Counsellor Advocate - Heidelberg, Australia - Austin Health

Austin Health

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Heidelberg, Australia

1 week ago

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Olivia Brown

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Description

Part time, fixed term until 30 June 202- Location: Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital and Mill Park

See the attached Position Description for details of hours and salary

Austin Health is the major provider of tertiary health services, health professional education and research across three campuses in the North East of Melbourne and state-wide.

We have a highly engaged, diverse and collaborative workforce that is unified by our purpose, which is to help people live healthy and fulfilled lives.

About the Northern Centre Against Sexual Assault (Northern CASA):
Northern CASA is the regional sexual assault support service for the Northern Metropolitan region of Melbourne.

It is located on the Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital Campus of Austin and also operates at a number of other sites in the region.

Northern CASA provides therapeutic services to adults and young people over the age of 12 years, who have experienced sexual assault either recently or in the past, and also to their non-offending family and friends.

NCASA provides a range of services including 24-hour crisis care for victims of recent sexual assault (18 years and over), counselling, group work, advocacy, secondary consultation and training for other professionals and community education.

About the role:

A regular day will see you:

Participate in the NCASA intake system, including face to face, telehealth and telephone crisis counselling
Provide telephone, telehealth and face to support, counselling, advocacy and group work to victim survivors of both recent and past sexual assault
Provide information, support and psychological education to clients, nonoffending family members and other professionals and agencies

About you:

Ideally, you'll have:

Appropriate tertiary qualifications in Social Work or a related counselling qualification
High level counselling, assessment and advocacy skills, and experience in supporting victim survivors
A commitment to an intersectional feminist rights/advocacy model of practice
An excellent understanding of theory, policy and practice issues around sexual assault and family violence

Our benefits:

Working at Austin Health means enjoying a strong sense of purpose, engaging in meaningful work every day.

Our people also receive a variety of rewarding benefits, including:

Generous salary packaging with a tax free threshold of $29,860 to increase your takehome pay
A suite of wellness initiatives designed to support you, including discounts on fitness memberships and health insurance, and a comprehensive wellbeing program
Mentoring and career development opportunities
Easy access via public transport, car parking and end of journey facilities for cyclists
Five weeks annual leave, plus purchased leave options

Inclusion at Austin:

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