Counsellor - Trauma Informed Services

at  Goulburn Valley Health

GV HEALTH IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER AND ENCOURAGES APPLICATIONS FROM ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER PEOPLE, AS WELL AS APPLICANTS WHO ARE LGBTIQ+, WHO HAVE DIFFERENT ABILITIES, OR ARE FROM CULTURALLY AND LINGUISTICALLY DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS ARE ENCOURAGED.

Three (3) COVID-19 vaccination doses are a mandatory requirement for all roles and seasonal Influenza vaccination (where mandated). Further pre-employment screening checks may be required, including but not limited to; Working with Children’s Check (WWCC), National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) Worker Screening, International and National Police Checks, Aged Care Statutory Declaration, Visas and valid working rights in Australia, further immunisations. Further details of pre-employment requirements are provided in the Position Description and to successful candidates, or upon request.
GV Health reserves the right to vary pre-employment screening from time to time and as directed by legislation and operational requirements.

ABOUT THE ROLE:

Goulburn Valley Centre Against Sexual Assault (GVCASA) is one of seventeen sexual assault support services that operate throughout Victoria. Together we work to ensure that people of all genders who are Victim Survivors of sexual assault have access to comprehensive and timely support and interventions to address their needs. GVCASA provides a range of services including counselling, group work, advocacy, secondary consultation, training for other professionals and community education. GVCASA’s main office is located in Shepparton and the Centre also provides outreach services throughout the Goulburn (West Hume) Region
The Counsellor Advocate (Children and Young People) at Goulburn Valley Centre Against Sexual Assault (GVCASA) works within a trauma informed practice framework and will provide innovative therapeutic services and advocacy support for children and young people, who have been impacted by sexual assault, their non-offending family members and significant other people. The therapeutic services include a range of interventions that seek to address the impact of developmental trauma on the child’s emotional, psychological, behavioural and social functioning, and support and resource key relationships and systems around the child to support the healing process for children and young people who have been impacted by sexual assault.