For a Trauma Counsellor Emigrating to Australia

Welcome to our guide on the Australian skills assessment process for a Trauma Counsellor. Before we examine the skills required to be recognised as a Trauma Counsellor it may be helpful to explain that the skills assessment is the first step of the emigration process. The skills Assessment of a Trauma Counsellor determines their eligibility to emigrate and the visa options available. Ultimately, it will affect their employment opportunities once they are in Australia.

While we appreciate that each case is unique, we always strive to secure the best possible outcome from the Skills Assessing Authorities in Australia. Experience has proven that efforts and expertise in this area are often the keys to a successful case.

Ensuring Trauma Counsellors Are In High Demand

Every skilled migrant wants to know they will be able to secure a job quickly and easily when they are in Australia. The Australian emigration system ensures that they can.

Each year, State Governments and the two territorial Governments report to the federal government on their local demand for Trauma Counsellors and if they need to bring in Trauma Counsellors from overseas to fill any potential shortage skills gaps. This report states the number of overseas a Trauma Counsellors required in the coming year to fill the skills gap within each region.

The Skills in demand are then broken down into priority lists. These lists range from those skills in high demand across the country to those skills with only limited demand within rural areas.

Curently, Trauma Counsellors are on the STSOL list. Being on this list means a Trauma Counsellor may qualify for one of the following visa streams:

• 190, 407, 491 (S/T), TSS (S), 494

To read more about the shortage skills list, you can visit the government website here: STSOL

Skills and Experience Required To Be a Trauma Counsellor

Before a person can be accepted in Australia as Trauma Counsellor, their qualification, skills and experience must be independently verified via a rigorous accreditation. The process ensures all skilled migrants can do their jobs to the required Australian standards.

1. Defining the job title a Trauma Counsellor:

The profession “a Trauma Counsellor” can mean something slightly different in Australia to what is referred to overseas. In “official emigration terms”, this profession is aligned within the occupation category “Counsellors nec” and is uniquely identified by the code 272199. This may seem weird to some people, but it is a registry system that has been in place since 2006.

2. Key Requirements for a Trauma Counsellor:

For a Trauma Counsellor to be deemed experienced down under, here are the essential skills, tasks, duties and responsibilities they must be familiar with:

General Duties:

Communication and collaboration
• Human resources
• Customer service
• Health and care
• Records
• documentation
• reports and research
• Security and emergency services
• Teaching and education
• Work activities preparation

Core Specialist Responsibilities:

Prepare or manage compliance documentation
• Verify personal information and maintain records
• Teach school students
• Prepare reports or evaluations
• Provide counselling
• Develop treatment plans for patients or clients
• Provide customer service and communicate information
• Collaborate and advise on educational and technical issues
• Provide or request emergency response
• Communicate and collaborate
• Undertake or provide professional skill and knowledge development
• Develop
• follow and ensure compliance with health care quality and safety procedures
• Provide community health programs
• Monitor and evaluate patient treatment
• Manage health care operations
• Collaborate with health care professionals
• Analyse and evaluate documentation or technical information
• Develop
• implement and monitor educational policies
• standards or programs
• Communicate with others to coordinate work
• Undertake community development activities
• Assist and support clients
• Support diversity and inclusion

Specific Tasks Associated with the Role:

Advocate for individual or community needs
• Respond to emergencies to provide assistance
• Maintain professional social services knowledge
• Maintain a working understanding of the cultural
• diversity and accessibility needs of others
• and how this applies to the role
• Modify treatment plans to accommodate client needs
• Interview clients to gather information about their backgrounds
• needs or progress
• Counsel family members of clients or patients
• Supervise workers providing client or patient services
• Develop health assessment methods or programs
• Teach life skills or strategies to clients or their families
• Develop treatment plans for patients or clients
• Maintain client records
• Intervene in crisis situations to assist clients
• Plan programs to address community health issues
• Collaborate with other professionals to assess client needs or plan treatments
• Develop working relationships with others to facilitate program activities
• Monitor clients to evaluate treatment progress
• Collect information about clients
• Write reports or evaluations
• Counsel clients or patients regarding personal issues
• Refer clients to community or social service programs
• Lead classes or community events
• Confer with family members to discuss client treatment plans or progress
• Support individuals with diverse needs to understand
• access and utilise information or services
• Collect information about community health needs
• Plan programs to address community mental wellness needs
• Evaluate characteristics of individuals to determine needs or eligibility
• Complete documentation required by programs or regulations
• Evaluate the effectiveness of counselling or educational programs

3. The Australian eligibility criteria for a Trauma Counsellor:

Currently Trauma Counsellor’s are listed on the . This reflects the demand for the profession within Australia.

4. Emigration options:

As the profession is currently listed on the , there are places available. However, demand is high, and Australia will stop inviting further applicants to emigrate once all the places are filled.

Navigating the Vocational Education and Training Assessment Services Skills Assessment Process

For Trauma Counsellors, the skills assessing body is “Vocational Education and Training Assessment Services” they are often referred to as the VETASSESS. To visit their site, follow the link: https://www.vetassess.com.au

It is important to note that the primary purpose of the Vocational Education and Training Assessment Services is to make a profit and protect their current members from migrants entering Australia, taking their members’ jobs, and driving down standards or wages.

Therefore, the VETASSESS will often look to delay, frustrate and reject cases preventing accreditations wherever possible with those aims in mind.

The result of a candidate’s skills assessment is often a key factor in their success. It is vital that we secure the highest possible skills accreditation.

Find out more

Emigration law is one of the most complex areas of legislation and is continuously being adapted. By definition, emigrating to Australia is a legal process where the individual must prove their case. It is not down to the government to assist in that process. In fact, in legal terms, it is the government against whom we must win our case.

To discover more, complete our online assessment form for your complimentary guide and to discuss your options with one of our friendly experts.