• Remuneration: $91,929 to $97,661 per annum (pro rata)
  
• Hours: Permanent Part-time 22.8 hours per week
• Location: Midland / Armadale

HelpingMinds

HelpingMinds® is a highly-regarded carer support and mental health services organisation, established over 40 years ago. Our compassionate team of staff and dedicated volunteers throughout the metro and regional areas, provide quality services and support to more than 10,000 children, youth, adults and families affected by mental illness every year.

We are a value-driven organisation that encompasses the values of Hope, Collaboration, Trust, Integrity, and Respect to provide quality service. We welcome your individuality, your ideas, your passion, and your drive. Our people focused culture and flexible approach will help you to succeed both professionally and personally.

The position

We are seeking individuals with a strong passion and drive to engage and provide high-quality counselling support to adults and young people, on an individual basis as well as providing reflective practice leadership and ensuring team members client practice is supported providing reflective practice leadership and ensuring team members’ client practice is supported.

Responsibilities of the role include:

• Provide monthly Reflective Practice Supervision to identified HelpingMinds team members, enhancing their capacity to deliver safe, high quality services;
• Coordinate and facilitate Case Review meetings;
• Provide a counselling service to young people (0-18) at risk of developing mental health issues and adult carers, including Aboriginal and culturally and linguistically diverse (CaLD) carers.
• Employ both a brief intervention model for working with clients as well as therapeutic interventions where appropriate for the support HelpingMinds offers;
• Develop and facilitate innovative support groups and workshops for carers;
• Develop wellbeing care plans with clients and utilising a strengths-based approach, discuss the issues and impact of mental health and apply goal setting and identifying support networks.

The Perks

• East Metro Based: Office locations Midland & Armadale
• Generous tax-free salary packaging benefits where you can package up to $15,900 per annum
• Generous leave entitlements
• 5 weeks annual leave per year (pro rata), increasing to 6 weeks (pro rata) once reaching 3 years of continuous service
• 2 wellness days per year, increasing to 3 days once reaching 3 years of continuous service
  Generous superannuation
• 12%, increasing to 13% once reaching 1 year of continuous service
• Professional development and support around additional training

Apply now

For more information, contact the Recruitment team on 08 9427 7100 or email [email protected], using the subject line: Senior Family Support Counsellor - Midland / Armadale enquiry via EthicalJobs.