Family Support Specialist

3 weeks ago


Richmond North, New South Wales, Australia Yourtown Full time
About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled and compassionate Child and Family Therapist to join our team at Yourtown. As a key member of our multidisciplinary team, you will work with vulnerable young parents and their children to provide intensive, individualized support and improve their safety, wellbeing, and life prospects.

Key Responsibilities
  • Provide therapeutic and counselling interventions for young people and their families using a range of modalities, including expressive and creative therapies.
  • Participate in a range of supports, including intake, assessment, workshops, and referrals.
  • Participate in case consultations with team members and provide guidance in case reviews.
  • Actively liaise with network and local agencies.
  • Co-facilitate staff training on mental health and trauma.
Requirements
  • Passion, commitment, and belief in young people.
  • Bachelor qualifications in Psychology, Social Work, or Counselling, and at least 3 years of experience working therapeutically with at-risk children, young people, and families.
  • Experience using a wide range of modalities, including expressive and creative therapies.
  • Strong understanding of trauma and its impacts on development, behaviors, parenting, and attachment.
  • Experience in therapeutic life story work is highly desirable.
What We Offer
  • Salary sacrifice options to increase your take-home pay.
  • Regular line supervision and support, plus internal practice supervision.
  • Ability to negotiate flexible work hours and work arrangements.
  • Opportunities for internal and external professional development.
  • Free access to LinkedIn Learning, including over 16,000 learning modules.
  • A genuine focus on employee health and wellbeing.
  • Access to free and confidential counselling sessions for you and members of your immediate family.
  • Access to discounted private health insurance, banking, and finance, insurance, and superannuation through our partner organisations.
  • An environment that genuinely values diversity and cultural capability and is an equal opportunity employer.


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