Child and Family Counsellor - Family and Relationship Service

Relationships Australia SA•Elizabeth, NJ

1d•$93,669

About The Position

The Child and Family (CaF) Counsellor provides therapeutic counselling and family support to strengthen children’s and young people’s safety, wellbeing and healthy development. The role works with children and young people aged 0–17, parents, carers and whole families experiencing complex relationship, parenting and social challenges. The counsellor delivers child-centred, trauma-informed and developmentally responsive counselling, therapeutic groupwork and psycho-educational interventions. Services are provided on-site, by telehealth and through outreach. The role promotes secure family relationships, parenting capacity, resilience and sustained positive change, and provides specialist responses to issues affecting child safety, development and family functioning. The position involves holistic screening, comprehensive assessment and ongoing analysis of safety, wellbeing and risk, including use of the Detection of Overall Risk Screen (DOORS) with adults and children. The counsellor develops and reviews evidence-informed case formulations, intervention plans and therapeutic goals, maintains accurate documentation, and makes referrals or closes cases as appropriate. Work includes responding to family and domestic violence, childhood trauma, abuse, mental health concerns, substance misuse, problem gambling and other complex needs. Relationships Australia South Australia (RASA) is a not-for-profit, secular community organisation supporting people of all ages, backgrounds and abilities.

Requirements

Tertiary qualification (AQF level 7) in social work, psychology, counselling or a related discipline.
Demonstrated experience working therapeutically with children, young people, parents, carers and families.
Demonstrated experience providing counselling to people affected by family and domestic violence, including children and people using violence in relationships.
Experience in holistic screening, risk assessment, case formulation and therapeutic intervention, including work with clients experiencing complex risks and high-risk situations.
Demonstrated experience working with families using child-focused and child-inclusive approaches.
Strong understanding of the impacts of trauma, abuse, neglect, and family and domestic violence.
Ability to build effective partnerships with internal and external stakeholders to deliver coordinated support.
Commitment to reflective practice and continuous development of clinical work.

Nice To Haves

Postgraduate (AQF level 9) qualification in social work, psychology, counselling or a related discipline.
Demonstrated experience facilitating therapeutic groups with children, young people, parents and carers in family and domestic violence behaviour change, parenting skills, and social and emotional skills development.
Demonstrated experience working with stakeholders around a child, such as schools.

Responsibilities

Deliver child-centred, trauma-informed and developmentally responsive counselling, therapeutic groupwork and psycho-educational interventions for children and young people aged 0–17, parents, carers and families.
Provide services in on-site, telehealth and outreach settings.
Strengthen children’s safety, wellbeing and developmental outcomes by promoting secure family relationships, enhancing parenting capacity and supporting family resilience and positive change.
Conduct holistic screening, comprehensive assessment and ongoing analysis of safety, wellbeing and risk, including using the Detection of Overall Risk Screen (DOORS) with adults and children.
Develop, implement, monitor and review evidence-informed case formulations, intervention plans and therapeutic goals.
Maintain accurate documentation and ensure timely reviews, appropriate case closure and effective referrals where required.
Provide specialist therapeutic responses to family and domestic violence, childhood trauma, abuse, mental health concerns, substance misuse, problem gambling and other issues affecting child safety, development and family functioning.