Counsellor - rebuild Counselling for Victims of Crime
Counsellor - rebuild Counselling for Victims of Crime
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Job Description
- Full-Time Fixed Term Position (until 30 June 2026)
- $89422.00 pa Super Salary Packaging* (to increase your take home pay)
- Located across Adelaide Elizabeth and Salisbury
The rebuild team plays a crucial role in offering vital trauma-based counseling and peer support to both child and adult victim-survivors of crime as they navigate through the criminal justice process.
About RASA
Relationships Australia South Australia (RASA) is a not-for-profit 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 .
Who we are looking for
We are looking for a compassionate and skilled counsellor who brings a trauma-informed approach and a deep understanding of the emotional and psychological impacts of crime. The ideal candidate will be adaptable empathetic and committed to supporting clients through the criminal justice process with care professionalism and a focus on recovery and resilience.
To be successful in this role you will have:
- Tertiary qualification (AQF level 7) in social work psychology counselling or related discipline or a diploma (AQF level 5) in counselling.
- Demonstrated experience in providing counselling to those affected by violence abuse and trauma.
- Demonstrated understanding of therapeutic needs of people who are victims of crime both violent and non-violent.
- Demonstrated experience working with individuals couples or families in a therapeutic context
It would be a bonus if you have:
- Postgraduate (AQF level 9) qualification in social work psychology counselling or related discipline.
- Experience in working holistically with children and young people who have experienced trauma and family centred work.
- Experience in working with Aboriginal communities families and services.
- Experience working with the criminal justice system
What you will be doing
- Provide high quality short to medium-term trauma-informed counselling comprehensive support and referrals that respond to the specific needs of victims of crime.
- Collaborate with appropriate social and practical support services such as SAPOL VOCSA DPP housing health mental health financial and aged care to meet the critical needs of individuals.
- Ensure client safety effective case planning review and appropriate referral through universal holistic screening and risk assessment of complex relationship and social issues utilising the Detection of Overall Risk Screen (DOORS) tool WSAS and Kessler 10 assessment.
- Ensure sound clinical interventions using evidence based therapeutic methodologies trauma informed approaches and proactively engaging in supervision to clearly articulate the relationship between theory and practice.
- Conduct risk and safety assessment counselling review record keeping and reporting of outcomes.
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 toKarena Jowsey
This job ad will close on Monday 18 August at 5pm.
Employment Type
Full Time
