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Form of workHELP YOUNG AUSTRALIANS MOVE BEYOND DRUGS AND CRIME. JOIN THE TED NOFFS FOUNDATION, AUSTRALIA’S LARGEST PROVIDER OF DRUG TREATMENT FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
Type: Full Time, fixed-term maternity leave contract until Feb 2025
Location: Caboolture QLD (Home Base) and outreach across North Brisbane and Sunshine Coast region
Remuneration: Social, Community, Home Care & Disability Award 2010 (Level 5) + full salary packaging options available.
Founded in 1970, the Ted Noffs Foundation offers young people the support and opportunities to reach their full potential.
About Us:
Originally named The Wayside Foundation, The Ted Noffs Foundation was established in 1970 by the Australian humanitarian, Reverend Ted Noffs, and renamed in 1992 to honour his life’s work. The organisation’s early work helped co-found Lifeline, the first drug referral centre and The Freedom Ride (https://aiatsis.gov.au/explore/1965-freedom-ride). Charlie Perkins and Ted Noffs alongside Ken Brindle and Bill Geddes also co-founded the Foundation for Aboriginal Affairs in 1964 (https://dictionaryofsydney.org/entry/foundation_for_aboriginal_affairs) which was one of the first organisations aiming to achieve equality for First Nations people. The Ted Noffs Foundation went on to pioneer drug treatment for young Australians.
Ted Noffs Foundation services are focused on helping young people with drug, crime and mental health issues and have achieved significant success. We run services across NSW, ACT and QLD with over 150 staff and nearly 300 volunteers committed to helping disadvantaged young Australians.
The Role:
The Adolescent and Family Counsellor will provide counselling to vulnerable young people aged 12-25 with or at risk of alcohol or other drug-related difficulties. The successful candidate will assist young people in rebuilding their relationships with their families and other significant people in their lives and to manage their lives more effectively.
This role is attached to The Street University Caboolture. The Street Universities are non-residential treatment centres based throughout NSW, ACT and QLD that help those aged 12-25 with drug, crime and mental health issues. Each centre is unique and is a safe environment where young people can engage in workshops ranging from music and dance to computer coding. Evidence-based counselling is available to help our youth reduce their drug use and involvement in crime and to improve their mental health and wellbeing.
Responsibilities and duties include:
- Provide individual counselling as required.
- Conduct a thorough assessment of each young person.
- Actively maintain contact with young people in the service as appropriate.
- Deliver early intervention and prevention strategies.
- Encourage and support young people to develop and implement strategies aimed at reducing and/or ceasing drug use.
- Ensure young people have proper representation and access to all services they may require.
- Arrange community networking for a young person to encourage positive interactions in a safe and supportive environment.
- Liaise effectively with referrers, service providers and/or family and carers to ensure the best service for our young people.
- Maintain accurate records, statistics and reports.
- Expectation to work in an outreach setting to the catchment areas and within the home base.
- Willingness to engage young people through soft entry techniques.
Essential Selection Criteria:
- Relevant tertiary qualifications e.g. psychology, counselling, social work.
- Experience and demonstrated ability to work with young people between the ages of 12-25 years old.
- Experience in conducting clinical assessments, developing treatment plans, providing effective and compassionate individual counselling, delivering appropriate clinical interventions, and communicating clearly within a multidisciplinary team.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills.
- Ability to work effectively both as a team member and as a practitioner with minimal supervision in an outreach setting.
- Strong personal and interpersonal boundaries.
- Commitment to the principles of harm minimisation and to the aims of the Ted Noffs Foundation.
- Must hold and maintain a cleared QLD Blue Card and a current Driver License (provisional license minimum).
Desirable Criteria:
- Experience in the drug and alcohol sector.
- Registration or eligible for membership with AHPRA or other professional association.
- Minimum 2 years direct counselling experience.
Ted Noffs Foundation is committed to equal employment opportunity and embraces diversity and inclusion within its workforce. As such, people from diverse backgrounds are encouraged to apply. This includes, but is not limited to First Nations People, People with Disability, Women and People from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse backgrounds.
How to Apply:
Submit your application via SEEK (Resume and Cover Letter addressing the selection criteria above).
Interviews may be offered upon application. Applicants are encouraged to apply at the earliest point and will be highly regarded.
For further information, contact us at ****@noffs.org.au. Only successful applicants will be contacted.
