Social Worker/Counsellor (Family Therapy) (Youth Service)

Job Description

• Conduct Family Therapy for youths and families placed on Pre-Family Guidance Order (Pre-FGO) intervention.
• As a family therapist, you will have the opportunity to be trained and practice an evidence-based family-based intervention aimed at diverting families from Court Interventions.  
• You will also be required to contribute to other projects within the team, including Integrated Service Provider (ISP) and other aspects of FGO work (assessment work). You will also take charge of other administrative duties and ad hoc projects

Requirements

• Degree in social work, counselling or related discipline.
  At least 3 years’ experience in working with youth and family will be preferred
• Open to learning and applying a new therapeutic model of working with families.
• Resilience in supporting clients through crises that arise during intervention.
• Able to be creative and relentless in engagement of potentially resistant at-risk youths and their families.
• Open to working flexibly outside office hours to match families’ schedules when needed.
• Open to delivering intervention to families in their homes.
• Counselling skills and knowledge of the social service landscape
• Strengths based in practice orientation.
• Able to manage complex cases independently.
• Adaptable and takes initiative.
• Insightful and reflective.