• Part-Time, 0.6 FTE, Fixed Term
• Work for a multi-award-winning iconic community health organisation
• Generous salary packaging options to reduce your cohealth taxable income

So why cohealth?
cohealth leads the way in reducing health and social inequity in partnership with people and the communities in which they live. Named Premier's Health Service of the Year (Primary) and the Supporting LGBTIQ+ Health Service at the Victorian Public Healthcare Awards, cohealth's 1000 staff demonstrate courage, leadership, innovation, and agility in their commitment to providing inclusive and culturally safe health services that protect the human rights of all people of all gender identities, sexualities, ages, cultural and linguistic backgrounds, faiths, and abilities.

Our inclusive workplace culture enables staff to bring their whole selves to work, where uniqueness is valued, and people experience a feeling of belonging. Our aim is for everyone to thrive in their role. Please click here to find out more.

About the role
The Counsellor provides person-centred, trauma-informed and culturally safe support to clients in the Wyndham region. They work within a multidisciplinary team to assist people experiencing mental health challenges, psychosocial distress and complex life circumstances. The role delivers counselling across issues such as trauma, family violence, relationship difficulties, grief and social disadvantage, with a strong focus on supporting marginalised and underserved communities.

Please refer to the Position Description for more information.

Your duties include:

• Provide culturally safe, trauma-informed, ethical and client-centred counselling
• Provide casework, referral and advocacy where this enhances therapeutic outcomes or where other services are unavailable
• Deliver services in a manner sensitive to each client's cultural background, beliefs, values and lived experience
• Work collaboratively within the multidisciplinary West Local team, participating in assessments, care-planning, reviews and reflective practice

What cohealth offers:

• Exciting Parental leave benefits
  • cohealth offers primary carers 14 weeks paid parental leave upon completion of only 6 months of continuous service
  • Eligible co-workers will continue to receive superannuation on unpaid parental leave as well
• Salary packaging to suit you - tax free amount of up to $15,900 p.a (mortgage, rent, or credit cards) and a further $2,650 p.a (meal, entertainment expenses and holiday accommodation) alongside generous reward programs from our salary packaging providers. Find out more on salary packaging here: https://www.ato.gov.au/Individuals/Jobs-and-employment-types/Working-as-an-employee/Salary-sacrificing-for-employees/
• Novated Leasing available
• A significantly discounted fitness membership with unlimited access to over 290 facilities for you and your family. To find out more click here
• Counselling services for you and your immediate family through our EAP-Access provider, and mindfulness, resilience, and wellbeing programs
• We offer inclusion, equality, and opportunity in a workplace where making a difference counts (based on our guiding principles and values)

Our ideal candidate:

• Tertiary qualifications in Counselling, Social Work, Psychology, or a related discipline, with eligibility for registration or membership the relevant professional bodies
• Minimum two years of supervised counselling experience in a clinical or community setting
• Ability to build respectful, professional relationships with clear boundaries
• Strong clinical engagement, assessment, formulation and therapeutic intervention skills

Application Process

To download the PD, and to apply for this job go to: https://cohealthcareers.org.au/Current-Jobs & enter ref code: 6842693.

You will be asked to upload your CV/ resume and Cover Letter, please note we be conducting interviews for this role as applications are received.

Applications close on 01 January at 10.00 PM.
If you have any questions regarding this role, please contact Claire Conlon on Claire.Conlon@cohealth.org.au

All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check (NCCHC), a Working With Children Check (WWCC), complete a Pre-Employment Declaration Form, evidence of legal rights to work in Australia, and evidence of vaccination.

Successful applicants will be required to provide evidence of immunisation assessment including Influenza within 12 weeks of commencement [B]. This is in accordance with the Victorian Minister of Health Mandatory Vaccination Orders and legislated requirement for influenza vaccination.