About the role

We are seeking a passionate Family and Relationship Practitioner to join our inclusive, supportive and collaborative team in our Albury office. This full-time role provides a range of therapeutic interventions for children, youth and adults, including parent education, intake and counselling services.

Key responsibilities

• Deliver a range of therapeutic interventions for children, young people and adults.
• Provide parent education, intake functions and counselling services.
• Draw on a wide range of counselling theories and practices to support clients across the lifespan.
• Facilitate evidence-based group programs and adapt these to suit diverse settings and needs.
• Work collaboratively with families, schools, and community services to support positive outcomes.

Essential Requirements

• Tertiary qualifications in Counselling (minimum diploma), Social Work or Psychology.
• Demonstrated experience applying counselling theories and delivering counselling across the lifespan.
• Experience delivering evidence-based group work in varied contexts.
• Strong understanding of issues contributing to family dysfunction, family breakdown, child abuse, family and domestic violence, homelessness and unemployment.
• Sensitivity to the needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, culturally and linguistically diverse clients, and people with disability or disadvantage.
• Ability to obtain, or willingness to obtain: Working With Children Check, National Police Check and NDIS Worker Screening Check.
• Fully vaccinated for COVID-19.

Desirable

Membership or eligibility for membership with:

• Australian Counselling Association (ACA)
• Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW)
• Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia (PACFA)
• Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA)
• Mental Health Accreditation with AASW.

Experience with assessment, individual and group treatment and behaviour intervention models, including:

• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
• Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
• Strengths-based approaches
• Trauma-informed care