• Part-Time-4 days/week | Max-term contract until June 2024
• Opportunity to make a difference and work with CALD communities
• Flexible working options as well as competitive salary and salary packaging

Do you want to work with a leading purpose driven, community-based organisation and make a real positive difference?

SSI’s vision is to achieve a society that values the diversity of its people and actively provides support to ensure meaningful social and economic participation and to assist individuals and families to reach their potential.

About the Program

SSI has been funded by the Victorian Government – Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation to deliver a Statewide Multicultural Service – gambling harm prevention and support program. Noting that extensive work has been rolled out in established communities SSI will continue to work with these communities while focusing efforts into providing opportunities, information and small grants to new and emerging communities.

About the role

You will be responsible for delivering therapeutic counselling support to individuals affected by problem gambling and their families in order to assist in reducing the negative effects of problem gambling. In addition to face to face counselling, this position will include working to raise community awareness of problem gambling issues to the multicultural communities. All counselling programs are underpinned by psychodynamic, trauma informed, holistic principles.

You will provide information on vocational, relationship, social and educational difficulties and issues, and work with people to help them to identify and define their emotional issues through therapies such as cognitive behaviour therapy, interpersonal therapy and other talking therapies.

You will operate within an evidence-based practice framework for the effectiveness of various therapeutic approaches. The Therapeutic Counsellor is bound by a code of ethics, good practice and confidentiality and is required to attend an ongoing program of continual professional development. Contribute to the development of coordinated approaches to service delivery across key stakeholder groups.

Please refer attached Position Description for more information.

About you

The successful candidate will ideally have the following skills & experience:

• Relevant tertiary qualification and/or equivalent in social work, counselling or psychology
• Experience and training in addiction and/or gambling counselling
• demonstrated highly developed communication skills in written and oral situations, with supportive & positive attitude toward all persons for whom there is responsibility, accountability or care
• Experience in facilitating evidence-based therapeutic practices and study in a counselling environment.
• Experience in tracking and monitoring client change/progress or therapy impact
• Computer Literacy consistent with the expectations for a Therapeutic Counsellor
• Excellent time management, multi-tasking and follow-up skills
• Ability to travel between sites and working locations

The ideal candidate will work well with people and build relationships easily driven from a positive mindset and can-do spirit. You will be very hands-on with an ability to be flexible and capable of working effectively & autonomously in a fast-paced team environment.

About our Benefits

• Salary packaging options to receive up to $15,900 of your salary tax-free meaning more take-home pay!
• Industry leading flexible working arrangement supported to work from home and office
• Access to in-house training and learning opportunities for professional development and growth
• Access to our inhouse wellbeing programs, three days of culture and well-being leave
• Working alongside professional and dedicated team members all wanting to make a difference in our communities.

About our Recruitment Process

At SSI we have a zero tolerance for child abuse and is committed to creating and maintaining a child safe organisation where protecting children and preventing and responding to child abuse is embedded in the everyday thinking and practice of all employees, contractors and volunteers.

All successful candidates will be required to undergo pre-employment checks including reference checks, WWCC, a Criminal History Check and NDIS Screening check (if applicable) as a reasonable condition of employment.

SSI expects all applicants who can be safely vaccinated for COVID-19, to be so. This is also a pre-condition to ongoing employment.

To Apply

If excited by the information above, we look forward to receiving your application, including your resume and cover letter expressing your interest and suitability for the role. SSI expects all applicants who can be safely vaccinated for COVID-19, to be so. This is also a pre-condition to ongoing employment.

Applications close on 1st November 2022

A recruitment pool may be created for permanent and temporary opportunities of the same role or role type that may become available in the future.

SSI is a Disability Confident Recruiter, and our Talent Acquisition team can assist in; providing alternative formats to apply, making adjustments to the recruitment process and offering information about workplace adjustments and support networks.

Should you require adjustments please email us at [email protected] or call us on 0410 801 184.

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