Children's Counsellor & Group Facilitator

We are seeking a Childrens Counsellor & Group Facilitator within our Counselling team! This role is a SCHADS Level 6 ($113403 $118441) pro rata pay point dependent of experience plus 12% superannuation and up to $15990 salary packaging. Thisis a permanentpart-timerole(0.8 FTE).

About the role

The Childrens Counsellor & Group Facilitator willbe responsible fora range of child-focused and trauma-informed counselling and group work interventions. Supporting children and their families who have experienced family violence this role must ensure that all therapeutic activities are adaptive and responsive toidentifiedneeds.

Key responsibilities:

• Undertake assessments of children and their families todetermineindividual needs
• Provide therapeutic counselling interventions to children including using creative modalities such as Art Therapy and Play Therapy (occasionally providing outreach at schools whenrequired)
• Undertake ongoing family violence risk assessments of children and their families
• Provide tailored group and/or single session child-centered and trauma-informed family counselling interventions and counselling
• In consultation with the counselling team leader plan co-facilitate and evaluate therapeutic groups for children
• Actively promote the therapeutic groups to services that work with familiesimpactedby family violence to enhance referrals
• In conjunction with the team leader activelymonitorthe performance standards against DFFH requirements to ensure ongoing accreditation for the program
• Maintainaccuratecase files and associated documents/notes to meet all auditing requirements
• Ensure program data (IRIS) is collected to inform program planning and to meet DFFH recording requirements
• Provide secondary consultation and advocacy to external healthcommunityand education services providersregardingthe developmental needs of children

About you

Essential

• Tertiary qualifications in a therapeutic discipline (such as Psychology SocialWorkor related field)
• Eligibility for AASW membership of other professional body
• Highly developed understanding of child development therapy trauma-informed therapeuticpracticeand attachment theory
• Relevant working experience within a comparable role
• Substantial direct service delivery experience (assessment & therapeutic interventions)
• Demonstrated understanding of legislation theory and practice relating to provisions of family violence services to women and children
• Demonstrated commitment to the provision of high-quality services feministpolicyand practice
• Experience in development andmaintainingeffective working relationships
• Excellent verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills
• The ability to work with minimal direction while acceptinga high levelof responsibility and accountability
• Sound computer skills including data base applications
• Working with Children check
• Police check (and international police check if lived overseas for a year or more in the last 10 years)
• Current VIC drivers license

Desired

• Clinical training in creative modalities for children including Art Therapy Music Therapy Drama Therapy. Dance/movement Therapy and/or Play Therapy
• Experience with guiding peers and externals partiesregardinginformation sharing and promotion

We are actively hiring for this role so apply ASAP; applications will close on1st June2026.

Should you have any questions or queries please email