Counsellor
Job no: 873340
Work type: Full time
Location: Adelaide Hills
Categories: Allied and Scientific Health
- Southern Adelaide Local Health Network – Drug and Alcohol Services SA Residential and Clinical Outreach, The Woolshed - Ashbourne
- Salary: $86,950 to $96,223 – PO2 / $86,950 to $100,729 – AHP2 | Full-time, Term contract up to February 2025
Join our Residential and Clinical Outreach Team
The Counsellor contributes to the ongoing development and evaluation of The Woolshed program by maintaining administrative functions, participating in the program’s development and evaluation activities in alignment with the Australasian Therapeutic Communities Essential Elements, and by contributing to the personal development, safety and wellbeing of Woolshed residents through assessment, counselling, group work, and education activities.
About the Role:
Reporting to the Manager, this role will be involved in supporting the Community Residential Rehabilitation program. Duties for the role will include:
- Providing case management services to residents utilising appropriate techniques to optimise client involvement.
- Maintaining client case records concerning the nature and extent of support and counselling provided to residents and where applicable their carers/families.
- Participation in and documentation of regular case conference meetings with multidisciplinary team members.
- Providing direct supervision of, and education and clinical teaching for students on placement.
About you:
- Highly developed level of interpersonal skills, including demonstrated ability to relate to a broad range of people from all walks of life; negotiate and resolve conflict.
- Demonstrated ability to analyse tasks, problems and situations and implement remedial action plans.
- For PO2: Must hold a degree qualification in counselling or psychotherapy, and supervised clinical experience that enables eligibility for Clinical Listing on the Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia Inc (PACFA) National Register (http://www.pacfa.org.au/nationalregister) and / or registration at the minimum of level 3 within the Australian Counselling Association (ACA).
- For AHP2: Appropriate degree or equivalent qualification which gives eligibility for full membership of the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW).
Please see the attached Role Description for additional information.
What To Know More? Contact: Serge Schinella, A/Manager, The Woolshed Phone: (08) 8536 6002 or E-mail: serge.schinella@sa.gov.au
Application Closing Date: 11.55 pm 9 July 2024
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- We also offer salary sacrifice benefits which provide the opportunity to save money by paying for some of your everyday expenses from your salary before it is taxed. Click here to find out more about salary packaging.
- The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.
- Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check and Immunisation compliance as indicated on the Role description.
- SA Health Services are required to implement the Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and vaccination policy in the workplace.
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply. Job ref: 873340
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