Children and Family Counsellor
Children and Family Counsellor
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Job Description
- Multiple FixedTerm Positions Available (until 30 June 2026)
- Flexibility for PartTime or FullTime
- $86398 FTE Super Salary Packaging* (to increase your take home pay)
- Located across Elizabeth and Salisbury
Youre welcome at RASA
Our belief in the transformative power of relationships lies at the heart of everything we do.
You will be joining an inclusive supportive and welcoming culture. Relationships Australia South Australia (RASA) Values are Diversity Respect Belonging and Learning and this is reflected in the way we work and treat each other. Our teams embrace people from a wide range of cultures backgrounds beliefs sexual and gender identities. We understand that your relationships are important so we believe in being flexible where possible to support you to balance your work and personal commitments.
Who we are looking for
We are looking for a compassionate and skilled counsellor with experience supporting children and families impacted by domestic family and sexual violence. The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of child development and therapeutic approaches and be confident in delivering a range of interventions including counselling family therapy and parenting support.
To be successful in this role you will:
- AQF level 7 or above qualification in Social Work Psychology or related discipline or the equivalent relevant experience.
- Demonstrated experience in working with children couple and families therapeutically using in a variety of modalities including individual couple group work psychoeducation case management feedback to parents family therapy and group work.
- Demonstrated experience in providing counselling to those effected by Domestic Family and Sexual Violence and those using violence in relationships.
It would be a bonus if you:
- Training in evidencebased group programs (e.g. Bringing up Great Kids The Garden Circle of Security)
- Demonstrated experience in working with children and families who have experienced trauma.
What you will be doing
The Children and Family Counsellor will provide therapeutic interventions that assist children and families affected by domestic family and sexual violence resolve difficulties and build stronger relationships.
- Provide high quality structured outcomes focused therapeutic interventions to children and families focusing on developing stability nurturance and healing from trauma
- Ensure effective interventions through sound child centred assessments and risk screening case formulation care planning review and closure processes with families referred.
- Promote client safety through universal holistic screening and risk assessment utilising the Detection of Overall Risk Screen (DOORS) Kids DOORS and child developmental screening tools.
- Work collaboratively with RASA and external colleagues to develop referral pathways and linkages that ensure families receive purposeful sequenced outcomes focused holistic coordinated care.
- Develop and deliver therapeutic and psychoeducational group programs to support parents on supporting children to respond to the effects of family violence on children.
For more information you can read the full Position Description.
If this role is what you are looking for wed love to hear from you.
Enquiries: Any enquiries can be addressed toBrad Sargent on.
Relationships Australia South Australia is a Child Safe and Equal Opportunity Employer
Please note that the services provided at RASA sites mean that our employees need to follow some specific requirements:
- A satisfactory DHS Working with Children Check
- A satisfactory National Criminal History Check
- Have hadthe three TGA approved and recognised COVID vaccine doses and provide the certificate. If you cant comply you are encouraged to have a confidential conversation with the hiring manager about your individual circumstances.
*How Salary Packaging can increase your take home pay
Salary packing is an entitlement granted by the Federal Government to workers in approved nongovernment and health organisations. Salary Packaging can increase your take home salary by creating tax free earnings.In effect$15899of your wage can be paid tax free in each fringe benefit tax year. This tax free amount is inadditionto the taxfree threshold of$18200for income.
Follow the link to theSalary Packaging information provided by AccessPay our chosen providerto find out more.
About RASA
Relationships Australia South Australia (RASA) is a notforprofit secular community organisation helping people to overcome difficulties and bring about positive change in their lives. We offer services for families couples and individuals of all ages backgrounds and abilities. To find out more about RASA go to .
Employment Type
Full Time
