Counsellor Trauma Specialist

Full Stop Australia; Inner West; Hybrid; AUD 55,000 - 77,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging

Workplace well-being program

Professional development

Hybrid working model

Job summary

Full Stop Australia is seeking a Trauma Specialist to join its national counselling team. This casual role covers a 24/7 roster, delivering client-centred, non-judgmental, feminist counselling via telephone and online channels, advocating for clients and building interagency care networks.

The position involves providing crisis and ongoing support across violence-related services and supporting professionals with vicarious trauma.

Qualifications

• Commitment to the provision of excellence in counselling services.
• Ability to incorporate feminist perspectives within counselling frameworks.
• Detailed understanding of causes and consequences of sexual assault and domestic violence.
• Written advocacy and clinical report writing.

Responsibilities

• Provide telephone and online counselling, crisis support and ongoing counselling.
• Advocate for clients and develop interagency clinical care networks.
• Offer vicarious trauma support to professionals.
• Work across Australia-wide services with regular clinical supervision.

Skills

Commitment to excellence

Feminist counselling

Understanding causes of violence

Advocacy & report writing

Education

Bachelor's degree in psychology, social work or counselling

Job description

Introduction

Are you committed to excellence in the provision of counselling services? Do you want to work for an organisation that makes a real difference to the lives of those affected by sexual, domestic, and family violence?

Description

About Us

Full Stop Australia is a not-for-profit organisation, operating nationally, but based in Sydney. Our mission is to put a full stop to sexual, domestic, and family violence and to support those who have been impacted by violence and abuse. We operate the NSW Sexual Violence Helpline and a range of specialist Redress and domestic violence counselling services. Full Stop Australia also offers best-practice training and professional services to support safe and respectful workplaces, and advocate for changes to laws, policies, and practices to better prevent and respond to sexual, domestic, and family violence.

About the Role

This Trauma Specialist position is offered on a casual basis, with availability and flexibility to cover shifts in a 24/7 roster, including short notice and some planned shifts.

You will be part of the Full Stop Australia Trauma Specialist Team, providing a service that is client centered, non-judgmental, feminist, supportive and responsive. The purpose of this position is to provide telephone and online counselling, advocate for clients, develop interagency clinical care networks and other supports to people affected by violence and their supporters.

This is a dynamic and varied position. The team provides crisis and ongoing counselling Australia-wide across various sexual assault, domestic violence and Redress services, as well as providing vicarious trauma support to professionals.

Full Stop Australia provides regular clinical supervision and professional development. Please note, this is not a casework position.

About You

You will be someone who operates with the highest levels of professionalism and ethical behaviour. You will have an awareness of multiple factors which will influence individual clients’ responses to both the trauma and the counselling provided. You will be confident to make appropriate ethical and clinical judgment in your daily work.

You will also have extensive knowledge, skills, and experience in the following areas amongst others:

• Commitment to the provision of excellence in counselling services provision.
• Ability to incorporate feminist perspectives within counselling frameworks.
• Detailed understanding other causes and consequences of sexual assault, family and domestic violence.
• Written advocacy and clinical report writing.

Skills and Experiences

• A minimum four-year bachelor's degree in psychology, social work or counselling.
• Minimum three years (full time equivalent) counselling experience.
• Superior emotional competence when operating in a high demand trauma environment.

In return

• We offer above award wages, with additional benefits including salary packaging and access to our award-winning workplace well-being program designed to manage the effects of vicarious trauma.
• Professional development and training are highly valued within our organisation.

Salary: This position has been classified as Level 5 under the Social, Community, Home, and Disability Services (SCHADS) Award.

Contract: This is a casual position, requiring flexibility to work across a 24/7 roster. Full Stop Australia offers a hybrid model of working, with the option to work part of your hours from home (where applicable).

FSA holds an exemption under the NSW Anti-Discrimination Act and only employs female workers for clinical positions.