RELOCATION OPPORTUNITY TO MACKAY

Employment Term: Part-time (45.6 hours per fortnight) on a Maximum Term Contract to June 30th, 2026, with the view of permeance

Location: Relocate to Mackay

Remuneration: $50.53 p/hr + 11.5% super + NFP Salary Packaging (save tax and increase your take home pay) + attractive relocation allowance for candidates relocating to Mackay up to $5000 (reimbursements upon receipts once employed)

Make a meaningful difference with UnitingCare Queensland

At UnitingCare we are leaders in crisis response, the protection of vulnerable people and children, financial resilience and family wellbeing. Our FaDS (Family and Disability Services) team work passionately across Queensland to make a meaningful difference in people’s lives.

As a Counsellor & Group Facilitator you’ll be encouraged to grow, develop and feel empowered to make the everyday easier for the people we care so passionately about. Let’s make a meaningful difference, together!

Your part in our UnitingCare team

Key Responsibilities include:

Facilitate behaviour change programs for men who perpetrate domestic violence, promoting accountability and positive change

Provide individual intake/review and 16 group sessions to clients, utilising evidence-based practices

Implement safety planning for clients and their families, ensuring a focus on risk management and the cessation of violence

Creating a safe and supportive environment where clients can explore the underlying causes of their behaviour, understand the impact of their actions, and develop healthier ways of relating to others

Work collaboratively within a multi-disciplinary team, contributing to case planning and review processes – Risk and safety Meetings (RAS) and working alongside Women Advocate (MCC) workers

Participate in ongoing professional development and training to enhance skills and knowledge in domestic and family violence and counselling practices

Engage in community outreach and education initiatives to raise awareness about domestic violence and available support services

What makes a difference for us?

Minimum Bachelor degree in Social Science, Counselling, Psychology, or Social Work

Demonstrated experience in domestic and family violence, with a strong understanding of the dynamics and impacts

Proven fundamentals in counselling practice, with a high degree of experience in client work

A deep understanding of the dynamics of domestic violence and counselling practices

Epistemological awareness and ability to work within individual frameworks

Expertise in safety planning and risk assessment

Excellent communication, interpersonal, and facilitation skills

Ability to work effectively within a multi-disciplinary team

A current drivers license

"Working with Children check" (Blue card)

What makes a difference for you?

Flexible work arrangements to support work-life balance

NFP Salary Packaging: Save tax and increase your take home pay by salary packaging your everyday living expenses and bills (up to $15,900) and meal entertainment (up to $2,650) per annum. To learn more about this benefit watch the video via the following link: Salary Packaging Explained

A recognition and rewards platform, providing employee discounts at hundreds of retailers, including everyday expenses, holidays, health insurance, annual awards celebration, wellbeing and employee assistance programs

12 weeks paid parental leave and 2 weeks paid partner leave, available after 6 months service, in addition to the government scheme

Diversity and inclusive leave, offering paid gender affirmation leave and cultural leave options (paid and unpaid) for those who may celebrate Lunar New Year, Diwali, Ramadan, NAIDOC weeks and other significant cultural events

Career development opportunities to challenge yourself, grow and make a meaningful difference

A positive and inclusive team based on respect, shared standards, strong values and a commitment to serving others

We’d love you to be part of our UnitingCare family

Joining our FaDS, team, you’ll also be welcomed as part of the UnitingCare family. The second-largest Queensland employer, we’re a proud not-for-profit with more than 16,500 staff and 9,000 volunteers across our brands of BlueCare, Lifeline, ARRCS, The Wesley Hospital, Buderim Private Hospital, St Stephen’s Hospital, and St Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital, and have been leading by example for more than 100 years.

Child safe, Child friendly

UnitingCare is committed to being a Child Safe, Child Friendly organisation and will:

provide welcoming, safe and nurturing services for children

implement measures to prevent child abuse and neglect within our services

appropriately and immediately address child abuse and neglect if it does occur

Diversity & Inclusion

Our approach is simple – everybody is welcome here. At UnitingCare, diversity is at the core of our who we are, our mission and our values. We are committed to providing equal opportunities to all employees no matter their sex, race, culture, sexual orientation, disability or gender identity. Demonstrating our commitment to reconciliation and building long-term employment opportunities for First Nations peoples, UnitingCare strongly encourages Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants for this position.

Safe workplace

We work hard to make our services welcoming and safe for every person. We are united in keeping children, young people and the elderly safe from harm, within our services, workplaces and the communities we support. We are committed to speaking up loudly for their safety.