Counselling In Australia Research Articles

Keeping the Plates Spinning: A Qualitative Study of Job Satisfaction and Occupational Stress Experienced by South Australian Rehabilitation Counsellors

The rapid development of the profession of rehabilitation counselling in Australia during the past decade has been accompanied by a high level of staff turnover. This qualitative study identifies the aspects of the work of rehabilitation counsellors that contribute to job satisfaction and occupational stress. The issues identified by subjects can be categorised as aspects of the rehabilitation systems and aspects of the employing organisation. It was concluded that employers of rehabilitation counsellors should develop strategies to enhance job satisfaction and minimise occupational stress in order to reduce staff turnover.

New Tasks, New Visions: Employment Counseling in Australia

Some of the major challenges facing employment counseling in Australia are canvased. Three current ways to meet these challenges are outlined.

Growing Pains of a New Health Care Field: Genetic Counselling in Australia and the United States

The growing pains of genetic counselling in Australia and the United States are compared. Genetic counselling is discussed in terms of occupational struggles for status by the non‐medical professionals and the effect this has on the balance between counselling and medical goals in this new health care field. The influence of medical team members vis‐a‐vis non‐medical personnel is viewed as being stronger in Australia than in the United States.

Abortion Counselling in Australia

SynopsisThis article deals with one aspect of a study of the abortion delivery system that operates in all the capital cities in Australia. The 176 respondents in the study worked as doctors, nurses, counsellors and social workers in places that provide abortion services. Both quantitative and qualitative methods were used to obtain the information. The role of abortion counselling in Australia is discussed and the attitudes of respondents examined. It was found that the majority of respondents favoured the right of a woman to choose whether or not to have an abortion. The majority also favoured compulsory abortion counselling. There was no significant variation amongst the occupational groups. It was also found that the majority of respondents from all the capital cities except Melbourne favoured abortion counselling. However, a higher proportion of respondents from the ‘abortion reform’ jurisdictions, Adelaide and Darwin, favoured compulsory counselling than in the other capitals.

Attitudes to, and knowledge of counselling in Australia

A survey of 504 pems from nine occupational categories spread across N.S.W. and Queensland indicated that counselling is widely misunderstood, but considered of value to thaw who have had experience of it. Data regarding the nature of counselling, functions and benefits/drawbacks imply a need for greater information-spreading by the counselling profession. Pleasingly, the strongest support for counselling came from previous clients.

The Development of Financial Counselling in Australia

A current concern of social workers and other professions in the field of child and family welfare in Australia is the development of programmes of family support. Financial counselling has been extensively promoted as one such programme, and under a variety of auspices, financial counselling services have been developed in many parts of Australia. This article provides an historical perspective on the emergence of this type of family support service. The development of interest in and support for financial counselling programmes is traced and discussed, and the current range of activities is described. Finally, the implications of the pattern of historical development for the future of financial counselling as a family support strategy is considered.

Tension and Mutual Support among the Helping Professions

Previous articleNext article No AccessTension and Mutual Support among the Helping ProfessionsSeward HiltnerSeward Hiltner Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by Social Service Review Volume 31, Number 4Dec., 1957 Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/640340 Citations: 2Citations are reported from Crossref Copyright 1957 The University of ChicagoPDF download Crossref reports the following articles citing this article:Regina H. Kenen Growing Pains of a New Health Care Field: Genetic Counselling in Australia and the United States, Australian Journal of Social Issues 21, no.33 (Dec 2016): 172–182.https://doi.org/10.1002/j.1839-4655.1986.tb00822.xLorinne Boyce ROLE PERCEPTIONS OF SOCIAL WORKERS WITHIN COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRES: A COMPARATIVE STUDY, Community Health Studies 4, no.33 (Feb 2010): 180–187.https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1753-6405.1980.tb00295.x