Job Title : Counsellor
Location : Lower Hutt, Wellington+2 locations
Company : Habit Health
Salary :
Open Date : 2023-03-21
Close Date : 2023-07-21

Posted: 21/03/2023 Closing Date: 20/04/2023 Job Type: Permanent - Full Time Location: Wellington - Lower Hutt - Waterloo Road Job Category: Health, Medical & Pharmaceutical Job Description

Habit Health is a nationwide healthcare provider, specialising in the rehabilitation space. We enable people to live their best lives and empower our teams to realise their full potential.

The Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) is part of the wider Habit Health Group. Our values are our people, enabling us to provide confidential services to employees across work/life issues. Our Lower Hutt branch is seeking an empathetic, experienced Counsellor for a fulfilling opportunity, giving you with the tools you need to support people the way they deserve to be taken care of – the Habit Health way.

Main responsibilities:

• Deliver focused interventions so that clients ace coping mechanisms at work and life
• Visit worksites to provide support after an event disruption
• Deliver counselling services via in-person, video and telehealth
• Deliver training to customer employees

The benefits of working with us:

• Role focuses on employee care and intervention – say goodbye to admin and paperwork!
• Annual budget set aside for professional development / study
• All efforts made to provide you with the work / life balance that suits your needs
• Permanent full-time role with clear career progression
• Great team culture with regular social events, weekly treats, award schemes
• Well-being initiatives: annual eye exam, flu vaccination, access to EAP services

The ideal candidate:

• A strong sense of others – we’re looking for sensitivity and empathy as traits
• Tertiary level Counselling or related qualification (Level 7 min)
• Knowledge of evidence-based therapy models e.g. SFT, CBT, FACT
• Current APC with NZAC, NZCCA, DAPAANZ, SWRB
• Experience in trauma intervention, psychological first-aid

Note for overseas candidates: This is a full-time role offering a minimum of 40 hrs/week and a gross annual minimum salary of NZD 59,000 – NZD 90,500 maximum salary dependent on experience. As an accredited employer, we pay at minimum the median wage of NZD 27.76/hr for this role.

If you are looking to completely focus on supporting others and not deal with piles of paperwork, click APPLY, which will take you through to our Careers website and will activate this link.

Please refer to job no 1062 in your cover letter when applying for this role.

If you have any questions, email [email protected]

Confidentiality is assured

Habit Health is an equal opportunity employer, dedicated to diversity hiring and providing a safe space to people of all cultures, languages, experiences and backgrounds.

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