Counsellor/Advocate
Core
Provide specialist counselling, advocacy, and therapeutic support to children, young people, and adults affected by sexual assault and family violence, including intervention for harmful sexual behaviour.
Role type
Social Worker (Counsellor/Advocate)
Builds
Therapeutic group programs, community education initiatives, and client safety plans
Domain
Mental health and social work within the sexual assault and family violence sector
Required skills
Trauma-informed therapeutic interventions, case management, risk assessment, child and adult counselling, multidisciplinary collaboration
Preferred skills
Experience with gendered contexts of violence, resilience training, mentoring
Technologies
Clinical supervision frameworks, intake response systems
Responsibilities
Deliver specialist counselling to survivors and support networks, conduct risk assessments, facilitate therapeutic groups, assist with community education, provide advocacy services
Seniority
Mid-level, hands-on IC