Counsellor Child Sexual Abuse Counselling
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Job Summary
- Full Time Fixed Term Position until 24 February 2028
- $89422.00 pa Super Salary Packaging*(toincreaseyour take home pay)
- Located in Adelaide CBD
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 agesbackgroundsand find outmoreabout RASA go to.
Whowe arelookingfor
The Counsellor will provide trauma informed counselling family therapy groupwork support and referrals for children young people and adults who have experienced childhood sexual abuse recently or historically and/or young people displaying harmful sexual behaviours. The purpose is to assist with well-being and resilience reduce the likelihood of re-traumatisation and encourage sustained post-traumatic growth and recovery. The Counsellor provides a collaborative and integrated response across all RASA services to meet the individual needs of survivors
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 effected by childhood trauma including child sexual abuse.
- Demonstrated understanding of the support and trauma recovery needs of people who are survivors of child sexual abuse.
It would be a bonus if you have:
- Post graduate qualification (AQF level 9 and above) in social work psychology counselling or related discipline.
- Experience in holistic child and family centred work.
- Experience working with Aboriginal communities families and services.
What you will be doing
- Provide specialised trauma-informed counselling family therapy groups and comprehensive support and referrals that respond to the specific needs of survivors including children young people adults and their families / support people.
- Provide specialised trauma informed counselling to young people displaying harmful sexual behaviours and work with their school to support the young person.
- Collaborate with appropriate social and practical support services both internally at RASA and externally regarding housing health mental health culture financial education disability and aged care in order to meet the critical needs of each individual.
- Ensure client safety effective case planning review and appropriate referral through universal holistic screening and risk assessment of complex relationship and social issues utilising as a minimum the Detection of Overall Risk Screen (DOORS) tool and Kessler 10 assessment.
- Ensure sound clinical interventions using evidence based therapeutic methodologies and proactively engaging in supervision to clearly articulate the relationship between theory and practice.
For more informationyou can read the fullPosition Description.
If thisroleis what you are looking forwedlove to hear from you.
Enquiries: Any enquiries can be addressed toLuci Lovelock on.
This job ad will close on 26 January 2026 at 5pm.
Key Skills
- Experience Working With Students
- Organizational skills
- Classroom Management
- Behavioral Health
- Classroom Experience
- Mediation Experience
- Special Education
- Conflict Management
- Teaching
- Experience with Children
- Public Speaking
- Word Processing
About Company
Australia’s leading non-profit offering free and low-cost relationship counselling, family dispute resolution, domestic violence support services and more.
