• Box Hill and Eltham 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 Team Leader / 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;

• Provide day-to-day management, leadership and troubleshooting in the delivery of program services that are high quality, efficient and effective.
• Coordinate staff leave, rosters, resources and program coverage
• Identify and manage risks, particularly clinical risks, as part of the service’s risk management framework
• Monitor waiting list management to ensure effective and efficient service delivery
• Work with the Program manager to implement strategies to ensure individual staff targets are achieved
• Attend Family Violence funded meetings and training
• Represent the service through other relevant networks and working groups as required
• Assist with staff recruitment and management to ensure the achievement of the organisation’s strategic directions and program objectives
• Provide support to staff and clinical supervision within scope of practice and set clear performance expectations
• Support student placements

Skills & Experience

• A relevant tertiary qualification
• Demonstrated experience with family violence and general counselling
• Experience in supporting service delivery and teams
• Skills and experience in supporting teams to deliver services that are high in quality, efficient and effective.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills

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

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: Team Leader - Counselling 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.