Adolescent Family Counsellor
Adolescent Family Counsellor
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Adolescent and Family Counsellor
Permanent Part Time - 4 days per week
Location: Cessnock
About the Opportunity:
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 of the Counsellor 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 Adolescent and Family Counsellor will offer a range of services to young people families and young parents including offering 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.
Why work for us
Our team are the heart of what we do here at Samaritans. As a part of the Samaritans team you have access to the following great benefits:
14 weeks paid maternity leave or 3 weeks paid parental pay. Super Contributions after 12 months
Salary Packaging on a range of everyday living expenses (Mortgage Rent and Bills) up to $636/fortnight
Up to 40% off on school enrolment fees at any of our Newcastle Anglican schools
Meals & Entertainment Salary packaging up to $2650
Access to Fitness Passport (over 300gyms)
Free access to our corporate Employee Assistance Program
Flexible working options
Career and development opportunities
Experience/Essential
Demonstrated skills in assessment referrals and co-ordination 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 skills in developing implementing and evaluating 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 of professionals
Ability to maintain comprehensive and professional client information and complete data collation.
The successful applicant will possess or be willing to obtain the following:
-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 some of the most 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 on who we are and the work we do .
For further information please email our Talent Team at
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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
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Employment Type
Part-Time
