiate and participate in ongoing advance care planning and assist clients and carers to resolve issues that arise from these discussions
- Provide appropriate support, information, education and advocacy for clients and carers of diverse ages, cultures, and backgrounds
SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
Essential qualification:
- Tertiary qualifications in a discipline, with an emphasis on psychotherapeutic practice such as Counselling, Social Work or Psychology
- Eligibility for membership or registration to relevant professional association
Essential criteria:
- Demonstrated experience in providing counselling and psychosocial support in a palliative care, community health or related field
- Understanding of loss and grief across the lifespan
- Demonstrated competence in providing counselling support to people of varied social, cultural, and religious backgrounds
- Experience in conducting psychosocial spiritual assessments
- The ability to work collaboratively within an interdisciplinary team setting
- Demonstrated competence in implementing and maintaining self-care routines including reflective practice
- Competence with electronic client and carer records and computer skills
- Experience in working with people living with a life-limiting condition and their carers
DESIRABLE:
- A sound understanding of community based palliative care service provision.
Please refer to the position description for the full duties and key selection criteria
HOW TO APPLY
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A POSITION DESCRIPTION IS ALSO ATTACHED.
Applicants will be required to undergo a pre-employment safety screening process as part of the MCM selection process. Appointments to MCM roles will be subject to the following safety screening checks (as applicable to the role): National (and International if applicable) Police Check (which includes Proof of Identity Check), Victorian Employee Working with Children Check, Qualification Verification Check, Employment History Check, NDIS Worker Screening Check, Right to Work in Australia and current and valid driver licence. All costs associated with safety checks (except National Police Check) will be at applicants’ expense. MCM employees are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 consistent with the Victoria public health orders regarding COVID-19 Mandatory Vaccination Procedures and applicants will be required to present acceptable proof of their vaccination status as part of their application.
OUR COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY
MCM embraces diversity and encourages applicants from all different backgrounds to apply regardless of age, gender, cultural background, disability, or sexual orientation. We recognise the strength and value in diversity, and lived experience, actively fostering an inclusive workplace. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are encouraged to apply.
OUR COMMITMENT TO SAFETY
MCM is committed to the safety of its clients and employees, taking a zero tolerance approach to violence within the workplace and abuse, including child abuse and abuse of people with disability. All employees are required to comply with the Child Safe Standards.