CAREERS
Working at Amber Community offers flexibility, professional development and the opportunity to be a part of a unique organisation in Victoria. Benefits of working at Amber Community include generous NFP salary packaging options.
To apply, please include a current CV with a cover letter that addresses the selection criteria detailed in the position description of the vacancy you are applying for. This document will assist the hiring manager in establishing whether you have the relevant skills and experience to be successful in the role. In addressing the selection criteria, please provide information about your work history, qualifications, knowledge, skills and experience which is directly related to each selection criterion.
Selections to positions within Amber Community are based on values of appointment on merit and the provision of equal employment opportunity.
Part-Time Intake Counsellor
We are currently seeking a part-time Counsellor (15 – 18 hours per week preferably spread over three days). The position sits under the Social, Community, Home Care and Disability Services (SCHCADS) award Level 3. Exact hours and pay point are to be negotiated and dependent on qualifications and experience. The successful applicant will oversee and undertake our intake process. This role provides the opportunity to be a part of a dynamic team of dedicated, skilled and experienced trauma and grief counsellors who offer both short- and long-term support and counselling in a state-wide service that genuinely makes a difference.
Primary responsibilities include processing and actioning intake and triage of referrals, providing information, and client-centred and trauma-informed support to those seeking our services. The role requires that you work within the counselling team to ensure that our services and programs are accessible, unified and effective.
About you
We are seeking a Counsellor who has previous experience with intake work, is professional and passionate about offering a genuine client-centred practice and quality service delivery. You will need to be able to work independently while still contributing to the counselling team. Ideally, you will have direct experience working with people who have suffered a traumatic incident and have worked with bereaved clients. We will consider graduate students seeking to build their client-centred skills and knowledge in the trauma and grief space with appropriate qualifications.
The role requires that you have a sound theoretical understanding of the impact of trauma and traumatic grief and the ability to develop strong therapeutic relationships with clients.
If you are interested in applying for this role, please contact Renee Brauer, Manager of Counselling and Support Services at Amber Community on 03 8877 6900 or email Renee to obtain a position description. Applications close 5pm Wednesday 5 April 2023.
Grampians Regional Coordinator
Amber Community is seeking a well-connected Regional Coordinator across the Grampians Region.
Developing relationships, networking with stakeholders, and supporting staff and lived experience speakers across the Grampians will be paramount in successfully coordinating regional activities.
This role will also include facilitating diverse groups within a restorative and narrative framework, and a strong experience working within therapeutic or psycho/educational programs is required.
Our programs work with people at risk of or have traffic-related offences, as well as those that are proactive/preventative, addressing road safety and the prevention of harm on our roads.
Work is on a casual/flexible arrangement, and you become a part of a team with six other fabulous Regional Coordinators/Group facilitators that work well together and bring diverse backgrounds to the discussions at our monthly meetings.
No matter what we do, it’s all about having conversations about the issues and solutions to creating a change for safer roads. Whether with community leaders, referrers to our programs, or the participant/community member individually. It’s about being real and having people feel heard and for a shared understanding of how we can influence what is happening on our roads and reduce the impacts and incidents across our communities after road trauma.
Please call Chris Harrison on 0407 826 700 for a copy of the position description and talk further about the position.
Applicants must address the key accountabilities, meet the capabilities framework and legal requirements, have a recent CV, and send their application to Chris Harrison.
The closing date for applications is 17 March, with interviews being held the week of 20 March and a facilitator training day to be held on Saturday 25 March 2023.
Group Facilitator
North West Metro Region
Amber Community is looking for experienced group facilitators in the North West Metro Region, delivering sessions in Broadmeadows, Reservoir, and Sunshine.
This program works with people who have community correctional orders for driving-related offences and is delivered in partnership with Community Correction Centres (CCS) at their justice centre during the afternoon on a Wednesday.
The work is casual, with opportunities to work across other programs.
These positions require people to have experience working with groups that create conversations. As these programs are brief interventions, group facilitators must create a safe space quickly to allow participants to openly share their driving behaviour and work on ways to prevent risky driving.
The program works with diverse groups within a restorative and narrative framework, and a strong experience working within therapeutic or psycho/educational programs is required.
Road trauma/safety programs aim to change attitudes and beliefs to reduce risky driving. They are based on restorative principles and a narrative framework using lived experience speakers with experiences of road incidents and presenters from the emergency services. The program aims are to:
- Confront and evaluate participant belief systems regarding traffic-related offending
- Bring about a shift from blame to choice
- Assist participants in identifying and managing precursors to the offending
- Provide peer discussion and problem-solving
- Provide reality-based learning using lived experience speakers
- Ongoing support is provided through CCS caseworkers who assist in reinforcing messages.
Please call Chris Harrison on 0407 826 700 for a copy of the position description and talk further about the position.
Applicants must address the key accountabilities, meet the capabilities framework and legal requirements, have a recent CV, and send their application to Chris Harrison.
The closing date for applications is 17 March, with interviews being held the week of 20 March and a facilitator training day to be held on Saturday 25 March 2023.
Group Facilitator
Driving – Better Choices program
Amber Community is looking for an experienced group facilitator to work with our Driving – Better Choices program within the Prison System.
This program addresses the underlying issues and causes of driving offending, decreasing recidivism and trauma, which facilitates recovery. The group is those impacted by road trauma who have been sentenced for serious driving offences/extensive history of road offending.
People who receive custodial sentences have their trauma compounded by being isolated away from support networks that would ordinarily aid in recovery.
The role will facilitate groups within a restorative and narrative framework, and a strong experience working within therapeutic or psycho/educational programs is required.
The work is casual, with opportunities to work across other programs.
Please call Chris Harrison on 0407 826 700 for a copy of the position description and talk further about the position.
Applicants must address the key accountabilities, meet the capabilities framework and legal requirements, have a recent CV, and send their application to Chris Harrison.
The closing date for applications is 17 March, with interviews being held the week of 20 March and a facilitator training day to be held on Saturday 25 March 2023.
Group Facilitator
Amber Community is looking for experienced group facilitators in various locations in Regional Victoria. Currently, positions are available in Morwell, Horsham, and Mildura.
Our programs work with people at risk of or have traffic-related offences, as well as those that are proactive/preventative, addressing road safety and the prevention of harm on our roads.
For accessibility to programs, the work is casual, and we are looking for people who can work across the day, evenings, and Saturdays, depending on the need.
These positions require people to have experience working with groups that create conversations. As these programs are brief interventions, group facilitators must create a safe space quickly to allow participants to openly share their driving behaviour and work on ways to prevent risky driving.
This role will also include facilitating diverse groups within a restorative and narrative framework, and a strong experience working within therapeutic or psycho/educational programs is required.
Road trauma/safety programs aim to change attitudes and behaviour and reduce risky driving. They are based on restorative principles and a narrative framework using lived experience speakers with experiences of road incidents and presenters from the emergency services. The program aims are to:
- Confront and evaluate participant belief systems regarding traffic-related offending
- Bring about a shift from blame to choice
- Assist participants in identifying and managing precursors to the offending
- Provide peer discussion and problem-solving
- Provide reality-based learning using lived experience speakers
Please call Chris Harrison on 0407 826 700 to talk further about the position.
Applicants must address the key accountabilities, meet the capabilities framework and legal requirements, have a recent CV, and send their application to Chris Harrison.
Training will be provided at a date to be determined.
