Who are EASA?

Established in 1982, EASA is a local success story incorporating the values of the counselling profession, where individuals and personal growth are valued and business to support workplaces to support their employees. Our evaluations show we make a difference and to do the work we do well, we look after our team and they look after each other. Our principal clients are those from organisations with Employee Assistance Programs, we have over 250 of those and each year, in the NT alone, we provide over 10,000 client sessions. EASA also responds to potentially traumatising situations by mobilising our clinicians, which may mean flights to remote communities or attending local workplaces.

EASA is part of the welfare emergency response group in the NT, providing support to group members during local disasters such as flooding and cyclonic events. CORP, a part of EASA, allows us to put our learning and care into preventative work with organisations and we provide educational opportunities to work places and support services that aim to increase skills for mentally health workplaces and reduce conflict. This includes leadership development and support.

Where are we?

EASA has offices located in Darwin, Katherine and Alice Springs. We also have a service in Coolalinga, Jabiru and Gove. Learn more about the surrounds: see here.

What is the role?

A rewarding role exists in a small and friendly team of counsellors/office administrator for anexperienced, flexible and growth oriented Counsellor Alice Springs.

Why EASA?

Benefits

• Many of our clinicians work across more than one area of EASA which may be just what you are looking for or your focus can be excellence in client interventions.
• Supervision, both individual and group
• Professional development allowance and leave time to attend/learn
• Ad-hoc professional development
• Contemporary IT
• Rewarding and positive work environment
• Competitive salary
• Relocation allowance
• Wellbeing allowance
• Salary range – dependent upon qualification $60,000-$95,000

General Role

• Undertake a range of generalist and specialist counselling, psycho-social education duties including trauma interventions
• Maintain and manage a counselling caseload, counsellors generally schedule 5 client sessions per day, though this is varied with other requirements such as group professional development, group and individual supervision, staff meetings and other duties
• Provide EAP briefings and deliver report feedback to designated organisations, flexibility in this is important
• Upon demonstrated competency undertake a commitment to EASA on call service provision and critical incident response team
• Undertake a commitment to engage in projects such as onsite and remote area service delivery
• Provide client referrals where appropriate
• Conduct psychological assessments and write psychological reports
• Engage in on-going professional training and development including reading in the field of counselling, trauma interventions and other relevant training, an allowance of $2,000 per year and time off is allocated for individual’s professional development, plus regular group professional development in-house
• Provide a commitment to clinical supervision with the Manager – Psychological Services or other appropriate and approved professionals
• Participate in team case discussion and supervision
• Maintain the ethical practices and policies of the EASA, APS or AASW and NT Registration Board
• Provide reports with recommendations on relevant areas such as EAP clients, professional development activities, case management, courses and seminars
• Develop and deliver training in the area of psychological services
• Participation as a member of the Psychological Services team, undertaking special projects and other assignments as required
• Undertake travel throughout the NT and Australia as required
• Participate in performance, planning and review process
• Performance of the above duties in accordance with EASA policies and procedures

Is this a good fit for you?

Not limited to but before you apply, we need you to have:

• Approved tertiary qualification in Psychology, Social Work or Counselling, eligible for membership with APHRA/AASW/ACA or equivalent
• Good counselling skills and experience with a broad range of clients and the use of broad range of interventions for good outcomes in short-term counselling.
• Current Police Check & Ochre Card
• Current Driving Licence

Desirable Criteria:

• Trauma interventions and critical incident support
• Psychological Testing may form part of the selection process

For more information contact Louise Page on (08) 8941 1752 or email your expression of interest and resume to [email protected], using the subject line: Psychologist/Counselling Social Worker/Counsellor enquiry via EthicalJobs.