Careers at yourtown

• Part time or full time available
• Clinical practice supervision and specialist training provided
• Located in Blacktown, NSW

Become a part of a contemporary and diverse counselling team where you can genuinely make a difference in the life of children and young people.

Kids Helpline is coming to NSW! For the first time, we are opening a site in NSW. As a counsellor with Kids Helpline you will have the unique opportunity to develop a broad range of skills and develop your practice experience within a nationally recognised service, working within a client centered and strengths based practice.

About yourtown:

yourtown's mission is "To enable young people, especially those who are marginalised and without voice, to improve their quality of life." We take the time to listen, understand and encourage young people to find their place.

yourtown operates the nationally acclaimed Kids Helpline, which is Australia's only free, private and confidential, telephone and online counselling service specifically for young people aged between 5 and 25.

Key information about being a Counsellor:

• You will be passionate, driven, professional, and aligned with yourtown values & our mission!
• Your practice will be reflective and invite insights and continuous development through operational and practice supervision frameworks
• Our services are provided by phone, email, and on-line so this is an important area for you to feel confident in learning new approaches and practices
• Being open, confident, and agile in learning new systems or responding to technological change is important
• Kids Helpline in NSW will operate a 7 day a week service between the hours of 8am to 12 midnight; this allows for part time or full time opportunities, and flexibility in the type of shifts you do. This model does require Counsellors to be flexible to a variety of shifts in a roster across the full operational scope, inclusive of weekends as required. Rosters are negotiated on commencement.
• Kids Helpline is a high availability service, this means that we want to be able to answer as many contacts from young people as possible. To make this a reality, our dynamic counsellors work to key performance standards, expectations and service indicators.
• This intake of Counsellors will commence with yourtown on 11 May 2020. Mandatory professional training will be required 11 May 2020 - 27 May 2020.

Applying to join our team

We are interested in hearing from you! You may be an experienced counsellor, or you may currently work with young people but may not have delivered direct counselling services. What is key to yourtown, is that you genuinely want to make a difference in the lives of children and young people, and can demonstrate the following key criteria;

• Relevant Bachelor degree in Psychology, Social Work, Counselling, Human Services
• Minimum of 1 year counselling experience, or other related experience in working with young people
• Demonstrated high level of commitment to the principles of client centred practice, empowerment and confidentiality
• Ability to be flexible and resilient across a shift work environment
• Ability to work across technology and systems

Please view the full position description for further criteria. To apply and for further information about working as a Kids Helpline Counsellor, including the rosters we have available for this intake, please visit: https://kidshelpline.com.au/careers

For further information contact Marnie Elliot, Talent Acquisition Specialist on (07) 3867 1376 or khlcareers@yourtown.com.au  Applications close: 1 March 2020

In line with yourtown's diverse workplace culture, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are encouraged to apply.

At yourtown our town is your town.  We're all about people, how we work with each other and the hundreds and thousands we care for each year.  We take the time to listen, understand and encourage people to find their place. We offer attractive employment conditions including access to salary packaging arrangements and paid parental leave. Find your place at yourtown.

All final applicants for this position will be asked to consent to a Working with Children Check and a National Criminal History Check. Please note that people with criminal records are not automatically barred from applying for this position. Each application will be considered on its merits.