Child, Youth and Family Practitioner

yourtown is a trusted provider of services for young people, with a focus on mental health and wellbeing, long-term unemployment, prevention of youth suicide, child protection, as well as support for those experiencing domestic and family violence.

Powered by yourtown, Kids Helpline is here for children and young people whenever they need us, anytime for any reason 24/7, through tailored mental health counselling services in line with their changing preferences for help-seeking.

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Your Opportunity

Based at Deception Bay (Gubbi Gubbi) and working as part of the Family Support Services servicing the Moreton Bay Region, this role has responsibility for delivering quality supports under the Family Mental Health Support Service (Starfish Program), including counselling, family-based interventions, case management, therapeutic group work, referral, advocacy and practical support. You will work to empower and capacity build children, young people and families to identify and respond to mental health needs and improve mental health outcomes.

The Starfish Family Mental Health Support Service is a voluntary, early intervention and prevention mental health program funded by the Department of Social Services. Starfish provides non-clinical support to children and young people aged between 0-18 years and their families. This includes free one-off information and support, therapeutic case management, generalist counselling support for children and young people, including group work and outreach engagement within the community.

Your role will actively respond to program enquiries and complete eligibility screenings, child-focused, trauma-informed intake assessment and case formulations. In addition, you will also:

• • Identify mental health support needs for children and young people and provide appropriate intervention within a case management framework and whole of family context
• • Provide flexible and responsive outreach, site based or virtual services
• • Engage clients and their families in collaborative goal planning and develop individualised Family Action Plans
• • Provide developmentally appropriate interventions using a range of therapeutic modalities
• • Engage internal and external services to ensure holistic wrap-around support
• • Facilitate referrals to specialist services as required
• • Contribute to the development, delivery and review of therapeutic group workshops

Please note: This is a full-time position (72 hours per fortnight) offered as a maximum-term contract, with the possibility of extension. The current contract is expected to conclude on 30 June 2026.

what we are looking for

You will have experience in the mental health space and enjoy supporting children and young people to improve their emotional health and wellbeing.

In addition, you will also bring:

• Passion, commitment and belief in young people
• Bachelor’s degree in Counselling, Psychology, Social Work or other therapeutic profession and at least 2 years providing therapeutic and case management support to children, young people and families
• Skills in needs assessment, case formulation and planning and therapeutic interventions, group and family work
• Demonstrated skills in working with children, young people and families from diverse backgrounds

Your Benefits

When you join yourtown you will be welcomed into a safe, inclusive, and diverse community and an established and reputable national organisation. We are a resilient, resourceful, and dedicated team who strive to make a difference and not accept the status quo.

Your Employment Experience Will Include:

• • salary sacrifice options to increase your take home pay
• • regular line supervision and support plus internal practice supervision
• • ability to negotiate flexible work hours and work arrangements
• • opportunities for internal and external professional development
• • free access to LinkedIn Learning including over 16,000 learning modules
• • a genuine focus on employee health and wellbeing
• • yourWellness program includes free access to Calm & Centr Apps
• • access to free and confidential counselling sessions for you and members of your immediate family
• • access to discounted private health insurance, banking and finance, insurance, and superannuation through our partner organisations
• • an environment that genuinely values diversity and cultural capability and is an equal opportunity employer

How To Apply

If you believe in the power of young people and in yourself, join team yourtown and have an amazing impact on the lives of young people, their families, neighbourhoods and the wider community in Australia.

• To apply, and for a full Position Description please visit: https://careers.yourtown.com.au/.
• Contact: Lily Welch | Talent Acquisition Specialist | lwelch@yourtown.com.au
• Applications close Thursday 16 October 2025

yourtown is committed to providing services that protect and keep children, young people and adults at risk free from harm. The appointment of successful applicants will be subject to satisfactory screening for child-related employment including the completion of a National Criminal History Check and retention of a valid Working with Children Check.

The yourtown Workplace Immunisation Policy requires team members in this position to be immunised against the following vaccine-preventable diseases: Hepatitis A, Chicken Pox, Measles/Mumps/Rubella, Pertussis (whooping cough), Influenza. yourtown will provide successful applicants with information regarding mandatory vaccination and evidence requirements during the recruitment process. yourtown will reimburse costs associated with meeting mandatory immunisation and vaccination requirements, including GP consultation fees, serology testing and vaccination prescription and administering fees.

At yourtown, everybody belongs. We welcome, celebrate, and support a diverse and inclusive workforce that represents the communities in which we work.