yourtown is a trusted provider of services for young people, with a focus on mental health and wellbeing, long-term unemployment, prevention of youth suicide, child protection, as well as support for those experiencing domestic and family violence.yourtown helps children and young people realise they have the ability to tackle whatever life throws at them. We help them to believe in their unique strengths, tenacity and self-determination. We recognise the courage and determination of children and young people when they reach out to yourtown for support.Realise your potential at yourtownyour opportunityWe have an exciting new opportunity for a passionate and qualified Counsellor to join our Transition to Work team in Upper Mount Gravatt to support and improve educational, employment and wellbeing outcomes for young job seekers aged 15 - 24. You will provide counselling and therapeutic support throughout the young job seekers' journey by engaging education, employment and/or training options to support employability development.This is a critical role to help young job seekers find their gateway to a successful career!Your key day to day tasks will include:
- Using a client centered, strengths-based approach to provide professional counselling interventions to young job seekers (15-24 years of age) with an outcomes focused Employment Service delivery framework.
- Conducting intake and psychosocial appointments for new members.
- Assessing and managing risk and providing crisis intervention.
- Networking and building relationships with key stakeholders including yourtown staff, employers, training organisations and education providers to maximise outcomes for job seekers.
- Providing expert guidance to the job seekers on labour market concepts, education opportunities and training opportunities that are available.
- Mandatory Bachelor level qualification in Psychology, Human Services, Social Work, Counselling or similar.
- A minimum of 1 year counselling experience or related experience working therapeutically with vulnerable young people.
- Your practice will be reflective and invite insights and continuous development through operational and practice supervision frameworks.
- Demonstrated skills and experience in assessment, case formulation and planning, therapeutic interventions, and capacity to provide culturally appropriate counselling responses to clients.
- An understanding of the local labour market, training, and education pathways to assist disadvantaged young people into sustainable employment.
- Demonstrated understanding of social, cognitive, developmental, and mental health issues confronting young people and their families.
- Proficient skills in using technology and systems; our compliance requirements are high and your administration needs to be on par with this.
- salary sacrifice options to increase your take home pay
- regular line supervision and support plus internal practice supervision
- 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
- yourWellness program includes free access to Calm & Centr Apps
- 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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Upper Mt. Gravatt
We have an exciting opportunity for a passionate and qualified Counsellor to join our Transition to Work team in Upper Mount Gravatt