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Salary- Senior financial counsellor: $109,625.40 - $130,112.74 p.a. depending on qualifications and experience. This is a permanent, full time or part time role.
- Financial counsellor: $95,825.30 - $116,879.41 p.a. depending on qualifications and experience. This role is a contract from March 2024 – June 2025, full time or part time.
Our specialist, cross-jurisdictional, and integrated approach provides holistic legal and non-legal support to clients, increasing their safety and wellbeing and leading to financial independence and empowerment.
about the role
The senior financial counsellor will supervise and mentor other Financial Counsellors and work collaboratively with lawyers and social workers to assist clients from across New South Wales.
This role has ongoing opportunities to contribute to the development of systemic advocacy, policy and law reform to both address the causes of financial and economic abuse and improve outcomes for victim survivors.
The junior financial counsellor and senior financial counsellor will deliver trauma informed financial counselling services including assessing safety, advocacy and negotiation, provision of information and options, budgeting, capacity building and empowerment, as well as undertake complex casework to resolve Financial Abuse issues relating to consumer credit, banking, telecommunications, utilities, fines, vehicle registration and other debts.
about us
Redfern Legal Centre is a non-profit community legal centre that promotes social justice and creates change. We provide free legal advice, legal services and education to people experiencing disadvantage in New South Wales.
We drive innovation and work to address inequalities in the legal system through policy and law reform.
We provide effective and integrated free legal services that are client focussed, collaborative, non-discriminatory and responsive to changing community needs - to our local community as well as state-wide.
All applicants will be considered for both roles.
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A position description is attached.
Enquiries should be directed to Catherine Hewett, , using the subject line: Redfern Legal Centre's Financial Abuse Service - Financial Counsellors x2 enquiry via EthicalJobs.
Redfern Legal Centre is a diverse and inclusive workplace that offers flexible working conditions and supports wellbeing.
We require job applicants to be fully vaccinated for Covid-19.
We strongly encourage applications by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people and people with disability.
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