Counsellor - Carers Counselling Service - Lewisham, Australia - CatholicCare Sydney

CatholicCare Sydney
CatholicCare Sydney
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Lewisham, Australia

2 weeks ago

Olivia Brown

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Description

Location:

Lewisham


Employment Type:
FP - Full-Time Ongoing


Department:

Carers Counselling Service:
Savoy's Team


Closing Date:
07/04/2023
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Use your counselling skills and experience to promote wellbeing for carers
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Counselling sessions conducted by phone, affording opportunity to work from home
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Base hourly rate $39.26 to $ super + salary packaging


Due to a growth in our program, we are looking for experienced Counsellors to provide empathic, person-centred telephone counselling to meet the needs of carers who are experiencing stress, anxiety, depression and low mood.


About the Role


CatholicCare Sydney has been contracted to deliver the National Carer Gateway Counselling Service, a component of the integrated support service, the Carer Gateway.

The overarching purpose of the Carer Gateway is to support carers earlier in a proactive way, and to build their capacity to sustain their caring role.

The Carer Gateway Counselling Service provides a crucial platform for carers across Australia to engage with professional, experienced counsellors and to obtain genuine outcomes to reduce stress and to improve their wellbeing.

Carers are unique and valuable members of our community with varying circumstances and needs.

The joys and negative impacts of their caring experiences are often very complex and difficult and are often felt very differently and these unique experiences need to be understood and supported.


The counsellor will provide empathic, person-centred counselling over the phone to flexibly meet the needs of carers who are experiencing stress, anxiety, depression and low mood.

The successful applicant will perform assessment and person-centred brief therapy services, in addition to occasional intake.

We have full-time and part-time (minimum of 3 days/week and must be available on Thursdays) opportunities available. Hours are undertaken between 8.00 am and 8.00 pm, Monday to Friday (non
- daylight savings) and between 8.00 am and 9.00 pm, Monday to Friday during daylight savings. All staff are expected to undertake at least one evening shift per week.

This is an ideal opportunity to work within a friendly and highly professional team of experienced counsellors and utilise your valuable skills and experience to support carers nationwide.


Key Criteria:


Critical to this role will be your demonstrated clinical practice and counselling experience using a person-centred approach, Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy together with other evidence-based therapeutic modalities.

You will also require knowledge of current Child Protection practice, Domestic Violence best practice and Suicide Protocol and other risk identification tool and skills.

You will be an excellent communicator and team player and be able and willing to work flexibly and adapt to a changing environment.

While experience working with individuals caring for people with a disability, dementia and/or mental health concerns is not essential, it will be highly regarded.


Additionally, you will be required to:

  • Demonstrated skills in providing counselling and crisis support to clients, including carers
  • Deliver evidencebased telephone clinical and support services using primarily person centred and Third wave Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Solution Focussed Therapy, Complex Grief and Loss Counselling and other therapeutic approaches
  • Demonstrate authentic, compassionate and empathic responses in front line service delivery/Counselling role
  • Demonstrate capacity to conduct assessments and develop and deliver collaborative treatment and case plans and implement ongoing maintenance plans
  • Continue to maintain your accreditation and memberships

Requirements for Success

  • Relevant work experience as a Qualified Counsellor with a
    minimum of 3 years counselling experience in Australia
  • Relevant
    tertiary qualifications in Counselling or Social Work.

Membership(s) is required with one of the following associations
:minimum level 2 membership with the Australian Counselling Association (ACA), Provisional membership of the Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation (PACFA) or membership of the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW):


  • A willingness to learn and develop your skills
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Must be able to work on Thursdays and a
late shift once a week and be flexible supporting your team

  • Live in or near Sydney and able to attend our Lewisham office during business hours for in person training or other team activities as required and Professional Development, Team Meetings and
  • Supervision (the requirement is a minimum of at least once per week)

Benefits of joining us

  • Rewarding work, every day you will know you have impacted someone's life and you are making a difference
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Access to salary packaging - this allows you to
save on
tax and
increase your overall
take home pay:

  • Structured induction and training process and **ongoing professional developmen
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