Job Summary
- $97k (pro-rata) + 11.5% super + NFP salary packaging
- Applications close:
- Job posted on: 19th Aug 2024
- Brisbane & Gold Coast > Nundah
Make a meaningful difference with UnitingCare Community
The UCQ Brisbane Counselling and Case Management Service provides counselling and case management support to women at high risk of domestic and family violence. We are currently seeking a motivated, part-time, DV Counsellor for 38 hours per fortnight to join our team.
In this role, you will work with women who have been impacted by domestic and family violence and have experienced significant trauma. You will provide support to these women through therapeutic counselling, case management and advocacy. In addition to this, you will be accountable for undertaking complex risk assessments and implementing safety plans to address safety concerns while also building and maintaining high level knowledge of specialist support services that are appropriate to refer women and children to.
Due to the inherent requirements of this programs delivery we require female representation from our Counselling team, as such we are currently looking for a Female Support Worker. To be a female is a genuine requirement for the position under Section 31 of the Anti-Discrimination Act, 1997.
Let’s make a meaningful difference, together.
You will have a strong passion and for working with women and children who have experienced significant trauma, a thorough knowledge of the impacts of domestic and family violence on women and children, and demonstrated skills and extensive experience in delivering specialised counselling, assessment and therapeutic support services to women impacted by domestic and family violence.
The successful applicant will have;
At UnitingCare we are leaders in crisis response, the protection of vulnerable children, financial resilience and family wellbeing. Our Family and Child Services team work passionately across Queensland to make a meaningful difference in people’s lives.
Our Family and Child Services team are passionate about their work with parents to ensure children remain safe in the home and parents have the skills, resilience and capability to effectively parent and meet their children’s developmental, educational, health and well-being needs. We also provide targeted services to men who are seeking to change their behaviour.
UnitingCare is committed to being a Child Safe, Child Friendly organisation and will:
Our approach is simple – everybody is welcome here. At UnitingCare, diversity is at the core of our who we are, our mission and our values. We are committed to providing equal opportunities to all employees no matter their sex, race, culture, sexual orientation, disability or gender identity. Demonstrating our commitment to reconciliation and building long-term employment opportunities for First Nations peoples, UnitingCare strongly encourages Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants for this position.
We work hard to make our services welcoming and safe for every person. We are united in keeping children, young people and the elderly safe from harm, within our services, workplaces and the communities we support. We are committed to speaking up loudly for their safety.