Job description
About Relationships Australia
Relationships Australia NSW (RANSW) provides a safe, judgement-free environment where individuals, couples and families can address the critical matters impacting their relationships, and their lives.
What you’ll do
You’ll support children and their families who are separated and experiencing high conflict. The role focuses on working with children and parents to adopt effective strategies for co-parenting. Providing family therapy, counselling, mediation and therapeutic case management, you’ll help families achieve an amicable outcome.
You’ll work with children and their families with complex dynamics which could include child protection, domestic violence, mental health and addiction issues.
The details
- 3 days per week.
- Approx $44-$49 per hour (depending on skills and experience) + super + salary packaging benefits.
- Based in Wollongong.
What you’ll bring
- Tertiary qualifications in Social Science, Social Work, Counselling, Psychology, Family Dispute Resolution or equivalent, with an understanding of the systemic approach.
- Experience working with children and families in conflict / crisis with a robust clinical framework.
- Training and experience in child inclusive practice is highly regarded.
- Strong understanding of child protection, domestic violence, mental health, and drug and alcohol addiction.
- Calm, compassionate and firm manner when engaging with clients.
Why work with us?
- Empower families achieve an amicable outcome for their children.
- Strong clinical and supervision framework to deepen our practice excellence.
- Work alongside people who truly care about what you achieve together.
- We offer many benefits including flexible working options, salary packaging, additional leave days, fitness passport, Employee Referral Program.
- We value inclusion and belonging. We want a workforce that is reflective of all the communities we serve. To strengthen our inclusive practice we have employee action groups: Accessibility, Reconciliation, Gender, Sex & Sexually Diverse and Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD).
- We are committed to deepening our relationships with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. We have a stretch Reconciliation Action Plan to guide our efforts to build strong relationships, increased employment, and enhanced respect between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and other Australians.
Next Steps
Interested? Click Apply Now today as we want to move quickly with this recruitment.
RANSW requires the preferred applicant to undertake a National Criminal History Record Check and a Working with Children Check prior to employment.
It is a condition of employment from 1 January 2022, that employees who are eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccination must be fully vaccinated to perform duties at any of our workplaces. If you are not medically eligible to be vaccinated against COVID-19, you must provide Relationships Australia NSW with acceptable evidence of having a health condition for which obtaining a COVID-19 vaccination is contraindicated.