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Coordinator Counselling / Redress - Richmond

Relationships Australia Victoria
  • Progress your career with a leading community organisation
  • Part-time, 4 days per week, ongoing position
  • Located in Richmond

This is an exciting opportunity for a motivated and experienced individual to join our Open Place team as the coordinator of counselling and Redress.

About RAV and Open Place

RAV is a secular, community-based, not-for-profit organisation with no religious affiliations who have been providing services to the Victorian community for over 70 years. Our vision is for “positive, respectful, safe and fulfilling relationships for all Australians”. Our objective is to relieve suffering, distress and helplessness and to enhance physical, social and emotional wellbeing. Our services are for all members of the community, regardless of their religion, age, gender, sexual orientation, lifestyle choice, cultural background or economic circumstances. RAV provides services from centres across metropolitan Melbourne and regional Victoria.

Open Place has been operating for over 11 years and is the Support Service for Victoria’s ‘Forgotten Australians’ which was developed as a result of the Forgotten Australians Report tabled in the Senate in 2004. This service co-ordinates and provides direct assistance to address the needs and issues of people who grew up in care prior to 1990, helping people deal with the legacy of their childhood experiences and provides support to improve their health and wellbeing.

About the role

Reporting to the Senior Manager Open Place, this position is responsible for overseeing and providing supervision to the Counselling and National Redress Scheme (NRS) support services teams. The role leads the Counselling team and the extensive network of approved counsellors across Australia in the delivery of specialised counselling services for Forgotten Australians and their family members. The position also leads the NRS team in making the processes of applying for redress as informed, accessible and as stress-free as possible.

This position will be based at our Open Place centre located in Richmond and is available on a part-time, four (4) days per week, ongoing basis.

Skills, experience and qualifications

  • Tertiary qualification in social work, community development, welfare or a related social science, or demonstrated relevant experience.
  • Demonstrated knowledge and/or experience in working with vulnerable adults who have grown up in institutional care and who have a range of complex family, health and social needs.
  • Demonstrated experience in the leadership, supervision and support of staff in a complex and challenging environment.
  • Demonstrated ability to provide leadership and direct service in the clinical assessment and counselling of adults and families, especially those who have survived immense childhood disruption and ongoing trauma.
  • Demonstrated ability to flexibly manage competing priorities and stressful situations, monitoring own stress levels and practicing and promoting self-care strategies.

A copy of the position description (can be viewed below and) is available at www.rav.org.au/careers.

What we offer

A competitive salary package is on offer to the successful candidate with a base salary range of $99k to $107k (pro-rata) per annum, superannuation and access to salary packaging. We are an ‘employer of choice’ providing best practice professional development, training, clinical supervision and work / life balance conditions and benefits to our staff.

To apply for this position, use the APPLY button and attach your covering letter responding to the above job requirements “Skills, experience and qualifications” and your current resume/cv. For specific queries about this position contact Michelle McDonald, Senior Manager Open Place by phoning 0429490121.

RAV is committed to building and supporting an inclusive and diverse workforce and encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, those from cultural and linguistically diverse backgrounds, LGBTIQA+ communities and people with disabilities. We are committed to the safety of our clients and staff and promote a child-safe work environment. We recognise the lifelong impacts of childhood trauma and recognise those who had children taken away from them. All staff must undergo a National Police Check, International Police Check (if applicable) and Working with Children Check. RAV is a public benevolent institution.

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