Child, Family and Adult Psychologist

Child, Family and Adult Psychologist & Educational and Developmental Psychologist - 2 separate roles

This is an exciting opportunity to work with a leading provider of mental health services in the bayside area of Brighton East, Melbourne. As a Psychologist at 4thought Psychology, you will play a vital role in supporting the wellbeing and personal growth of our diverse client base spanning across the lifespan within family, child, adolescent, and couples' mental health services.

We look forward to welcoming two practitioners into our vibrant team.

An Educational and Developmental Psychologist to play a key role in our assessment and developmental team. We value and prioritise the importance of engaging clients in a neurodiverse affirming journey from therapy, to assessment, that supports people to thrive in all aspects of their world.

A Child, Family, Adult and Couples Psychologist to join our team that support all aspects of the mental health with individuals and families. Our practitioners benefit from, and consist of, attachment and trauma specialists with a strong foundation of 30 years training in EMDR knowledge, emotional and physical trauma, early child development, womens and mens health.

4thought offers unique scope for creativity in practice and genuinely fulfilling work, with facilities and resources that set us apart from other practices. Our therapy bunnies and tranquil gardens, with cubby house, basketball hoop, trampoline, and veggie patch, provide significant therapeutic opportunities to expand sessions beyond the confines of the consulting room. Our fully equipped onsite studio, 'Centre4life' offers further opportunity to develop or extend into group work, educational seminars or workshops.

Our practice prides itself on a warm, welcoming therapeutic haven. We value our people, embrace individual talents and reward positive contribution. Our workplace culture revolves around respect, care, communication, compassion, and investment in each other. We prioritise weekly supervision opportunities and professional development to all our providers, from entry level to our most experienced and senior therapists. We thrive on openness to share ideas, a desire to continue to improve and grow, and a willingness to work towards common objectives. We actively encourage our providers to prioritise self-care and job satisfaction, empowering them to curate a tailored case load and work schedules to achieve your ideal life balance, career direction and texture.

4Thought values supporting:

• Excellent remuneration and flexible working hours
• The full support of our professional reception and administrative team, up to date technology and diary system that streamlines collegial correspondence and resource access.
• Work with a values driven organisation offering a varied, established client base and solid referrer relationships.
• Affirming approach to the engagement of clients service delivery, through therapy, assessments and integrating the knowledge and skills into life and education settings.
• Creative, welcoming therapeutic spaces including access to spacious, cosy consulting rooms, tranquil gardens, animal friends and play equipment.
• Our stunning, self-contained onsite studio for the delivery of workshops, seminars, and group sessions.
• Opportunities for ongoing professional development through peer supervision and collaboration with an experienced, diversly qualified team of colleagues.
• Partnership opportunities in the areas of further business development and extensions to 4Thought's current services may be offered to those with an entrepreneurial interest.

Your skills and experience include:

• Demonstrated ability and experience in the provision of therapeutic services and assessments across a broad range of presentations: anxiety, depression, attachment, neurodiversity, PTSD, behavioural challenges, self-harm etc.
• Excellent interpersonal skills - warm, open, and professional, with an ability to hold the therapeutic space.
• Strong, clear communicator with well-developed oral and written skills.
• Confident and adaptable, whether working autonomously or within a collaborative team.
• A commitment to continued development, personal and professional, with a passion for client care.
• An understanding of Medicare guidelines for the provision of services under a MHCP and the associated reporting requirements.
• Demonstrated ability in developing professional networks, both internally and externally.
• Training in EMDR, ACT, DBT, Mindfulness, Emotional Focus Therapy, Gottman\'s method and Clinical registration will be highly regarded.
• Medicare provider registration as a psychologist.
• Registration with AHPRA and APS.

Sub contracting contracts with the security of ongoing work. Employment contracts may be extended to the right candidate(s).

• Please forward your resume with a covering letter outlining your suitability for the role via PsychXChange or to our Director Louise Johnson louise@4thoughtpsychology.com.au
• We sincerely thank all applicants who take the time to apply, but only those that meet our selection criteria will be contacted.
• For general enquiries please contact the team at 4thought psychology on 03 9530 8773
• To discover more about what life could be like at 4thought, we invite you to explore our website https://4thoughtpsychology.com.au/ and our Centre4life studio venue within our therapeutic garden https://www.centre4life.com.au/