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 Gisborne branch is seeking an empathetic, experienced Counsellor for a fulfilling opportunity, giving you the tools you need to support people the way they deserve to be taken care of – the Habit Health way.

EAP Counselling is short-term intervention. Our Counsellors work on a broad range of mental health matters from couples counselling, addiction, trauma, child and adolescent counselling and dealing with grief - to name a few. 

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:

• Market competitive remuneration and annual reviews
• 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 part-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
• Current APC with NZAC, DAPAANZ, SWRB or NZCCA
• Tertiary level 7 Counselling or related qualification and minimum five years of post-study experience is required.
• Experience in the following areas is desirable: psychological first aid, couples counselling and working with children and teenagers.
• Knowledge of evidence-based therapy models e.g. SFT, CBT, FACT is desirable
• Can work independently and attend on-sites for psychological first aid.

If you think you have the experience and can-do attitude to make it even bigger with an organisation that rewards your worth, click APPLY.

For a copy of the full position description, please click 'Apply' which will take you through to our Careers website and will activate this link. 

Please refer to job no 1869 in your cover letter when applying for this role.

If you have any questions, please email HR@Habit.co.nz

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.