Counsellor | Systemic Counselling for Optimal Placement Experience (SCOPE) | Ipswich
* Employment Term: Maximum Term to 23 April 2027, Full-Time (76 hours per fortnight).
* Hours: Monday to Friday 8:30 am to 4:36 pm
* Location: Ipswich
* Remuneration: $51 p/hr + Super + NFP Salary Packaging (save tax and increase your take home pay)
* Close Date: Applications will be reviewed as they are received, and therefore may result in the role closing early if the right applicant is found
Make a meaningful difference with UnitingCare Queensland
At UnitingCare we are leaders in crisis response, the protection of vulnerable people and children, financial resilience and family wellbeing. Our FaDS (Family and Disability Services) team work passionately across Queensland to make a meaningful difference in people’s lives.
As a Counsellor, you’ll be encouraged to grow, develop and feel empowered to make the everyday easier for the people we care so passionately about. Let’s make a meaningful difference, together!
Your part in our UnitingCare team
The Systemic Counselling for Optimal Placement Experience (SCOPE) program provides individualised assessment, therapeutic intervention and support to children and young people aged 5 and over, with moderate to complex needs, who are in the care of Child Safety.
Key Responsibilities
* Provide professional counselling to individual children living in out-of-home care, and more limited support to the foster carers and family members of children in the program.
* The support may include emotional and psychological counselling support to children and young people.
* Holistic and integrated work with their support systems, including schools, health systems and recreational activities.
The SCOPE team values work–life balance, regular supervision, and ongoing professional development. The team promote shared learning, peer support, and celebrate individual differences to foster a strong, collaborative team culture.
What makes a difference for us?
* A minimum of a bachelor’s degree in a relevant human services field, i.e. Counselling, Social Work, Psychology or Behavioural Science.
* Eligibility for registration or membership to AASW, APS, ACA, PACFA or other recognised body
* Demonstrated skills and sound knowledge gained through experience working with children and families.
* Child protection experience is preferred but not essential.
* Current Driver's Licence.
* Working with Children Check (Blue Card)
What makes a difference for you?
* Flexible work arrangements to support work-life balance.
* NFP Salary Packaging: Save tax and increase your take home pay by salary packaging your everyday living expenses and bills (up to $15,900) and meal entertainment (up to $2,650) per annum. To learn more about this benefit watch the video via the following link: Salary Packaging Explained
* A recognition and rewards platform, providing employee discounts at hundreds of retailers, including everyday expenses, holidays, health insurance, annual awards celebration, wellbeing and employee assistance programs.
* 12 weeks paid parental leave and 2 weeks paid partner leave, available after 6 months’ service, in addition to the government scheme
* Diversity and inclusive leave, offering paid gender affirmation leave and cultural leave options (paid and unpaid) for those who may celebrate Lunar New Year, Diwali, Ramadan, NAIDOC weeks and other significant cultural events
* Career development opportunities to challenge yourself, grow and make a meaningful difference
* A positive and inclusive team based on respect, shared standards, strong values and a commitment to serving others
We’d love you to be part of our UnitingCare family
Joining our FaDS, team, you’ll also be welcomed as part of the UnitingCare family. The second-largest Queensland employer, we’re a proud not-for-profit with more than 16,500 staff and 9,000 volunteers across our brands of BlueCare, Lifeline, ARRCS, The Wesley Hospital, Buderim Private Hospital, St Stephen’s Hospital, and St Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital, and have been leading by example for more than 100 years.
Child safe, Child friendly
UnitingCare is committed to being a Child Safe, Child Friendly organisation and will:
* Provide welcoming, safe and nurturing services for children
* Implement measures to prevent child abuse and neglect within our services
* Appropriately and immediately address child abuse and neglect if it does occur
Diversity & Inclusion
Our approach is simple – everybody is welcome here. At UnitingCare, diversity is at the core of our who we are, our mission and our values. We are committed to providing equal opportunities to all employees no matter their sex, race, culture, sexual orientation, disability or gender identity. Demonstrating our commitment to reconciliation and building long-term employment opportunities for First Nations peoples, UnitingCare strongly encourages Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants for this position.
Safe workplace
We work hard to make our services welcoming and safe for every person. We are united in keeping children, young people and the elderly safe from harm, within our services, workplaces and the communities we support. We are committed to speaking up loudly for their safety.