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- Job posted on: 22nd Nov 2024
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Do you have exceptional skills in providing medium to long term intensive counselling and support?
Do you want a varied and dynamic position working for an organisation that makes a real difference to the lives of those affected by sexual, domestic, and family violence?
Full Stop Australia is a not-for-profit organisation, operating nationally, but based in Sydney. Our mission is to put a full stop to sexual, domestic, and family violence and to support those who have been impacted by violence and abuse.
We operate the NSW Sexual Violence Helpline and a range of specialist Redress and domestic violence counselling services.
Full Stop Australia also offers best-practice training and professional services to support safe and respectful workplaces, and advocate for changes to laws, policies, and practices to better prevent and respond to sexual, domestic, and family violence.
HeRS is a specialist counselling service that offers up to two years free face-to-face counselling and therapy focusing on healing and processing the impacts of trauma to women who have experienced sexual abuse in childhood. HeRS counselling is offered at various Women’s Health Centres throughout NSW, with all clinical and administrative aspects managed by Full Stop Australia.
The Trauma Specialist Counsellor (HeRS) role is a one day per week in-person counselling position based at Lismore Women’s Health and Resource Centre. This is a well-established position with an existing client base.
You would be part of a team of HeRS counsellors and see up to five clients per day for specialist medium to long term counselling. Full Stop Australia provides regular clinical supervision and professional development. Please note, this is not a casework position. Experience in providing medium to longer term therapeutic counselling will be well-regarded.
The successful candidate will also have the opportunity to work as part of the Full Stop Australia telephone and online counselling team. This is optional and would be additional to the HeRS duties and involve a minimum of two shifts per week.
This is a dynamic and varied position. The team provides crisis and ongoing counselling Australia-wide across various sexual assault, domestic violence and Redress services, as well as providing vicarious trauma support to professionals.
NOTE: The telephone and online counselling duties will require you to work from home for this part of the role. With this hybrid position, you would work one day per week in-person at Lismore Women’s Health and Resource Centre (HeRS duties) and two days per week from home working as part of a larger telephone and online counselling team. The counselling shifts would be non-rotating with a variety of start and finish times available.
You will be someone who operates with the highest level of professionalism and ethical behaviour. You will have an awareness of multiple factors which influence individual client responses to both the trauma and the counselling provided. You will be confident to make appropriate ethical and clinical judgment in your daily work.
You will also have good working knowledge, skills, and experience in the following areas:
Benefits: You will work as part of a well-established and experienced clinical team. Full Stop Australia offers above award wages, with additional benefits including salary packaging, paid parental leave, study leave, and access to our award-winning workplace well-being program designed to manage the effects of vicarious trauma. Professional development and training are highly valued within our organisation.
Salary: This position has been classified as Level 5 under the Social, Community, Home, and Disability Services (SCHADS) Award.
Contract: This is a permanent part-time position.
Full Stop Australia holds an exemption under the NSW Anti-Discrimination Act and only employs female workers for clinical positions.
A position description is attached.
In your application, please clarify whether you are applying for both parts of this role or the HeRS position only.
For further information, email [email protected], using the subject line: Healing and Recovery for Survivors (HeRS) Counselling Program Counsellor - Lismore enquiry via EthicalJobs, or call 02 8585 0333.
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