• Key role delivering best practice client services and outcomes to individuals in the East Gippsland Region.
• Join a passionate team providing positive, safe and respectful relationship support
• Part-time position, four (4) days per week until 30 June 2021.

This is an exciting opportunity for a motivated, experienced counsellor to join Relationships Australia Victoria (RAV) in this important role with staff who have been delivering effective client focused services and outcomes for over 70 years in Victoria.

About RAV

Relationships Australia Victoria (RAV) is a secular, community-based, not-for-profit organisation with no religious affiliations. 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 17 centres in metropolitan Melbourne and regional Victoria, and from additional outreach locations. The corporate support team is based in Camberwell.

About the role

Reporting to the Senior Manager Gippsland, your responsibilities include delivering services under the Gippsland Primary Health Network Mental Health Supports for Bushfire Affected Australians program which is aimed to support individuals and communities affected by the 2019-2020 bushfires. Specifically, the delivery of the Frontline Emergency Distress and Trauma Counselling, which provides emergency mental health care for people affected by bushfire for individuals, families and emergency service personnel.

All RAV counsellors need to be guided by evidence-based, trauma-informed practice and able to implement interventions, good theory and research, able to choose interventions that are most likely to bring about sustained positive change. Complex cases may require some case management.

An exciting part-time opportunity, four (4) days per week until 30 June 2021 with a possible extension dependent on funding. The successful candidate will be based in Bairnsdale providing weekly outreach into East Gippsland Communities impacted by bushfire. Overnight stays in East Gippsland will be required. Accommodation will be provided, and travel costs reimbursed.

Skills, experience and qualifications

• Appropriate tertiary qualifications in a related discipline including family therapy, social work, counselling and psychology.
• Previous supervised professional experience in counselling.
• Demonstrated application of therapeutic modalities relevant to working with individuals, couples and families.
• Demonstrated ability to use therapeutic interventions and use appropriate good assessment tools.
• Understand and be able to practically apply relevant legislative regulations.

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

What we offer

A competitive sector remuneration package is on offer to the successful candidate with a base salary range of $89k-$93k (pro-rata) per annum, superannuation and access to PBI tax-free salary packaging. RAV is an ‘employer of choice’ in the community sector who provides best practice professional development, training and supervision and work and life balance conditions and benefits.

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.

If you have a specific enquiry about this position, please contact Jo Huggins Senior Manager Gippsland by calling 0448 558 708.

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 require all staff to have a satisfactory National Police Check, International Police Check (if applicable) and Working with Children Check. RAV is a public benevolent institution.

All headspace services are funded by the Australian Government Department of Health. Administration of funding is carried out by the headspace centre’s local Primary Health Network, in this case, Gippsland Primary Health Network.