Counsellor - Ruby's Reunification

Uniting Victoria and Tasmania; Ballarat; On-site; AUD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging up to $15,900

Purchase annual leave

Parental leave

Training opportunities

Public holidays opt-in/out

Childcare subsidy discount

Job summary

Uniting Victoria and Tasmania – Ballarat VIC is seeking a Counsellor for Ruby’s Reunification Program to provide high-quality therapeutic support to young people aged 12-17 and their families. The role focuses on reducing conflict, strengthening relationships, and preventing youth homelessness through family reunification.

This is a full-time, maximum term position based in Ballarat for two years. You’ll undertake safety assessments, respond to risk, supervise therapeutic practice, and ensure

Qualifications

• Tertiary qualification in Social Work, Psychology, Counselling, or equivalent.
• Experience providing family counselling services focusing on young people and families.
• Strong knowledge of Narrative Therapy, Family Therapy, and Attachment Theory.
• Experience providing therapeutic supervision and delivering training is well-regarded.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality therapeutic support to young people aged 12-17 and their families.
• Perform safety assessments, respond to risk, and collaborate with the team to promote safe outcomes.
• Offer supervision in therapeutic practice to the Family Worker team and ensure services are accessible and culturally responsive.
• Align services with Ruby’s Service Model and contribute to preventing youth homelessness through family reunification.

Skills

Social work background

Family counselling

Narrative therapy

Family therapy

Attachment theory

Therapeutic supervision

Education

Degree in Social Work/Psychology/Counselling

Job description

Uniting Victoria and Tasmania – Ballarat VIC

• Provide therapeutic support to young people aged 12-17 and their families.
• Full-time, maximum term role (2 Years), based in Ballarat.
• Increase your take-home pay with up to $15,900 in salary packaging benefits.

• Provide therapeutic support to young people aged 12-17 and their families.
• Full-time, maximum term role (2 Years), based in Ballarat.
• Increase your take-home pay with up to $15,900 in salary packaging benefits.

Your new role

As a Counsellor with Ruby’s Reunification Program, you will provide high-quality therapeutic support to young people and their families, focusing on reducing conflict, strengthening relationships, and preventing youth homelessness through family reunification.

Working with young people aged 12-17 and their families, you’ll complete safety assessments, respond to risk, and collaborate closely with your team to promote safe and positive outcomes. You’ll also provide supervision in therapeutic practice to the Family Worker team, ensuring services are accessible, culturally responsive, and aligned with Ruby’s Service Model.

Ruby’s works with families to rebuild positive relationships and strengthen their ability to live together, recognising that, where safe, home is always the best place for a young person to be.

Benefits of working at Uniting

Our work isn’t always easy, but it always matters. You’ll play a key role in providing therapeutic support to young people and their families in the Ballarat community.

In addition to your hourly rate (SCHADS SACS Level 5) + super, you can access the following:

• Access salary packaging to reduce your fortnightly tax and increase take-home pay.
• Increase your annual leave entitlements through our purchase leave program.
• Receive a 10% discounton the childcare subsidy gap fee at Uniting Early Learning.
• Up to 10 weeks ofpaid parental leave for primary caregivers (4 for secondary).
• Access training and development opportunities to help you grow.
• Opt in or out of public holidays andbe respected for your unique background.

Your skills and experience

You will bring with you:

• A tertiary qualification in Social Work, Psychology, Counselling, or equivalent.
• Experience providing family counselling services, focusing on young people and families, using a strengths-based, trauma‑informed approach.
• Strong knowledge of therapeutic approaches, including Narrative Therapy, Family Therapy, and Attachment Theory.
• Experience providing therapeutic supervision and delivering training in therapeutic modalities would be well-regarded.

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About Uniting

At Uniting we are passionate about working together to inspire people, enliven communities and confront injustice. We have a 5,000 strong workforce of employees and volunteers who deliver a diverse range of services across Victoria and Tasmania.

Visit us: www.vt.uniting.org

Uniting is a child safe organisation and is committed in everyday practice to ensure the safety and wellbeing of all children, at all times. As a ‘child safe’ organisation, employment with Uniting is subject to a satisfactory national (and international where relevant) police check and relevant Working with Children Check in your State prior to commencement of any paid or unpaid work and/or participation in any service or undertaking.

Through the recruitment process, we will ask you for personal information. Disclosure is optional, however, it can help us support you better. We invite you to tell us if you identify as Aboriginal, a person with disability, from a diverse background or LGBTIQA+. You will be given an opportunity in the application form to request additional support. We welcome the opportunity to discuss how we can support you.