Counsellor Advocate (Adult & Family)

Foundation House • Dallas, TX

10d • $105,000 - $120,000 • Onsite

About The Position

Foundation House adopts a holistic and integrated approach to meeting the complex needs of our refugee background clients and their communities to ensure the application of trauma-informed principles and trauma focused interventions. As a Counsellor Advocate, you will work with the Foundation House Trauma Recovery Framework to provide expert assessment and counselling, using a diverse range of developmentally appropriate psychosocial therapeutic interventions. These services address both the complex psychological impact of torture and trauma, along with addressing the many challenges our clients face in terms of the broader social and economic determinants of mental health. Your role will also involve a range of advocacy including liaison and facilitated referrals with relevant health, community, education, and legal services. The CA role We look for Counsellor Advocates who are committed to advancing human rights and are passionate about supporting trauma recovery for refugee background individuals and families. Regular supervision, guidance and professional development support is provided to assist you in undertaking your work as a Counsellor Advocate and to support high quality services to our clients. We currently have a part-time or full-time (0.8-1.0 EFT), ongoing position within our Adult & Family team in our Broadmeadows (Dallas) office.

Requirements

• Relevant tertiary qualifications in psychology, social work, counselling, or other related discipline.
• Demonstrated experience and expertise in counselling, preferably in a similar trauma recovery context or another area of trauma-focused service provision.
• Demonstrated experience conducting psychosocial assessments and risk assessments of adults and families.
• Ability to write high quality professional psychosocial reports for a variety of key stakeholders, including legal and government bodies.
• Good understanding of how to negotiate and advocate with multiple service systems in Victoria to support the needs of clients and their families.
• Ability to work in a cross-cultural context including working with interpreters.
• Satisfactory National Police Check, Working with Children Check and Reference Check process.
• If you have lived for a continuous period of 12 months or more in another country within the last 10 years, an International Police Check from that country will also be required.
• Must be able to demonstrate proof of the Right to Work in Australia.

Responsibilities

• Conduct comprehensive biopsychosocial assessments with individuals and families to develop clear formulations and client-centred therapeutic goals.
• Conduct risk assessments and establish and implement risk management and safety plans where indicated.
• Provide developmentally appropriate trauma-informed and trauma-focused counselling and therapeutic interventions using a range of evidence-based modalities.
• Provide psychoeducation in individual, family and group settings.
• Identify critical issues clients experience that are affecting their sense of wellbeing, mental health and safety, and develop strategies for responding to those issues. This will include making referrals and undertaking advocacy with relevant health, community, education, legal services and government agencies.
• Embrace working with people from many cultural and religious backgrounds, sexual orientations, and gender identities.

Benefits

• attractive remuneration package of 105-120k plus superannuation and annual leave loading (based on experience, pro-rata if part-time)
• salary packaging benefits of up to $18,550 and novated car leasing options
• a role with true purpose to make a difference in people’s lives
• a welcoming, highly diverse and supportive team environment
• access to our Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for staff and family members.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree