On Offer:
* Competitive salary: $100 – 105k + super + packaging
* Dedicated clinical supervision and ongoing professional development
* Opportunity to work within a specialist sexual violence crisis service
* Meaningful, trauma-informed work supporting victim survivors across the lifespan
* Collaborative multidisciplinary team environment
The Role:
The Crisis Counsellor Advocate supports people impacted by sexual violence through trauma-informed counselling, advocacy, information, and referral. This includes working with adults, children, young people, and their supporters, providing both scheduled sessions and crisis response when required. The role involves participation in a rotating crisis roster, delivering telephone support between 7am and 11pm, as well as attending after-hours callouts to medical, police, and forensic settings when needed.
The focus of the role is to support people in immediate distress while also assisting them through longer-term recovery, including navigating legal, justice, and support systems. It requires working within specialist crisis services and applying sound clinical judgement in complex and high-pressure situations. The position operates with a balance of guidance and autonomy, particularly in managing workload and prioritising client needs within a trauma-informed approach.
Key responsibilities include providing crisis counselling and ongoing therapeutic support, participating in rostered telephone support, and responding to after-hours callouts as required. It also involves advocacy, information sharing, referral support, and assisting clients to engage with legal and justice processes. Additional aspects include preparing documentation and reports for external agencies, contributing to outreach and education activities, maintaining accurate case records, and providing informal consultation and support to colleagues.
Essential Criteria:
* Tertiary qualification in Social Work, Psychology, Counselling, or significant relevant experience
* Demonstrated experience supporting survivors of sexual violence, domestic violence, or trauma-related presentations
* Strong understanding of feminist, human rights, and trauma-informed practice frameworks
* Ability to manage crisis situations with calm, sound clinical judgement
* Strong advocacy, communication, and report writing skills
* Ability to work independently while contributing to a team environment
* Knowledge of safeguarding procedures and risk assessment
* High level of computer literacy and record keeping skills
* Current driver's licence
* Current Working With Vulnerable People (WWVP) card or ability to obtain
* Right to work in Australia
* Experience within community legal, advocacy, or sexual violence services
* Knowledge of ACT community services sector and referral pathways
* Familiarity with forensic, medical, or police liaison environments
For a confidential discussion about this role, please call Aine Leonard on 0415784*** or send your resume to: ************@curamoir-hr.com.au