Counsellor

Your Opportunity – Anywhere in New Zealand

Playing a vital role in a supportive, multidisciplinary clinical team, you will enable people to live better lives by supporting our clients’ psychological needs. At ABC, we are passionately committed to the goal of reducing the impact of our client’s illness or injury and assisting them to gain independence through rehabilitation lead by an exceptional allied health team. Our innovative services are constantly evolving and expanding.

No two days are ever the same! You’ll be exposed to diverse cultures and clinical opportunities, and work with a range of clients with mental health concerns. Your work will focus on providing both individual and group talking therapy alongside psychologists, occupational therapists, social workers and other allied health professionals.

To enable you and your clients to thrive, you will be provided with all the tools and professional development you need, including ample training, clinical supervision, CPD and working in a team committed to supporting clients psychologically.

This role is based in any of our offices nationally.

Your Career Goals & Development

ABC Group operates across 11 countries with a shared purpose – To enable better lives.

Our size enables us to offer you varied and exciting career paths. Diversify your clinical skills, progress to management, or move internationally with the group – the choice is yours!

Your Perks & Rewards:

5 weeks annual leave
Car for work and full personal use (for roles working over 30 hours/week)
Support from national clinical and cultural panels, clinical advisors, focus groups and special interest groups.
Generous Parental Leave
Supervision support
Professional Body Registration and Continued Professional Development Support (CPD)
Health and Wellness - Discounted gym membership
Lifestyle Discounts - Generous discounts at 400+ New Zealand & Australian retailers
Free access tools & resources on a wide variety of topics, such as family planning & returning to work.

Your Background:

For counsellors:

Bachelor’s degree or higher in counselling.
Registration with the New Zealand Association of Counsellors (NZAC).

For Psychotherapists:

Master’s degree or higher in psychotherapy, including successful completion of required practical hours and registration with the Psychotherapists Board of Aotearoa New Zealand (PBANZ) or New Zealand Association of Child and Adolescent Psychotherapists (NZACAP).
Valid annual practicing certificate with required scope where indicated.

Training must have included:

two or more models of counselling
counselling skills
human development
family dynamics
abnormal psychology
dealing with injury and trauma.

You must have greater than 12 months experience in mental health.

As an accredited employer, we welcome overseas candidates. As an accredited employer, we pay at minimum the median wage of NZD $29.66/hr for this role.

The position is contingent on the right to work and live in New Zealand. Applicants in process of establishing these rights can be considered.

Our mission is to create positive change and enable better lives.

Our whakataukī He waka eke noa – We’re all in this together.

Our values underpin our work – integrity, customer focus, respect, empathy, achievement, teamwork and enthusiasm. Our Tikanga Māori values of Manaakitanga, Kotahitangi, Wairuatangai, Whānaungatanga and Rangatiratanga guide us to deliver culturally responsive and mana-enhancing services.

At ABC we are strengthened by diversity. We are committed to providing a work environment in which everyone is included, treated fairly and with respect. We encourage applications from people of all ages, nationalities, abilities and cultures including indigenous peoples, the LGBTQI+ community and people with a disability.