Family Law Counsellor

Relationships Australia SA•Marion, IA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Family Law Counsellor provides individual, couple and family counselling to help people resolve difficulties and build stronger relationships. The work involves all family members, including children, and is primarily accountable to children’s safety and best interests. The role provides responsive therapeutic and psycho-educational counselling and groupwork for people from diverse backgrounds, groups and communities. It includes working with people affected by family and domestic violence, including children who experience or witness violence, and engaging people who use violence in relationships to support change. The position is based in Marion and requires availability for a weekly Thursday shift from 11:30 a.m. to 7:36 p.m. It is a full-time position of 76 hours per fortnight, with a salary of $93,669 plus superannuation and salary packaging.

Requirements

Tertiary qualification (AQF level 7) in social work, psychology, counselling or a related discipline.
Demonstrated experience working with individuals, couples or families in a therapeutic context.
Demonstrated experience counselling people affected by family and domestic violence, including children and people who use violence in relationships.
Culturally responsive and reflective practice, with a strong understanding of trauma and the impacts of family and domestic violence on children, individuals and families.
Confidence working with complex family dynamics, particularly post-separation, and engaging both victim-survivors and perpetrators to promote safety, self-determination and positive change.
Effective communication with people from diverse backgrounds, sound professional judgement, commitment to continuous clinical improvement, and ability to explain organisational policies and processes clearly to clients.

Nice To Haves

Postgraduate (AQF level 8) qualification in social work, psychology, counselling or a related discipline.
Demonstrated experience facilitating therapeutic family and domestic violence behaviour-change groups.

Responsibilities

Provide high-quality, responsive counselling and therapeutic or psycho-educational groupwork tailored to diverse individuals, groups and communities.
Promote client safety through universal holistic screening and risk assessment using the Detection of Overall Risk Screen (DOORS) tool.
Support effective interventions through sound case formulation, planning, review and closure, and appropriate reporting and referrals.
Assist clients affected by family violence, including children who experience or witness it, and engage people who use violent behaviours in their relationships to change.
Maintain accurate records and notes, provide education and community information, participate in case conferences, and maintain comprehensive knowledge of local services and referral options.
Base interventions on current clinical evidence and therapeutic practices.