Counsellor - Ruby's Reunification in Ballarat, Australia

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% discount on the childcare subsidy gap fee at Uniting Early Learning.
• Up to 10 weeks of paid parental leave for primary caregivers (4 for secondary).
• Access training and development opportunities to help you grow.
• Opt in or out of public holidays and be 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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How to apply

If this role is a good fit for you, click APPLY soon. We'll review applications as they come in and might close the ad early.

For any questions, reach out to Warrick Davison at  [email protected]

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.

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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.