Centacare South West NSW is seeking a Counsellor-Family & Relationship Practitioner to join our team.

So, here’s the rundown! We are seeking a Family and Relationship Practitioner to join our team in our newly renovated offices in the beautiful Riverina city of Wagga Wagga.

We are an amazing team of practitioners, psychologists and education professionals currently supporting communities across the Riverina and M.I.A, so this is an excellent opportunity to be part of a respected & award-winning not-for-profit organisation.

We value a culture of belonging, collaboration, compassion, & professional excellence, by providing regular professional development, great mentoring & clinical supervision-all the great things to support you to become an even better practitioner. If it’s your first leap out of University-well we’ve got you!

About the Role

The aim of a Family and Relationships Practitioner is to provide a range of therapeutic inventions for children, youth and adults including parent education, intake or counselling services

Essential:

• Hold tertiary qualifications in either Counselling (minimum diploma level), Social Work, Psychology.
• Demonstrated experience in a wide range of counselling theory and practice and experience in counselling across the lifespan.
• Demonstrated experience delivering evidence-based group work and the ability to apply that to a variety of contexts.
• Demonstrated knowledge of the issues leading to family dysfunction, family breakdown, child abuse, family and domestic violence, homelessness and unemployment.
• Sensitivity to the needs of people with special needs including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, Cultural and Linguistically Diverse clients and the disabled and disadvantaged.
• Must obtain or willingness to obtain a Working With Children Check, Police Check and NDIS Worker Screening Check

Desirable:

• Membership or intended membership application with professional bodies, Australian Counselling Association (ACA), Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW), Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia (PACFA), The Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA).
• Mental Health Accreditation with AASW.
• Experience in and knowledge of assessment, individual and group treatment and behaviour intervention treatment models (e.g. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, Strengths-based Approaches and Trauma-informed Care).
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