Counsellor
- Postgraduate in Counselling
- Working in the Family Law Counselling service
- 5 days extra leave (5 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
Family Law Counselling service provides a range of activities including intake registration, screening and assessment, information, advice, referral, education and skills training, child focused groups, counselling, support and research / evaluation. Clients of the program include family members with intact relationships, separated families, extended family members, individuals, children and young people, couples and significant others in relation to children, such as grandparents and kinship carers.
The Role
Your role as Counsellor will be assisting people with relationship difficulties to manage their interpersonal and parental issues during or post separation.
- Screening, assessments and support planning.
- Selecting and providing appropriate brief intervention supports for clients whether they be clients or carers.
- Assessing supports and ensuring that they are appropriate to meeting client’s needs.
- Deliver evidence-based counselling and group interventions.
- Referring and assisting clients to access appropriate mainstream specialist services and support groups.
- Providing information and education to clients, carers, families and other service providers; and providing and/or arranging support for carers and families.
Selection Criteria
- Bachelor in Psychology, Social Work, Postgraduate in Counselling or related disciplines.
- 1-2 years’ experience in counselling individuals, couples and families.
- Experience in intake, case management and coordination of client services.
- Relevant experience in working with children and families with complex needs e.g. domestic violence, homelessness, abuse, schooling issues. Whereby service design was inclusive of social, emotional, mental, and physical needs.
- Knowledge and experience working within Child Inclusive Practice frameworks, desirable.
- Highly developed clinical skills and knowledge and strong professional boundaries.
- Well-developed communication skills and ability to work within a team environment.
- Working with Children Check or eligibility to apply.
- Ability to work two evenings a week until 8 pm when required.
- WA Driver’s licence.
- National Police Certificate.
Benefits
- 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%
- Extra 5 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
Click apply and you will be directed to our online job board to view further details on the vacancy description and complete your application.
Position closes: 13 March 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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