About the organisation

Jesuit Social Services is a social change organisation working to build a just society where all people can live to their full potential. We reflect on the critical factors shaping our contemporary world; the social, political and economic contexts, and we adapt our practice to work with those most in need.

Since 1977, Jesuit Social Services has provided services to some of the most disadvantaged in our community.

We place a high priority on advocacy and are a leader in policy development and research.

About the role

The Therapeutic Counsellor and Project Development role is responsible for the implementation, delivery and refinement of an early intervention project working with young people at risk of using violence. The role requires excellent knowledge of, and experience in, delivering trauma-informed therapeutic group work with at-risk young people, and professional development of the staff that support them.

What Jesuit Social Services can offer you

• An organisation that lives its values, through its day to day work
• A welcoming and supportive relational environment
• A comprehensive Induction and Orientation program
• Ongoing training and development related to your role
• Employee assistance program
• A competitive salary plus salary packaging benefits
• Generous leave

About you

This role will suit a candidate with the following skills and experience:

• Therapeutic experience in the design, delivery, scale up and embedding of early intervention projects to reduce adolescent violence.
• Ability to understand and challenge violence supportive attitudes and implement relationship-based strategies to help young people regulate and learn alternative ways to problem solve without violence.
• Experience creating and delivering therapeutic projects with those who have lived experience of trauma and violence, knowledge of the major risk factors for youth violence, including exposure to risk factors during developmental years.
• Demonstrated experience in the design and delivery of trauma informed and relationship-based practice training to improve workforce capacity to support at- risk young people.
• Demonstrated experience using individual-level prevention strategies and family-based interventions for youth with high-risk characteristics, holding violence behaviours to account, while displaying a non-judgemental attitude.

About the program

The Men’s Project is an initiative of Jesuit Social Services launched in 2017. It provides leadership on the reduction of violence and other harmful behaviours prevalent among boys and men and builds approaches to improve their wellbeing and keep families and communities safe.

Our vision is for good men, respectful relationships and safe communities.

We will achieve this by:

• Promoting positive change around gender norms and stereotypes and what it means to be a man in the 21st century.
• Learning from and expanding programs that build positive relationship skills and improve the wellbeing of boys and men; and
• Developing innovative ways to stop cycles of violence and harmful behaviour among boys and men.

Current priorities for The Men’s Project include:

• Research to better understand the attitudes and behaviours of boys and young men;
• Developing new early intervention approaches with a focus on community activation and educational settings; and
• Piloting innovative responses working with perpetrators of adolescent family violence.

The Men’s Project builds on Jesuit Social Services’ 40-years engagement with boys and men in trouble, but it also involves us leading new work to reduce violence, to improve the wellbeing of boys and men, and to keep families and communities safe.

How to Apply

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• Upload your resume and cover letter incorporating your responses to the Key Selection Criteria from the Position Description.
• For further information please contact Brett Phillips on 0438229244.

Applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis and the closing date may be subject to change without notice.

Jesuit Social Services is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity and inclusion. We celebrate and welcome all people regardless of ethnicity, cultural background, age, gender, sexuality, disability or religious affiliation.

We strongly encourage applications from all community members including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, members of the LGBTIQA+ community, people with a disability, people of culturally diverse backgrounds and working parents.

Jesuit Social Services is a Child Safe organisation and is committed to protecting children and young people from harm. We require all applicants to undergo an extensive screening process prior to appointment.