• Eltham and Box Hill locations
• Competitive salary including salary packaging
• Part Time role (0.4 FTE)

Who are we?

healthAbility, as the name suggests, plays a unique and valuable role in the health system. We work to address the root causes of vulnerability, prevent disease and promote lifelong health outcomes, empowering people in our community to live their best life.

Our role is also supporting people to self-manage long-term health conditions, such as diabetes and mental health challenges, with multidisciplinary teams delivering community-based programs in a comfortable setting. We also support people, including older people and people with disability, to stay living at home longer and to live well in their community.

Our broad range of primary health services, care management and in home and community support services can be tailored to an individual’s needs and with major hubs in Box Hill and Eltham, these services can be delivered locally, in the Eastern and North Eastern suburbs of Melbourne.

Why work with us?

Although our clients are at the heart of what we do and we strive to positively impact our communities and those who need it most, the wellbeing of our employees is just as important.

When joining healthAbility’s supportive, kind, caring and ethical culture, you are welcomed by multi-disciplinary teams passionate about the health and wellbeing of clients and communities, from prevention through to specialist care, and passionate about continually learning and building on their areas of expertise. We embrace this passion and are values driven, offering careers with meaning and environments that are flexible, evolving, creative and connected.

healthAbility is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We promote a workplace that actively seeks to include, welcome and value unique contributions of all people. This means we encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, people with disabilities, LGBTIQ+ and from culturally diverse backgrounds to apply for this job, with age being no barrier.

The Opportunity

We are looking for a Counsellor to join our supportive and professional multidisciplinary teams in a flexible part time capacity 0.4 FTE

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Deliver individual and group evidence-based therapeutic interventions.
• Undertake clinical assessments, develop goals and treatment plans.
• Provide services in both face-to-face and telehealth modalities.
• Participate in regular clinical supervision, which includes self-reflection, self-care and risk management.
• Ensure all legislative requirements are followed, and all clinical and OH&S incidents/hazards are accurately and promptly reported in the VHIMS Central database. Collect and share relevant information about consumers in compliance with relevant legislation and program guidelines.
• Record all clinical notes, client contacts, and outcome measures in electronic databases and reporting systems as required.
• Ensure all procedures and policies are followed and participate in quality improvement where required.

Skills & Experience

• A relevant tertiary qualification
• Demonstrated experience with family violence and general counselling
• Understanding the achievement of identified targets (funder and organisational).
• Empathic, innovative and professional therapeutic style.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills

If you want to work with great people - we'd love to hear from you.

Please click Apply Now to send a copy of your CV and Cover Letter.

To view the position description, please go to https://healthability.org.au/join-us/careers.

Any enquiries can be made to [email protected] using the subject line: Counsellor - Eltham / Box Hill enquiry via EthicalJobs.

Please apply here by submitting a cover letter addressing the key selection criteria with your CV. Thank you for your time and interest and please note, only shortlisted applicants will be contacted directly. No agencies please.

Employment with healthAbility is conditional upon being fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or medically exempt and providing satisfactory evidence of the same.

See the video to hear from our employees why this opportunity is much more than a job and how healthAbility offers careers with meaning.