About Relationships Australia

Relationships Australia NSW (RANSW) provides a safe, judgement-free environment where individuals, couples and families can address the critical matters impacting their relationships, and their lives.

What you’ll do:

This unique role combines Couple and Family Counselling and Group Facilitation where you’ll provide personalised, trauma-informed counselling to clients and lead impactful group sessions aimed at strengthening family dynamics and individual wellbeing. You'll:

• Deliver high-quality counselling to help clients address a range of issues, including relationship conflict, mental health challenges, domestic violence, addiction and more
• Facilitate engaging group sessions, fostering a supportive environment where clients can explore relationship and personal challenges
• Observe, assess, and guide group dynamics to encourage respectful interactions, cultural sensitivity, and meaningful connection among participants
• Support clients with tailored information, referrals, and resources that promote resilience and overall wellbeing

The details:

• Contract until 30.6.2026 based in Bathurst
• 3 days a week - Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday (2 days Counselling, 1 day Group Facilitation)
• Occasional travel required for outreach work
• $46 per hour (depending on skills & experience) +11.5 % super + 17.5% leave loading and tax-free salary packaging up to $15,900. (Increase your take home pay! Calculate Your Savings at https://www.salary.com.au/calculate-your-savings)
• Extra annual leave days between Christmas and New Year
• Excellent professional development & regular clinical supervision

What you'll bring

• Relevant undergraduate qualifications in social work, psychology or equivalent
• Post-graduate qualifications or training in Counselling or Couple and Family Therapy with an understanding of the Systemic approach
• 100 hours minimum clinically supervised counselling client contact
• Registered or eligible to be registered with PACFA or ACA
• Training and experience in working in an educational context with children in any of the following areas
  • Working with domestic violence;
  • Parenting groups;
  • Children/Youth in groups
• Experience working with individuals, couples and families using a robust Family Systems clinical framework
• Strong understanding of family dynamics, child protection, domestic violence, mental health, and addiction
• A calm, professional and compassionate approach when engaging with clients

Why work with us?

• Make a genuine difference to the relationship wellbeing of individuals, couples and families; everyday!
• Work alongside people who truly care about what you achieve. Grow with us as a team
• We offer many benefits including flexible working options, additional leave days, Employee Referral Reward program and a fitness passport
• Extra Income - You can salary package up to $15,900 pa of your pre-tax salary for everyday expenses and up to $2,650 pa for entertainment expenses, meaning you take home even more pay!
• We value inclusion and belonging. We want a workforce that is reflective of all the communities we serve. To strengthen our inclusive practice we have employee action groups: Accessibility, Reconciliation, Gender, Sex & Sexually Diverse and Culturally and Linguistically Diverse
• We are committed to deepening our relationships with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. We have a stretch Reconciliation Action Plan to guide our efforts to build strong relationships, increased employment, and enhanced respect between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and other communities

Next Steps

Interested? Apply today as we want to move quickly with this recruitment.

It is a condition of employment from 1 January 2022, that employees who are eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccination must be fully vaccinated in order to perform duties at any of our workplaces. If you are not medically eligible to be vaccinated against COVID-19, you must provide Relationships Australia NSW with acceptable evidence of having a health condition for which obtaining a COVID-19 vaccination is contraindicated.