Mind strongly encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, people with a lived and living experience of mental distress and recovery, and applicants from all cultures, genders, sexualities, bodies, abilities, spiritualties, ages and backgrounds.
Mind Australia is one of the country’s leading community-managed specialist mental health service providers with a range of residential, mobile outreach, centre based and online services. Mind has been supporting people experiencing mental health and wellbeing challenges to find help, hope and purpose in their lives for more than 45 years.
We provide practical and motivational support that helps people to develop the skills they need to move on, thrive and improve the quality of their lives. It’s an approach to mental health and wellbeing that looks at the whole person in the context of their daily life. Mind is committed to diversity and social inclusion.
About the role
Aftercare has proudly provided care for the LGBTIQA+ community since 2019. The Aftercare service offers a safe place of psychological healing and holistic support for people from the LGBTIQ+ community who are having thoughts or intentions of suicide and experiencing mental health challenges at no cost. Aftercare delivers short-term, lived experience based recovery-focused outreach, counselling and therapeutic services to support clients, families, carers and loved ones move forward with a life of meaning and purpose.
We are seeking a compassionate, experienced LGBTIQA+ Counsellor for a Permanent, Part Time (15.2 hours per week) position. The primary purpose of this role is to provide quality therapeutic and mental health intervention support to LGBTIQA+ clients who experience thoughts of suicide and can have complex care needs. The Counsellor will provide expert clinical assessment and interventions including a strengths-based approach and provide assertive follow-up.
Key responsibilities
What you’ll bring
Benefits
Interested?
To obtain a position description and apply online visit Mind Careers - reference number 495269. Online applications must be submitted by 11pm Friday 19 July 2024. Please contact the person below for more information.
Christopher Brett-Renes, LGBTIQA+ Allied Health Practice Lead
Christopher.BrettRenes@mindaustralia.org.au
The successful applicant is required to complete comprehensive reference and background checking prior to employment, including a Working with Children Check, NDIS Workers Screening Check and the ability to obtain vaccinations against COVID-19.
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