CareerPlan

Social Worker - Counselling and Early Response Team

AustraliaFull-time$95k–$110k2026-10-31 → 2026-10-30

Core

Deliver trauma-specialist social work services, therapeutic support, and advocacy to victim-survivors of rape and sexual assault aged 16+.

Role type

Senior IC clinical social worker (trauma/sexual violence)

Builds

Therapeutic interventions, care plans, and legal documentation for victim-survivors

Domain

Healthcare + Social Work (Sexual Violence/Trauma)

Deliverable

physical/clinical work

Required skills

Trauma-informed practice, therapeutic counselling, risk assessment, care planning, advocacy, stakeholder engagement, report writing

Preferred skills

Experience in crisis/sexual violence settings, feminist practice principles

Technologies

None stated

Responsibilities

Provide trauma-specialist support and therapeutic interventions; undertake intake, risk assessment, and care planning; deliver brief and ongoing counselling; manage complex client matters and coordinate care; support clients to navigate health, legal, and community systems; prepare reports for legal processes; contribute to training and community awareness initiatives