Outreach Counsellor - Level 4

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About Centrecare

Centrecare is a not-for-profit organisation with just over 300 employees and is committed to delivering quality professional counselling, support, accommodation, mediation and training services in over 11 locations across the Perth metropolitan, Goldfields and South West region.

The Service – Sky Service

Centrecare's Sky Service is a confidential counselling and support service for children aged between 4 - 14 and their families who are currently being supported through Family Supported Accommodation Services. We service Southern and Eastern suburbs covering areas from Victoria Park, Armadale and Fremantle to Rockingham.

Centrecare Sky Service encourages children and their families to reach their full potential and helps them feel confident, happy and safe.

About the Role

The primary objective of the Sky Service is to afford children aged 4-14 years of age every possible chance to overcome the challenges stemming from their encounters with homelessness through diverse therapeutic approaches and strategies. Extensive research consistently reveals that children who have experienced homelessness, especially those exposed to family violence, encounter higher levels of emotional and behavioural difficulties compared to their counterparts.

• To help children who have experienced homelessness or have been at risk of homelessness with the development of life skills and healthy child development through counselling and support.
• Undertake assessment and counselling of children specifically, and their families so as to improve and enhance their overall personal and social development, and their health and wellbeing.
• Through a case management approach, develop a client focused support plan for each child and their family.
• Make referrals to ongoing services if required and encourage children and families to stay connected to educational settings and supports, sport and recreation opportunities as well as physical and mental health services.
• Permanent full-time contract.
• Rostered 9am-5pm, 10am - 6pm shifts and Saturday shifts.
  

Benefits

• Access to corporate health cover provided by Bupa and Medibank Private
• Salary packaging options of up to $15,900
• Annual leave loading at 17.5%
• 5 days additional leave per year
• Access to professional development training
• Insurance cover to and from work
• Employee Assistance Program
• Reduced mortgage interest rates through Catholic Super

How to apply

At Centrecare:

• Children feel Valued, Heard, and Safe: Centrecare is fully committed to the National Principles for Child Safe Organisations, child safe cultures and practices. harm. Centrecare also believes that all children are valuable and worthy of respect. It strongly supports the rights of the child and is committed to ensuring the safety, wellbeing and protection of all children who are in contact with or receive its services.
• We are Inclusive: We actively promote a working environment that values diversity and inclusion. We strongly encourage applications from First Nations people, people from culturally diverse backgrounds, people who identify as LGBTQ+ and people with a disability. If you have any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us at time of application.
• We support the Uluru Statement from the Heart: We are committed to walking alongside First Nations people to support a more inclusive Australia and Closing the Gap.

www.centrecare.com.au