• Position No: 1107
• Enquiries: Mr John Payne on (02) 9646-6700
• Work Type: Part time, 32 hours per week. Contract up to 17 May 2021
• Location: Newcastle
• Salary: Health Education Officer or other relevant classification based on qualifications, experience and requirements of the role. 
• A generous salary packaging scheme is also offered to reduce the taxable income and increase the take home pay.

Do you want to work in one of Australia’s leading organisations providing treatment and rehabilitation to torture and trauma survivors; that’s quality focused, diverse & committed to making a difference in the lives of vulnerable people in communities?

Come & join us!

The Organisation

"STARTTS is a not-for-profit Affiliated Health Organisation focused on providing a broad range of services to refugees in NSW. The focus of STARTTS approach is on building capacity and empowering people and communities to take control over their own lives, using a strengths-based approach and building on individual, family, community and cultural strengths."

The Role

The Regional Outreach Counsellor/Project Officer will provide a wide range of therapeutic interventions for survivors of refugee trauma and/or torture settling in the Hunter and Central Coast. This will form 50% of their workload. They will also liaise with refugee communities and other relevant stakeholders to develop and implement community development activities. It is expected that community development and group work will make up approximately 30 % of the workload while the remaining 20% will be taken by provision of training and research.

The successful applicant will be part of a multicultural and multi-disciplinary team.

Skills Required

You will have tertiary qualifications in Health, Welfare, Social Work, Psychology or Counselling. You will have an understanding of refugee issues, and the effects of torture on individuals, families and communities in the context of resettlement in the Hunter.  Demonstrated clinical skills and experience in the use of a variety of therapeutic approaches in a multicultural context, knowledge and experience of community education, community development and community work as well as demonstrated group work skills and experience.

You will be a highly motivated person with excellent communication and interpersonal skills and ability to communicate effectively within a multicultural team setting. 

For full selection criteria please see the position description