About us

Perfect Sense Counselling is a down to earth, fun, relaxed environment where we all like to have a laugh, have a sense of community and assist clients to reach their best possible outcomes all whilst maintaining a supportive and respectful environment for not only our clients but ourselves. Perfect Sense is a place where you feel supported as a therapist and where we have a work - life balance which can be quite difficult in these challenging times. Become part of a team with a breadth and depth of clinical experience that supports learning and development at every career stage, and where we provide flexible working hours. We are currently seeking a Psychologist / Accredited Mental Health Social Worker / Counsellor within a employee positions for 2 - 3 days in our Maitland and Cessnock offices, immediate start. If you would like to belong to a supportive, relaxed team environment send us your resume and CV to [email protected], or call us to find out more about the position on 4018 7556.

Qualifications & experience

ESSENTIAL

• Registered with Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency / Psychologist / Australian Association of Social Work / a clinical member of the Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation Australia / Level 3 or 4 member of the Australian Counselling Association
• Medicare registered
• Have met CPD requirements
• Commitment to providing evidence-based / Psychological therapies such as EMDR, CBT and DBT

Knowledge and Responsibilities

• Display initiative and confidence to work independently
• Ability to cope with emotionally demanding situations
• High level of interpersonal skills
• Experience working in clinical counselling roles and work with vulnerable people
• To provide 1-1 therapy to individuals, couples, and family therapy to improve their psychosocial wellbeing and functioning
• Provide office based/telehealth and video health support through counselling
• Provide a high level of professional evidence based clinical counselling through assessment, intervention and review
• Document and upload relevant information on client’s records
• Maintain activity records for monitoring and evaluation
• Maintain professional networks with broader community, partners and other sectors
• Adhere to the APS / AASW ethical guidelines / PACFA/ ACA
• Participate in the provision of external, and group supervision sessions regularly.
• Establishment and maintenance of working relationships with co-workers, clients and external agencies.
• The position holder will be required to develop and maintain positive and effective working relationships with a broader range of people, and organisations.
• Working in a person centered approach, psychosocial and other therapeutic prevention strategies
• Complying with and contributing to the ongoing development of PSC business framework and quality assurance
• Participate in service review and evaluation activities, training and research which lead to service improvements
• Participate in team meetings, training and planning activities, supervision, file auditing, performance management etc
• Participate in professional development activities and maintain knowledge and skills required to fulfill the responsibilities of the position.
• Positively represent PSC services to the public, community and other organisations

Benefits

• Access to regular individual peer supervision sessions
• Full administrative support
• Relaxed and friendly environment
• Ability to work around family life
• Group supervision within the practice
• Pre-existing referral pathways for consistent client load, bookings and income stability