Therapeutic Specialist. Permanent Part Time

2 months ago

Geelong, Australia Life Without Barriers Full time

**Job no**: 504037
**Employment type**: Part Time
**Location**: Geelong & Great Ocean Road
**Categories**: Child, Youth & Family
- **Competitive base salary + **11.5% super**:

- **Tool of Trade Vehicle (with fuel card)**:

- **Up to $15,900 annual salary sacrifice**:

- **$2600 annual meal & entertainment card**:

- **Monthly rostered day off**

**About the Organisation**

Every day, Life Without Barriers provides support and care to children and young people, as we work collaboratively with families, carers, and communities, to ensure they have the environment they deserve to grow. With a focus on ensuring safety and respect, this is an opportunity to make a positive and meaningful difference in these young lives and help pave a brighter future.

Life Without Barriers is a leading social purpose organisation of 8,000 employees working in more than 500 communities across Australia. We support children, young people and families, people with disability, older people and people with mental illness. We work with people who are homeless and refugees and asylum seekers. Join a community of people dedicated to breaking down barriers.

We want to employ people who reflect the diversity of our clients to ensure we can support each client's individual needs and wants. We encourage people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background and people with disability to apply.

**About the Role**

Permanent part time Therapeutic Specialist role where you will be joining a brand-new service providing specialist therapeutic and disability support to children in out of home care in the Geelong region. The role will come with a Tool of Trade vehicle (including fuel card) that can be garaged at the successful persons private residence.

This role provides flexibility to work from either home or our Geelong office - wherever you work best. However, as you will hold a case load you will need to travel throughout Geelong as required. This is a **permanent part time** (30 hours per week) position that can be 4 days or shorter days across 5 days a week.

**Key Responsibilities**
- Develop a thorough working knowledge of CARE and TCI and ensure the core principles of the CARE model are applied in all therapeutic interventions
- Ensure that consistent quality therapeutic care consistent with the CARE model is delivered to Children and Young People
- Provide expertise and guidance during the formulation of Therapeutic Care Plans, Individual Crisis Management Plans, Positive Behavioural Support Plans and similar
- Encourage innovative multidisciplinary responses to the individual needs of children, young people
- Lead reflective practice processes and provide consultation to support our front line staff in relation to clients with complex support needs
- Participate in CARE and TCI training ensuring that these frameworks and tools guide our work with all clients across the organisation

**Skills & Experience**
- Tertiary qualifications in allied health professions such as Psychology, Speech Pathology, Occupational Therapy, Social Work
- Current registration with the professional body relevant to your qualification
- Current VIC driver’s license
- Experience in a therapeutic care setting or working in a clinical environment with Children and Young People in Out of Home Care
- Significant experience using evidence-based assessment tools with young people with trauma informed behaviour
- Working knowledge and implementation of trauma informed Positive Behaviour Support

**Benefits**
- Tool of trade vehicle included
- Work from home or the office - genuine flexibility in location and hours
- Join a national behaviour support team, learning from and being supported by colleagues all over the country
- Regular in-house individual supervision and scheduled professional development sessions
- Monthly communities of practice

**Additional Support**

Life Without Barriers offers a dedicated After-Hours Service (AHS) for all Child Youth and Family programs. AHS ensures efficient responses to after-hours events that cannot wait until the next business day, relieving our front-line staff from on-call duties and significantly improving their work-life balance.

**How to Apply**

**_ Please note: _**_To be considered for and appointed to a position at Life Without Barriers, you must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 with a minimum of two (2) doses or hold a valid medical exemption certificate, in accordance with Life Without Barriers Employee COVID-19 Vaccination Policy. You will be required to provide evidence of your vaccination status during the recruitment process._

**Advertised**: 06 Sep 2024 AUS Eastern Standard Time
**Applications close**: 20 Sep 2024 23:55 AUS Eastern Standard Time

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