Counsellor/Group Facilitator

Counsellor/Group Facilitator | Parenting Orders Program | Maroochydore

- Employment Term:  Permanent part -time (4 days per week)

- Location:  Maroochydore

- Remuneration:   $53.43 p/h + Super + NFP Salary Packaging (save tax and increase your take home pay)

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Would you like to make a meaningful difference in the lives of other people? Become part of the team here at UnitingCare, Queensland !

We are seeking an experienced and compassionate Counsellor / Group facilitator to join our Family Law Services team.

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.

Through our Family and Disability services team, we help people navigate life's challenges and build stronger futures.

Your part in our UnitingCare team

Working within the Parenting Orders Program, you will be supporting parents to strengthen communication, build positive co-parenting relationships and prioritise their child’s wellbeing while navigating separation and family conflict.

Through counselling, psychoeducation, group facilitation and case management, you will support families develop practical strategies that lead to healthier relationships and improved outcomes for children.

In this role, you will undertake assessments, provide therapeutic support, facilitate the Business of Parenting group program, coordinate referrals and actively collaborate with internal and external services.

Please note: this role requires occasional evening group facilitation to support accessible services for families.

This role involves:

- Providing counselling and therapeutic support to parents and families impacted by separation and family conflict
- Facilitate Business of Parenting program group sessions focused on co-parenting, communication and child wellbeing.
- Complete assessments, casemanagement, referrals and service planning.
- Undertake risk assessment and safety planning, including responding to domestic and family violence concerns.
- Build and maintain effective relationships with clients, stakeholders and referral partners
- Maintain high-quality documentation, reporting and case records
- Contribute to a collaborative, child focused and outcomes -driven team environment

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What makes a difference for us?

- Degree qualifications in Psychology, Social Work or Behavioural Science.

- Eligible for membership with APS; AASW or PACFA
- Experience providing counselling and therapeutic support to families experiencing separation and parental conflict.
- Knowledge of post-separation parenting, child protection and family and domestic violence frameworks.
- Experience, or the ability to quickly develop skills, in facilitating group programs.
- Strong communication, advocacy and relationship-building skills.
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team.
- Commitment to professional development, reflective practice and clinical supervision.
- Current Queensland Driver Licence.
- Current Blue Card (Working with Children Check) or ability to obtain.
- Working rights within Australia

- Willingness to undergo a criminal history check

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
- abide by the Child Safe Standards and adhere to the Reportable Conduct Scheme

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.

Commitment to Safeguarding

We are committed in creating services and workplaces that are welcoming and safe for every person. We work together to protect children, young people, adults and the elderly from harm within our services and the communities we support. We speak up for their safety to ensure their voices are heard. Our recruitment and workplace practices reflect our dedication in preventing abuse, harm and exploitation across UnitingCare.