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.

We currently have 2 counselling roles available in our Wattle Place Centre. Wattle Place is a place of understanding, support and hope for the Forgotten Australians, Stolen Generation, Former Child Migrants, people wanting to access the National Redress Scheme and on occasion people impacted by past Forced Adoption practices.

What you’ll do

You’ll provide high quality counselling, therapeutic case work, social connection and practical support to our clients. This includes duties such as supported file release, supporting family reunions and completing documents and statements for those accessing the National Redress Scheme. Support is provided in person, over the phone, online and in partnership with other services.

Critical to your success will be your ability to build trust with people who have experienced being let down by services and the system, how you create a safe place for healing without over-promising and your trauma informed counselling approach.

Our work is not for everyone, please go to www.wattleplace.org.au to learn more and determine if we are the best fit for you. This position is not suitable for new graduates.

The details

• Based at Harris Park
• Part time permanent position (hours and days are flexible)
• Approx $42 - $45 per hour + super + salary packaging

What you'll bring

• Minimum 3 years experience providing trauma-informed counselling and therapeutic casework ideally to people impacted by childhood trauma
• Understanding of institutional care and Out-of-Home Care in Australia and the issues/ barriers faced by Forgotten Australians and Stolen Generation
• Using structured evidence-informed counselling modalities to respond to the challenges facing our clients
• Experience supporting those impacted by a range of additional vulnerabilities, eg mental health distress, and/or people with disabilities is an advantage
• Trustworthy, compassionate and supportive approach and strong self-care practices

Why work with us?

• It is a privilege to work with our clients and share their journey; as a Counsellor in Wattle Place you get to see how people have overcome and live well despite their history
• Strong clinical and supervision framework to deepen our practice excellence
• Work alongside people who truly care about what you achieve. Grow with us as a team
• We offer many benefits including flexible working options, 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 encourages all persons from diverse communities to apply
• We are committed to deepening our relationships with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. We have a stretch Reconciliation Action Plan to guide our efforts to build strong relationships, increased employment, and enhanced respect between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and other Australians

Next Steps

Interested? Apply online. If you would like a position description or have any questions, please email [email protected] using the subject line: Counsellors enquiry via EthicalJobs.

It is a condition of employment that employees who are eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccination must be fully vaccinated and comply with current COVID-19 booster vaccinations in order to perform duties at any of our workplaces from the 1st January 2022. 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.