Position:
Counsellor Advocate – Intake
Location:
Morwell Multidisciplinary Centre (MDC)
Classification:
Health Professional employee - level 2: Pay Point 2
Position Fraction:
Full Time or 0.8 FTE Minimum
Applications Close:
APPLICATION INFORMATION
* Application must include statements addressing each of the key selection criteria listed on the advertisement. This is most important, as consideration for interview will be based on whether the essential requirements of the position are addressed within your application.
* Applications should include a current resume with three referees' names and contact details.
* GCASA is culturally inclusive and welcomes applications from diverse cultures including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
* GCASA adheres to the child safe standards and principles with a commitment to the safety, wellbeing, creating and maintaining an environment that promotes the safety of all children and young people and adults.
About GCASA:
Gippsland Centre Against Sexual Assault (GCASA) provides comprehensive sexual assault
support and
treatment services across Gippsland. Culturally inclusive, GCASA supports diverse communities and operates within a framework protecting rights and dignity. Services include counselling, information, resources, group work, and professional training.
Position Overview:
The Intake Counsellor Advocate role has specific responsibilities coordinating the interface with clients, referrers and the community working within an Intake Team. The Intake Counsellor Advocate will be supervised by the Senior Clinician – Intake.
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Position responsibilities and duties:
Working within an Intake team to consider client eligibility, assessment of risk and prioritisation pertaining to referrals and short/ medium term therapeutic interventions to support the safety, stabilisation, and wellbeing of GCASA's clients entering our service.
· Responding to referrals including SOCIT, Child Protection, The Orange Door, and allied services, including GP's, schools, and families.
· Responding and engaging with children and young people referred to GCASA from Child Protection and SOCIT.
· Responding to Crisis Care referrals by providing psychological support, and assessment of needs within the crisis care timelines focussing on the needs of children and young people.
· Conducting initial risk assessment and ongoing risk management in accordance with MARAM framework.
· Conducting initial assessments, case formulations, intervention planning and review.
· Undertaking brief, time limited interventions as appropriate, with clients, in the context of the Intake phase of service.
· Undertaking brief care coordination with a focus on safety and stability on children and young people.
· Providing secondary consultation to referring parties such as Child Protection.
· Advocating on behalf of children and young people as appropriate
· Maintain accurate and confidential client files, accurate and up to date statistical records and other records as required that meet legal, ethical, and organisational requirements.
· Participate in Clinical Client Supervision and line Management supervision in accordance with GCASA's Supervision Policy.
· Participate in planning for the Agency's work by participating in team meetings, service reviews and service evaluations and ongoing professional development.
· Maintain up to date knowledge, understanding, and sustain the development of professional skills in issues relating to sexual assault and counselling practice including, but not limited to, trauma, attachment, neurobiology, feminist theory, and practical application of the principles of social inclusion.
Key Selection Criteria:
Please note:
all applications require a written response to the
key selection criteria
in order to be considered. You will need to show understanding of each requirement and how you align to each requirement with your experience and qualifications.
1. Degree level qualification or equivalent certification from a nationally accredited provider in the area of social welfare, counselling, social work, family therapy, psychology, creative arts therapies, or community mental health nursing.
2. A minimum of 2 years recent counselling experience working with children, young people, and adults within a therapeutic setting, providing initial assessment and brief trauma informed intervention. Experience working with child protection and children and young people on statutory orders.
3. Knowledge related to the incidence and impact of sexual assault, as well as an understanding of the dynamics that support the occurrence of sexual assault, including feminist empowerment philosophy and social inclusion theory.
4. Well-developed organisational skills including time management and ability to multi-task, broad computer/IT skills, high level communication skills using data systems that support client management and record keeping.
5. Knowledge of the legislative requirements governing the collection and storage of personal information; client confidentiality and the protection of children/young people through mandatory reporting.
6. Demonstrated experience in Assessment and ability to respond to client needs and distress as first entry point to service.
Other Mandatory Requirements:
Pre-Employment Checks & Disclosures
Gippsland Centre against Sexual Assault is committed to ensuring that all staff have the required skills and qualifications to conduct the work which they are employed to undertake.
GCASA will ensure that staff are appropriately credentialed and have a defined scope of practice. Staff must provide the following original documentation, or a certified copy, prior to appointment. All staff are required to maintain their registration and credentialing requirements for the period of their employment.
The successful applicant will:
* Be willing if required to travel across the region and to Melbourne as negotiated for training and development
* Hold a current Victorian driver's licence
* Hold a current Working with Children's check
* Provide a current National Crim Check
* Undertake a DFFH Statutory Declaration relating any CP intervention, IVO and court pending.
* Will work Wednesdays to participate in agency meetings
To get the full Job Description, please email to
How to Apply
1. Resume (including three referees).
2. Cover letter
addressing the
key selection criteria
listed above.
or Email to
with your application, cover letter & the Key Selection Criteria