Adolescent Family Counsellor

Adolescent and Family Counsellor

Permanent Part Time - 4 days per week

Location: Cessnock

The Adolescent and Family Counsellor will provide person centred support and a strengths-based, psychological therapeutic and collaborative approach to assisting young people and families. The primary goal is to effect reconciliation between young people and their families, to ensure young people stay within the family home, are restored to their family or work towards independent living where this is acceptable and appropriate. The role offers information and advice, support, advocacy and counselling, alongside medium to long term casework, mediation and referrals to relevant agencies or specialist services. Building and developing skills to help individual young people achieve personal goals and facilitating instructional/skills development and therapeutic groups to develop life skills for young people and parenting skills for families is a key focus.

• Provide person centred support and a strengths-based approach in casework and counselling using appropriate models of intervention and a range of counselling/therapeutic approaches.
• Deliver information, advice, support, advocacy and counselling, alongside medium to long term casework, mediation and referrals to relevant agencies or specialist services.
• Develop and facilitate skills-based and therapeutic groups with young people and parents to support personal goals and life/parenting skills.
• Build and maintain linkages and networks with government, community and corporate stakeholders.
• Work independently and within a multidisciplinary team of professionals and maintain comprehensive and professional client information and data.

• 14 weeks paid maternity leave or 3 weeks paid parental leave plus superannuation contributions after 12 months
• Salary packaging on a range of everyday living expenses (mortgage, rent and bills) up to $636/fortnight
• Salary packaging up to $2,650 and access to Fitness Passport (over 300+ gyms)
• Up to 40% off on school enrolment fees at Newcastle Anglican schools
• Meals & Entertainment and access to an Employee Assistance Program
• Flexible working options and career development opportunities

• Demonstrated skills in assessment, referrals, and coordination of care for young people
• Demonstrated ability to use person centred frameworks and a strengths-based approach in providing casework and counselling using appropriate models of intervention and a range of counselling/therapeutic approaches
• Highly developed interpersonal skills and an understanding of mediation and conflict resolution
• Demonstrated ability to develop and evaluate skills-based and therapeutic groups with young people and parents
• Demonstrated ability to develop and maintain linkages and networks with a range of government, community and corporate stakeholders
• Experience in working independently and within a multidisciplinary team
• Ability to maintain comprehensive and professional client information and data

• NSW Working with Children Check
• NDIS Worker Screening Check
• First Aid & CPR certificate
• Pre-employment functional medical

Newcastle Anglican is at the core of well-known businesses within Newcastle, Hunter, Central Coast & Mid North Coast organisations. Our service agencies include Anglican Care and Samaritans as well as Newcastle Anglican Schools Corporation and 54 Anglican parishes. For more information, visit www.newcastleanglican.org.au.

For further information please email our Talent Team at careers@newcastleanglican.org.au. To apply click Apply now. Please include your cover letter addressing the essential criteria, and your resume.

Applications Close: when we find you Samaritans promotes the safety, wellbeing and inclusion of all children and young people. You must have the right to live and work in Australia. No agencies or third-party applications please. We will consider candidates as they apply and encourage early application. Interviews may commence prior to the closure date. #SAMS