Counsellor - Specialised Family Violence Services
- Full-time, 38hrs per week Monday-Friday
- Accommodation Support $300per week for the first 12 weeks
- 10 days extra leave (6 weeks in total!) plus many more generous NFP benefits
Respect, Excellence, Celebration, Compassion, Acceptance, Professionalism
Join an organisation that makes a real difference within the community.
About Centrecare
Centrecare is a not-for-profit organisation with over 300 employees and is committed to delivering quality professional counselling, support, accommodation, mediation and training services in over 11 locations across the Perth metropolitan, Goldfields and South West regions.
The Service
The Specialised Family Violence Services program provides sensitive, respectful person centred and risk and trauma informed support services for families including young people and children who are affected by family violence.
The Role
As Counsellor, your role will be to provide intensive counselling for victim survivors including children, young people and non-offending adults, this will include the provision of education, advocacy and referral pathways for individuals affected by family violence. The role also includes counselling for perpetrators who do not fit mainstream services.
A few specifics:
- Conduct risk assessments, safety planning, and risk management in line with best practice standards.
- Actively support clients to engage and participate in counselling sessions, workshops, and programs.
- Manage counselling caseload, conduct client assessments, and develop case plans based on clients' needs.
- Facilitate training seminars and parenting education programs.
Selection Criteria
- Recognised tertiary qualifications in Psychology, Social Work, Counselling, or related disciplines.
- Minimum 3 years’ experience in counselling individuals and families, including children.
- Experience working victim survivors of family domestic violence, including children.
- Experience working perpetrators of family domestic violence.
- Demonstrated experience in intake, assessment and case management
- Knowledge and experience in parenting education and preventative programs/services e.g. Circle of Security, Bringing Up Great Kids.
- Highly developed clinical skills and knowledge and strong professional boundaries.
- Well-developed communication skills, written and verbal with ability to work within a team.
- WA Drivers licence and own vehicle.
- National Police Clearance (within 12 months validity).
- Working With Children Check or eligibility to apply.
- Ability to potentially work one evening a week until 8 pm if required.
Benefits
- Accommodation support of $300 per week for 12 weeks.
- Discounted corporate health cover provided for by Bupa and Medibank Private.
- Salary packaging options up to $15,900, increases your take home pay.
- Annual leave loading at 17.5%.
- Additional 10 days leave per year pro rata.
- Access to training and professional development.
- Insurance cover to and from work.
- Access to confidential Employee Assistance Program.
- 12 weeks paid maternity leave.
- Study Leave of five hours per week after two years of service.
- Clinical and Management Supervision.
- Aboriginal staff provided with cultural support through the Cultural Leads.
How to Apply
Position closes 15 July 2026
Shortlisting will commence upon receipt of applications, Centrecare reserves the right to close the position early if needed.
Should you have any queries, please contact Human Resources on (08) 9288 2244
At Centrecare:
Children feel Valued, Heard, and Safe: Centrecare is fully committed to the National Principles for Child Safe Organisations, child safe cultures and practices. harm. Centrecare also believes that all children are valuable and worthy of respect. It strongly supports the rights of the child and is committed to ensuring the safety, wellbeing and protection of all children who are in contact with or receive its services.
We are Inclusive: We actively promote a working environment that values diversity and inclusion. We strongly encourage applications from First Nations people, people from culturally diverse backgrounds, people who identify as LGBTQ+ and people with a disability. If you have any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us at time of application.
We support the Uluru Statement from the Heart: We are committed to walking alongside First Nations people to support a more inclusive Australia and Closing the Gap. All Centrecare employed Aboriginal staff are provided with cultural support through the Cultural Leads.
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