About Relationships Australia
Relationships Australia NSW (RANSW) provides a safe, judgement-free environment where individuals, couples and families can address the critical matters impacting their relationships, and their lives. 
  
What you’ll do
You’ll be a key part of the Let’s Talk Elder Mediation & Support Service. You’ll provide skilled mediation and casework support to older people, their families and support networks. You’ll work with the team to raise awareness of issues faced by older people and their families. You’ll respond to identified needs by working effectively with relevant parties to achieve meaningful outcomes for older people.
  
In addition, you’ll

• Providing a range of interventions to older people, their family members and relevant support people who are experiencing (or at risk of experiencing) conflict and who need support
• Interventions include mediation and therapeutic conflict management strategies to reach agreement and outcomes with respect to family conflict and dispute, ageing and age-related issues
• Providing professional intake which includes assessment of the needs of elders, their families, and other participants; screening for eligibility and suitability; and ensuring safety for clients and staff
• Providing information to clients and making referrals to and from RANSW services and other related community services

The details:

• Contract until 30th June 2023
• 3 or 4 days a week
• Based at Macquarie Park
• $42 – $47 per hour plus super

What you’ll bring

• Qualifications in a relevant field and extensive experience in mediation and working with families
• Current Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner (FDRP) registration with the Australian Government Attorney General’s Department as well as Elder Mediation Training (or willingness to undertake training) OR Accredited mediator under the National Mediation Accreditation System (NMAS) as well as Elder Mediation Training (or willingness to undertake training)
• Sound awareness of the issues facing older people and their informal support networks
• Experience working in a team and office environment, multi-tasking and prioritising work for self and others
• Competence in using computer technology to support practice, including recording session notes, capturing case data and reporting
• Capacity to develop and maintain effective professional and influential working relationships with internal and external stakeholders

 Why work with us?

• Work alongside people who truly care about what you achieve
• Make a genuine difference to the relationship wellbeing of individuals, couples and families; everyday
• We have a strong focus on wellbeing including salary packaging, additional leave days and fitness passport
• We value inclusion and belonging. We want a workforce that is reflective of all the communities we serve. To strengthen our inclusive practice we have employee action groups: Accessibility, Reconciliation, Gender, Sex & Sexually Diverse and Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD)
• RANSW is committed to deepening our relationships with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Our RAP guides our efforts to build strong relationships, increased employment opportunities, and enhanced respect between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and other Australians

Next Steps
Interested? Apply today! Applications close Friday, 14th October. 

It is a condition of employment from 1 January 2022, that employees who are eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccination must be fully vaccinated in order to perform duties at any of our workplaces. If you are not medically eligible to be vaccinated against COVID-19, you must provide Relationships Australia NSW with acceptable evidence of having a health condition for which obtaining a COVID-19 vaccination is contraindicated.