Link-Up Counsellor
Job No:
60537
Location:
Adelaide, SA
- Excellent remuneration circa $57,032.02 - $68,532.18 + super + salary sacrificing options!
- Keep your ideal work/life balance, with family-friendly hours & extra leave entitlements in this unique role!
- Convenient office, located in Adelaide's CBD, with a gym in the building!
About the Organisation
Nunkuwarrin Yunti is the foremost Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation in Adelaide, South Australia, providing a range of health care and community support services to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
First incorporated in 1971, Nunkuwarrin Yunti has grown from a welfare agency with three employees to a multi-faceted organisation with over 70 staff who deliver a diverse range of health care and community support services.
Nunkuwarrin Yunti is an Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Service, managed by an all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Board whose members are chosen by the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community.
About the Opportunity
Nunkuwarrin Yunti's Link-Up Program aims to support and unite families and individuals who were removed under Australia’s past government policies and practices including people identified as Stolen Generations, adopted, fostered or institutionalised. The Link-Up Team provides culturally appropriate services including family tracing, case management, reunification, counselling, promotion state-wide and community awareness on the impacts of removals.
There exists an exciting opportunity within this community-focused Program for a Link-Up Counsellor to join the Adelaide-based Link-Up team.
The primary aim of this role is to support Link-Up caseworkers and clients on all aspects of their Link-Up journey. This role will also include supporting those clients who have been reunited as part of the program's post reunion services.
More specifically, this role will be responsible for:
- Providing one-on-one and small group counselling services to clients referred for counselling and support from caseworkers;
- Establishing a referral network of professional counsellors, traditional healers and relevant health professionals;
- Participating in the planning, development, implementation and promotion of counselling services;
- Ensuring a professional counselling environment through delivering culturally safe services to Link-Up clients and their families;
- Ensuring compliance with the administrative and business practices that support Link-Up services; and
- Assisting in the planning, development, implementation and evaluation of relevant Link-Up client workshops and community event/activities.
Nunkuwarrin Yunti is seeking a candidate with a minimum Certificate IV qualification in Narrative Approaches, Social Work/Science, Psychology, Counselling, Mental Health or a related field.
You will also have a proven work history in counselling or a related field, along with an understanding of social and emotional wellbeing issues related to working with Aboriginal people, organisations and communities, specifically with regards to contemporary issues of their history and the effects of their forcible removal. Experience working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people is expected.
The successful candidate will have a background in individual and group counselling services, along with the ability to manage a complex clinical client caseload. You will have great interpersonal and communication skills, especially with those of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent. Additionally, your ability to liaise effectively with internal and external stakeholders, as well as your demonstrated commitment towards workplace diversity and participation will be essential to your success in this role.
This is a flexible position in which you may be occasionally required to complete out of hours work, and undertake some travel throughout the state, to attend reunions and community promotion activities.
Though not essential, applicants with a diploma of Narrative Therapy and registration with an appropriate professional body will be considered favourably.
Due to the nature of this role, applicants from an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander background are encouraged to apply.
Please not: Application intake closes on October 6th, 2014 at 5 pm.
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About the Benefits
The Nunkuwarrin Yunti offices are located in Adelaide's CBD, close to shops, cafes, entertainment venues and public transport, with the convenience of a professional gym in the building.
By joining the supportive Nunkuwarrin Yunti team, you will receive career and personal growth opportunities, through working within a multicultural workforce, and ongoing professional development and training. The benefits of working for South Australia's largest Aboriginal primary healthcare service will become apparent as you experience genuine opportunities to advance your career within the organisation!
Your dedication to the organisation will be rewarded with generous leave allowances, as you receive 7 days paid leave over the Christmas period, in addition to your four weeks of annual leave!
The successful candidate will be rewarded with an attractive salary circa $57,032.02 - $68,532.18 per annum plus super. This package provides you with excellent flexible salary sacrificing options which will allow you to significantly increase your take home pay.
Don't miss this chance to work with the Aboriginal community in South Australia and make a real difference... Apply Now!
Please note: The questions below are designed to address the selection criteria, and it is essential you answer them as best as possible to be considered for this role.