Address- Part-time 22.5 hr/pw contract until April 2025
- Location: Gateshead
- This role is paid under the Social, Community, Home Care & Disability Services Award 2010- Level 5.1
The Opportunity:
The Samaritans Tailored Youth and Family Services team provide a range of early intervention, targeted and specialist support to children, young people and their families in the Lake Macquarie & Newcastle local government areas. It is a multidisciplinary team, providing a range of activities within the home, centre-based, in schools and the local community. The aim of the service is to meet the needs of families who may be experiencing tough times such as domestic and family violence, emerging mental health concerns, drug and alcohol needs, social and economic disadvantage, attachment and relational difficulties between parents /carers and their children with a focus to increase the immediate and longer term wellbeing and safety of children and young people.
The Youth and Family Practitioner will maintain an individual case load of children, young people and families and provide counselling, case work and facilitate groups. The underlying principles of attachment, trauma informed practice, motivational interviewing, narrative therapy, strengths perspective and social learning theory, underpin the framework of practice for the service.
Why Work for us?
Newcastle Anglican places people at the centre of our work. As a part of a faith-based organisation, you have access to the following great benefits:
- Up to 40% discount on school enrolment fees at any of our Newcastle Anglican schools
- Salary packaging options (up to $611/fortnight)
- Discounted private health insurance through Medibank
- Career and development opportunities – we want you to flourish!
- Access to over 300+ gyms with the Fitness Passport Program
- Free access to our corporate Employee Assistance Program
- Paid parental leave (after 12 months of service)
About you?
- Degree Qualification in Psychology, Counselling, Family Therapy, Social Work or equivalent/relevant
- A desire and commitment to work in a strength-based way with children, young people and their families.
- Experience (this may be emerging) providing energetic, creative and flexible therapeutic group work with children/young people and knowledge of group dynamics.
- Completed studies and have knowledge of individual counselling models including CBT, Narrative Therapy and Play Based therapy.
- Demonstrated ability to work cooperatively with local community organisations on behalf of clients and the service.
- Demonstrated working knowledge of child protection issues and an awareness of the types of disadvantages faced by children/young people and families.
- Understanding of principles of behaviour management, resilience and conflict resolution.
- Willingness to engage parents and family members in vulnerable circumstances.
- Experience in facilitating or assisting in facilitating parenting programs.
Who we are?
Formerly known as the Anglican Diocese of Newcastle, Newcastle Anglican is a faith-based organisation serving the people of the Hunter and the Central Coast.
We offer a leading Christian presence to our community through our parishes, four schools, Anglican Care and Samaritans.
Our vision is for people to flourish because of what we do, inspired by the way of Jesus.
We provide a culturally safe environment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and welcome all applications.
For more information visit www.newcastleanglican.org.au or email the talent team at *******@newcastleanglican.org.au
You must have the right to live and work in Australia.
Samaritans promotes the safety, wellbeing and inclusion of all children and young people.
