Senior Counsellor
Senior Counsellor
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Job Description
Overview:
Part-time 0.8 FTE/28.8 hours per week Fixed-term position until December 2025
Salary Level HEW 8 17% Superannuation
Based at the Melbourne CBD campus and hybrid ways of working
About the role
Are you passionate about student mental health and wellbeing Join RMITs dynamic Counselling and Psychological Services (CAPS) team and make a meaningful impact on the lives of our diverse student community.
As a Senior Counsellor you will play a pivotal role in delivering high-quality short-term 1-1 therapeutic support to currently enrolled students. Working within a six-session model you will provide evidence-based assessment intervention and referrals that support student wellbeing and academic success.
This role requires a high level of independence and clinical expertise. You will have a caseload of students conduct risk assessments develop safety plans and collaborate with both internal and external services to ensure students receive the most appropriate care including escalating to CATT as necessary.
This role is part of a multidisciplinary team and collaborates closely with internal and external stakeholders fostering strong relationships to enhance student mental health outcomes across the University.
To be successful in this position you will have:
Demonstrated high-level competency in brief outcome-focussed therapeutic approaches including strong assessment intervention referral and client outcome evaluation skills.
Demonstrated ability to work with high-risk clients assessing and treating complex mental health issues and managing challenging situations with knowledge sensitivity and judgment.
Demonstrated empathy for and understanding of the psychosocial issues and concerns experienced and demonstrated by students undertaking university level studies.
High-level communication and interpersonal skills including liaison and influencing skills to work collaboratively flexibly and productively within and across teams to provide advice on student mental health issues and service to students.
Demonstrated highly developed service skills strong commitment to quality assurance continuous improvement and effective use of technology for service provision and record keeping.
Demonstrated willingness and ability to adapt readily to change embrace new work practices including software and digital technology changes and stay updated with advancements in their professional field and the post-secondary education context.
Ability to collaborate effectively with stakeholders at all levels including internal (e.g. ELS Safer Communities academics executive etc.) and external (e.g. crisis mental health services police GPs etc.).
Desirable:
A combination of relevant experience and postgraduate qualifications in Psychology Social Work or Occupational Therapy.
Registration with your relevant governing body.
Please Note: Appointment to this position is subject to passing a Working with Children and National Police Check.
About the Group
The Students Group shapes designs and delivers key student services and experiences to prepare RMIT students for study life and the global workforce.
We work in partnership with students academics professional staff industry and the community to deliver transformative student experiences that improve access participation retention and success for all RMIT students.
Our objectives are to:
Shape co-create and inform an inclusive safe industry-engaged and global student experience
Deliver impactful connected service care and development opportunities at scale and to
Engage empower and value each other so that together we can make a difference.
We welcome a diversity of perspectives and are inclusive in our approach to work. We are aligned in our passion for having a collective and positive impact on the student experience at RMIT. Our team is comprised of talented and motivated people from a range of professional disciplines and backgrounds at various stages of their careers and including RMIT students.
We are a values-led organisation and we value imagination agility passion inclusion courage and impact.
ToApply
Please submit your CV and covering letter addressing your suitability for this position by clicking on the Apply link at the top of this page.
For further information about this position please see the Position Description hyperlinked below or contact Jo Cassidy (Associate Director Student Wellbeing) via email . Please do not send your application to this contact.
Position Description Senior Counsellor
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Applications Close:
10 July 2025 11.59 pmRMIT is an equal opportunity employer committed tobeinga child safe organisation. We are dedicated to attracting retaining and developing our people regardless of gender identity ethnicity sexual orientation disability and age. Applications are encouraged from all sectors of the community and we strongly encourage applications from the Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander community.
At RMIT we are committed to supporting adjustments throughout the recruitment and selection process as well as during employment. We actively support and encourage people with disability to apply to RMIT (including alternate formats of application forms). To discuss adjustment requirements please contact Dani via or visit our Careers page for more contact information - are a Circle Back Initiative Employer we commit to respond to every applicant.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Part-Time
