Team Leader Family Counselling

On Offer

• A rewarding opportunity to deliver high-quality, culturally appropriate counselling and groupwork services to diverse clients in the Northern Territory.
• Salary circa $107k + Super 
• Salary packaging option (up to an additional $15,900 p/a)
• Six Weeks Annual Leave plus Two Weeks Personal Leave
• Staff rewards program with savings and discounts at over 450 well known retailers
• Access to Wellbeing Centre providing support to a healthier and happier life
• Relocation assistance offered up to $3000 

The Role

As the Team Leader, you will oversee a team of 7 who deliver services across three programs:

• Counselling: Provide therapeutic support for families, youth, and individuals, addressing issues like family violence, relationship transitions, and mental health.
• Children and Parenting: Deliver preventative, early intervention programs that build parenting capacity and improve developmental outcomes for children.
• Youth Enhanced Services (YES): Engage at-risk youth in accessing tailored mental health support to foster recovery and long-term wellbeing.

Key responsibilities include managing service delivery, ensuring evidence-based, trauma-informed, and culturally relevant practices, mentoring and supervising a high-performing team to achieve program objectives, overseeing data integrity, program reporting, and continuous improvement initiatives, and strengthening relationships with government and community-based organisations

Requirements

• Qualifications: Relevant Degree or Diploma with substantial experience.  Post Graduate qualification desirable.  
• Experience:  Minimum 2 years of leadership experience in social services, counselling, or related fields and demonstrated ability to lead culturally diverse teams, particularly in Indigenous communities.
• Skills: Strong interpersonal, communication, and case note-writing abilities.
• Unlimited work rights in Australia.
• Valid NT Driver’s Licence
• Ochre Card (Working with Children Clearance).
• Satisfactory criminal history check (including International Criminal History Check, if applicable).
• Compliance with NT Chief Health Officer directions for mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations.