• Make an impact and support clients to achieve positive outcomes
• Full-time ongoing role based in Open Place, Richmond
• $98k - $105k + Salary packaging benefits up to $18,550 + Super

About us

Relationships Australia Victoria (RAV) is a community-based, not-for-profit organisation with no religious affiliations. Our vision is for positive, respectful, safe and fulfilling relationships for all Australians. For more than 75 years, we have been delivering high quality family and relationship support services, and we now support more than 20,000 clients every year. We have over 400 dedicated employees working from 21 centres across metropolitan Melbourne and regional Victoria.

About Open Place:

Open Place is a support service for Victoria’s Forgotten Australians/pre-1990 care leavers. The service coordinates and provides direct assistance to people who grew up in Victorian orphanages and children’s homes prior to 1990. The service helps people to deal with the legacy of their childhood experiences and to support them to improve their health and wellbeing.

About the role

Reporting to the Senior Manager, Open Place, the Counsellor provides high-quality counselling and therapeutic support to Forgotten Australians and their families. The role works collaboratively with internal and external service providers to deliver individual and group-based therapeutic programs, facilitate referrals, and support clients with complex needs. This role also contributes to clinical consultations, service evaluation, and the ongoing development of counselling services to ensure best-practice outcomes for clients.

This role is located at Open Place, Richmond and is full-time permanent, working five (5) days per week. The base salary range is $98,027-$105,084 (pro-rata) per annum.

About you

• Tertiary qualifications in Counselling, Social Work, Psychology, or a related discipline, with experience providing trauma-informed counselling and support services to adults and families.
• Demonstrated understanding of the impacts of childhood trauma, including institutional abuse and childhood sexual abuse, and the ability to support individuals with complex needs.
• Strong interpersonal and stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with colleagues, families, external service providers, and community partners.
• Experience providing consultation, guidance, and support to both counselling and non-counselling staff, alongside a commitment to working with disadvantaged and vulnerable community members.

We provide

• Attractive salary including salary packaging and generous leave benefits
• Professional development and Career progression opportunities.
• Best practice clinical supervision.

Candidates can view the position description attached, also at www.rav.org.au/careers, contact Michelle McDonald, Senior Manager Open Place by phoning 0429 490 121.

Please submit your CV/resume and cover letter, outlining why you are interested in this position and detailing your relevant experience. Please note, we are not accepting applications from recruitment agencies for this position.

Please have all documents ready before starting, as applications can’t be saved mid-way.

RAV is committed to developing an inclusive and diverse workforce. We encourage applications from First Nations peoples, people from under-represented culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, people from lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, queer, asexual (LGBTIQA+) communities, and people living with disability. 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.