Overview
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 cooperative 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 Counsellor will offer 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 also a key focus of this role.
Responsibilities
- Provide person-centred counselling and a strengths-based approach to young people, families and young parents.
- Deliver information, advice, support, advocacy and counselling services, along with medium to long term casework, mediation and referrals.
- Develop and implement skills-based and therapeutic groups for young people and parents; facilitate life skills and parenting skills development.
- Assist in reconciliation processes to support family cohesion and appropriate transitions toward independent living when needed.
- Establish and maintain linkages with government, community and corporate stakeholders; coordinate care and referrals as part of a multidisciplinary team.
- Maintain comprehensive, professional client information and complete data collation.
Essential experience and qualifications
- Demonstrated skills in assessment, referrals, and coordination of care for young people.
- Ability to use person-centred frameworks and a strengths-based approach in casework and counselling with various intervention models and therapeutic approaches.
- Highly developed interpersonal skills and understanding of mediation and conflict resolution.
- Experience in developing, implementing and evaluating skills-based and therapeutic groups with young people and parents.
- Ability to develop and maintain linkages with a range of stakeholders.
- Experience working independently and within a multidisciplinary team.
- Ability to maintain comprehensive and professional client information and data.
- Willingness to obtain NSW Working with Children Check, NDIS Worker Screening Check, First Aid & CPR certificate, and undertake a pre-employment functional medical.
Who we are
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. For further information please email our Talent Team at.
How to apply
To apply clickApply 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
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