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

You'll provide therapeutic casework to the partners and family of MBC (Men’s Behavioural Change) clients. The position works as part of a multi-disciplinary team, contributes to program and service development, and supports the centre including promoting services to clients and stakeholders.

In addition, you’ll:

• Provide therapeutic casework for the partners and families of MBC program participants focusing on support and advocacy to victims/survivors of Domestic & Family Violence
• Provide casework intervention as required and in consultation with the Team Leader
• Conduct sessions using multiple mediums including face to face, telephone, video and other mediums
• Apply person centred, trauma informed, MBC practice and strength-based approach to working with clients
• Maintain service to clients from referral to closure as appropriate, including all clinical and administrative tasks
• Assess and refer clients to relevant services according to client identified need
• Maintain accurate client records
• Assess the risks to victims and needs of children and other family members. In accordance with the family safety program, provide family members with relevant services eg counselling, family therapy, WCC.
• Facilitation of groupwork programs if required

The details

• 3 days a week
• Based at Parramatta
• Fixed Term Contract to 30/6/23
• Approx $45 per hour + super + salary packaging benefits

What you’ll bring

• Minimum 1 years’ experience in working with families that have experienced family domestic violence
• Casework experience with individuals and families
• Experience in working with women and children who are victims/survivors of Domestic Violence
• Experience with working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and ability to ensure cultural safety
• Experience in facilitating group programs is desirable
• Qualifications in counselling, trauma or other relevant disciplines is preferred
• Completion (or working towards completion) of relevant training in MBC practice i.e. Grad Cert in MBC (Individual and Group) is ideal

Why work with us?

• Make a genuine difference to the relationship wellbeing of individuals, couples and families; everyday!
• Strong clinical and supervision framework to deepen our practice excellence
• Work alongside people who truly care about what you achieve together
• We offer many benefits including flexible working options, salary packaging, additional leave days and fitness passport
• 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 (CALD)
• 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 Australians

Next Steps

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

It is a condition of employment that employees who are eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccination must be fully vaccinated and comply with current COVID-19 booster vaccinations in order to perform duties at any of our workplaces from the 1st January 2022. 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.