Family Counsellor
Location
Shepparton
EFT
- 45 hours per fortnight, continuing position.
About the role
At CatholicCare Victoria we’re committed to empowering communities and building strength and resilience, to enable everyone to reach their full potential and live life to the full.
The CatholicCare Victoria Counselling programs aims to ensure the wellbeing of individuals, couples and families by minimising the emotional, social and economic costs of disruption to daily functioning and / or relationships. Services are for all community members including from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, indigenous people, low-income earners, sole parents and those living in remote areas.
The Family Counselling service is positioned within the Counselling and Relationship Services portfolio. This position is required to outpost across the catchment.
Specifically, the position is responsible for:
- Promote the independence and healthy development of individuals, couples and families through the provision of quality counselling and program delivery
- Ensure parents are aware of children’s needs in relation to age-appropriate emotions, physical and social needs and ensure the child’s best interests are promoted
- Provide a current industry accredited practice framework, incorporating the concepts of emotional intelligence and reflective practice, as key components to service delivery.
To be considered for this position, applicants require:
- Proven professional qualifications in Counselling, e.g. Psychology, Family Therapy, Counselling Graduate Diploma or other relevant tertiary studies
- Demonstrated experience in delivering child centered family focused and relationship counselling within current research-based industry accredited frameworks. Demonstrated knowledge and application of child safe legislation, principles, standards and practices
- An understanding of emotional intelligence and reflective practice, and the role they play in service delivery.
Contact
People Team
How to apply
Please submit the form to apply for the role. When applying please include:
- a cover letter
- your current resume
- responses to the position’s key requirements, if applying for management positions only
- three professional referees
Only short-listed applicants will be contacted for an interview. Psychometric and other assessments may also be required.
Document uploads
If your documents are larger than a combined 10MB, or if your documents are not PDF files, please send your documents to peopleteam@catholiccarevic.org.au
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