YMCA Wellbeing Services aim to improve young people’s access and engagement with education through developing mental wellbeing. We achieve this through the provision of best practice individualised support pathways, including psychological intervention, counselling and case management support. In addition, we deliver evidence-based wellbeing group programs, both proactive and developmentally focused, that meet the needs of children and young people.

We are currently recruiting a Wellbeing Counsellor to join our team on a Part time, 6-month fixed term contract. You will be supporting our Vocational School: YMCA Redlands, Senior Campus which is located in Victoria Point, QLD.

ABOUT THE ROLE

Wellbeing Counsellors currently work within the YMCA Vocational School, supporting adolescents who have disengaged from mainstream education.

The responsibilities of Wellbeing Counsellors include, although are not limited to:

• Deliver brief counselling interventions to reduce barriers to education including but not limited to mental health symptomology, hyperactivity and learning disorders.
• In accordance with YMCA’s Thrive framework, co-design and/ or -deliver evidence-based group programs that are aimed at prevention or early intervention of barriers to education including but not limited to anxiety, interpersonal communication, hyperactivity, anger and substance misuse.
• Working with others, deliver YMCA’s Thrive framework across YMCA Social Impact through learning and development activities to beneficiaries (i.e. students), staff and parents/ care givers; creating evidence-based educational resources; and providing individualised learning support to non-Wellbeing Services team members.
• Supporting students’ learning by administering or coordinating assessments, formulating Personal Education Plans with teaching staff and resourcing students with disabilities (i.e. cognitive, sensory and social/ emotional).
• Working with students, parents/ caregivers and teaching staff, co-develop Personal Education Plans for students to accommodate mental health symptomology, developmental disorders, challenging behaviours and learning disorders/ differences in order to maximise his or her educational and outcomes.

SELECTION CRITERIA

The successful candidate will meet the selection criteria below:

• Tertiary qualifications in Counselling and/or Psychology and must be fully registered or able to be registered with the Australian Counselling Association and/or Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia
• Highly developed skills and experience in working with young people to provide strategic support that enables students to improve their social-emotional, academic and vocational capacities
• Demonstrated expertise in evidence based, trauma informed practices to support young people experiencing difficulties related to mental health, development disorders, cognitive impairment and/or other similar conditions
• Sound knowledge of computer systems including an ability to use the Microsoft Office suite of programs

BENEFITS

The YMCA offers a fantastic employee benefits program which includes:

• Free YMCA gym membership;
• Discounted accommodation rates at the George Williams Hotel;
• Discounted rates at our childcare facilities
• Discounted rate on health care through; Medibank Private;
• A range of online benefits through our online employee discounts and benefits program.

APPLICATIONS

Please send a covering letter detailing your experience and addressing the selection criteria outlined above and a resume. Click the ‘Apply’ button.

Our Commitment

At the Y, we are committed to empowering all Children and Young People to feel safe and be safe, at the Y, in their families and in their communities. As such, we ensure that all of our candidates are appropriately screened (including police checks) to make sure that the right people are in the right roles. To learn more about our screening processes, click here to view our Safeguarding Children and Young People Policy:

https://ymca.org.au/about-us/safeguarding-children-young-people/safeguardingresources

The YMCA is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to safeguarding children and young people.