Children's Counsellor

Children's Counsellor 

• Employment Term: Six-month fixed term contract, Part-time (45.6 hours per fortnight/3 days per week)
• Location: Maroochydore 
• Remuneration: $93,865 + 11% Super (pro rata) + NFP Salary Packaging

Make a meaningful difference with UnitingCare Community

We’re looking for someone who wants to make the world a little better through small moments that leave big impacts. To build meaningful relationships and make a difference in the lives of others. 

An integral part of our Integrated Family Safety Response Service based in Maroochydore as a Children's Counsellor, you’ll be encouraged to grow, develop and feel empowered to make the everyday easier for the people we care so passionately about. 

Let’s make a meaningful difference, together. 

Your part in our UnitingCare Community team 

We are seeking a dynamic, skilled, knowledgeable passionate and experienced Children’s Domestic and Family Violence Counsellor to work in our Integrated Family Safety Response Service, Safe Spaces Team in Maroochydore, Sunshine Coast. This is a Part Time - 3 days a week, Fixed Term Contact for 6 months. 

This position has a primary focus of working with children and young people and providing specialised counselling to children, young people who have experienced domestic and family violence.

What makes a difference for us? 

The successful applicant will have

• Tertiary qualifications (minimum Bachelor) in a relevant human services field, with membership or eligible membership of an appropriate professional body (e.g. AASW, APS, PACFA Member Association) preferred and significant relevant experience
• Experience working therapeutically with children, adolescents and families, experiencing complex issues.
• Excellent counselling, therapeutic and interpersonal skills including  knowledge of evidence based therapeutic interventions
• Demonstrated assessment skills, including therapeutic assessment, crisis intervention, risk assessment and safety planning.
• An understanding of the impact of trauma on children and young people and the components of working within a child protection framework.
• Significant knowledge in the area of domestic and family violence and impacts on children and family
• Great communication skills, analytical skills and attention to detail
• Blue Card for Child Related Employment
• Current Drivers License
• Preparedness to work within the ethos and values of UnitingCare Queensland

What makes a difference for you? 

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.

• Flexible work arrangements to support work-life balance
• Save tax and increase your take home pay by salary packaging your everyday living expenses and bills (up to $15,900) and meal entertainment (up to $2,650) per annum
• A recognition and rewards platform, providing employee discounts at hundreds of retailers, including everyday expenses, holidays, health insurance, annual awards celebration, wellbeing and employee assistance programs
• A positive and inclusive team based on respect, shared standards, strong values and a commitment to serving others
• 12 weeks paid parental leave and 2 weeks paid partner leave, available after 6 months service, in addition to the government scheme
• Diversity and inclusive leave, offering paid gender affirmation leave and cultural leave options (paid and unpaid) for those who may celebrate Lunar New Year, Diwali, Ramadan, NAIDOC weeks and other significant cultural events
• Career development opportunities to challenge yourself, grow and make a meaningful difference 

We’d love you to be part of our UnitingCare family

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.  

Child safe, Child friendly

UnitingCare is committed to being a Child Safe, Child Friendly organisation and will: 

• provide welcoming, safe and nurturing services for children 
• implement measures to prevent child abuse and neglect within our services
• appropriately and immediately address child abuse and neglect if it does occur

Diversity & Inclusion 

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.  

Safe workplace 

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.