Group Facilitator

14th June, 2024

About Relationships Australia 
 
Relationships Australia NSW (RANSW) provides a safe, judgement-free environment where individuals, couples and families can address the critical matters impacting their relationships, and their lives. 

What you’ll do  
 
As our Casual Group Facilitator, you will help facilitate our Relationship Education Groupwork programs, working with individuals (men, women and children), couples and in sometimes whole families. Your focus will be to create a therapeutic learning environment for clients to explore individual, couple and family relationship issues. You will: 

• Create a safe, welcoming, and inclusive environment  
• Observe and assess the dynamics between individuals and/or families to offer tailored guidance and support  
• Handle any challenges or concerns that arise during sessions with professionalism and sensitivity  
• Maintain accurate and confidential records of group sessions and progress  
• promote diversity and cultural sensitivity by incorporating inclusive practices in all group activities, ensuring respect and understanding for different cultural perspectives  

The details:  

• Causal role based in the Blacktown region   
• $36 - $38 base rate per hour + 30% casual loading + super + salary packaging benefits (based on skills and experience) + weekend rates applicable on top of casual loading  
• Shift distribution is on a needs basis, however our main groups run on weekdays between 12pm – 4pm & 5:30pm – 7:30pm and Saturdays 9am – 1pm

What you’ll bring 

• Relevant qualifications in counselling, psychology, social work, health promotion, adult education, community welfare or similar field including group work training 
• Understanding of working within a trauma informed framework 
• Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to build trust and rapport with families 
• Demonstrated ability to manage group dynamics and facilitate positive interactions between parents and children 
• Understanding of child development and attachment theory, with experience in delivering the Circle of Security framework is desirable 
• Training and experience in working in an educational context with children in any of the following areas 
           - Working with domestic violence; 
           - Parenting groups; 
           - Children/Youth in groups 

Why work with us? 

• Make a genuine difference to the relationship wellbeing of children and families; everyday! 
• Strong clinical and supervision framework to deepen our practice excellence 
• Work alongside people who truly care about what you achieve together 
• We offer many benefits including flexible working options, salary packaging, and fitness passport 
• We value inclusion and belonging. We want a workforce that is reflective of all the communities we serve. To strengthen our inclusive practice we have employee action groups: Accessibility, Reconciliation, Gender, Sex & Sexually Diverse and Culturally and Linguistically Diverse 
• We are committed to deepening our relationships with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. We have a stretch Reconciliation Action Plan to guide our efforts to build strong relationships, increased employment, and enhanced respect between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and other Australians 

Next Steps 
Interested? Apply today by submitting your CV.  
   
It is a condition of employment from 1 January 2022, that employees who are eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccination must be fully vaccinated in order to perform duties at any of our workplaces. If you are not medically eligible to be vaccinated against COVID-19, you must provide Relationships Australia NSW with acceptable evidence of having a health condition for which obtaining a COVID-19 vaccination is contraindicated.  Apply For Job