Counsellor - Perinatal and Trauma
Highgate, WA, and online
Fixed-Term Part-Time Position – 9-Month Maternity Leave Contract.
Commencing 20 October 2025, concluding 31 July 2026
$84,098-$92,951 incl super, pro rata
About the Practice
Fiona Rogerson – Perinatal and Trauma Counselling is a well-established private practice delivering high-quality, evidence-based therapy to individuals and couples across Western Australia and beyond. Our work is grounded in clinical rigour and a deep commitment to trauma-responsive care, particularly in the areas of birth trauma, perinatal distress, and relational repair.
We’re not just here to reduce symptoms. We are here to support deep, sustainable healing, and to challenge the systems that have failed so many. Our team is driven by values of integrity, transparency, and collaboration. We care deeply about how we work, who we work with, and why this work matters.
You’ll be joining a committed team that values clinical excellence, reflective practice, and real connection, both with our clients and with each other.
About the Role
We are offering a 9-month, fixed-term part-time role to cover a period of maternity leave. The role involves individual and couples counselling, with a caseload focused on birth trauma, perinatal distress, parenting challenges, and complex trauma. Sessions are offered both in-person at our Highgate office and via telehealth. A full client load is available.
The role requires clinical confidence, a strong grounding in trauma and attachment work, understands the perinatal space, and works with a high level of professionalism, compassion, and self-awareness.
Key Responsibilities include:
· Provide trauma-focused individual and couples counselling services to adults.
· Apply knowledge of trauma and perinatal issues relevant to life transitions to the individual and or/couple (e.g., issues surrounding post-traumatic stress; trauma; and perinatal specific issue including perinatal trauma, anxiety, depression, grief and loss, infertility, fertility difficulties, relationship difficulties, transition to parenthood).
· Conduct client intake, risk and needs assessment with all clients.
· Develop collaborative care plans using trauma and attachment-informed approaches
· Recommend and implement appropriate interventions to clients based on their presenting issues, their history, risk assessment, the impact of presenting issues on any children in the family, and their service delivery goals.
· Apply an attachment-based framework and other evidence-based interventions for assisting individuals and couples to meet their service delivery goals as appropriate.
· Participate with other members of the team to develop appropriate services as required.
· Establish, foster and maintain close working links with relevant mental health and other service providers that are also working with clients.
· Maintain confidentiality and understand the limits of confidentiality particularly as they apply to risk management and duty of care matters (e.g., assessment of domestic and family violence, child safety, threat of harm to self or others, and other risk factors); and take appropriate steps to respond to risk and duty of care matters.
· Maintain adequate and ongoing client files, case notes and risk management documentation.
· Maintain the client information system (via Splose) to enable effective client bookings.
· Demonstrate ongoing commitment to and participation in independent, regular clinical supervision and professional development as ACA/PACFA requirements.
· Be receptive to feedback and apply reflective practice.
· Where directed, assist with the provision of administrative, marketing and general office duties.
· Contribute to operational planning as requested.
· Adhere to all organisational policies, procedures, standards and practices.
· Act only in ways that advance the objectives, values and reputation of Fiona Rogerson - Perinatal and Trauma Counselling.
· Other duties, consistent with skills and experience, as directed by the reporting manager.
· Work and act within the legal, financial and ethical constraints and boundaries of your role.
Please only apply if you value:
· Working in a self-motivated and autonomous way
· Being a collaborative team member, even in a part-time role
· Ongoing personal and professional growth
· Practising with clinical integrity and high ethical standards
· A deep commitment to client wellbeing, not just symptom relief
· Contributing to meaningful, systemic change in the perinatal and trauma space
Staff are professional and highly motivated people, supported with:
· Regular fortnightly supervision
· An extensive range of therapeutic tools and resources for use during sessions
Applications are welcomed from professionals who have:
· Relevant qualifications in Counselling or Psychotherapy.
· Demonstrated experience in the delivery of counselling with individuals in complex trauma recovery.
· Demonstrated experience in the delivery of couples counselling.
· Demonstrated knowledge of physiology of pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum, as well as an understanding of the Australian maternity context (medical/hospital terminology, the maternity system, etc) is highly desirable.
· Knowledge and application of theories and practice frameworks for working with perinatal difficulties.
Highly desirable:
- EMDR trained
- Familiarity with somatic and/or parts-based models
- Evening availability
Applications should include:
· A cover letter briefly outlining your suitability for the role as per the above criteria, your experience in working with perinatal and trauma-affected individuals, highlighting your use of specific therapeutic approaches, and elaborate on why this area of work is important to you. Please also include your availability (including evenings if available).
· A current resume citing two recent professional referees.
· National Police Certificate are required for employment.
· Proof of membership level to ACA/PACFA
· Please note receipt of application is not provided.
If you are interested in joining my team for this fixed term position, please contact me for the full job description via email at [email protected]
Job Type: Part-time
Pay: $84,098.00 – $92,951.00 per year
Expected hours: No less than 16 per week
Benefits:
- Employee mentoring program
Experience:
- Counselling: 1 year (Required)
- Couples Counselling: 1 year (Required)
Licence/Certification:
- ACA or PACFA registration (Required)
Work Location: In person
Expected Start Date: 21/10/2025
