Therapeutic Specialist

7 days ago


Bendigo, Australia Anglicare Victoria Full time

For children and young people who need specialised care to recover from trauma
- Therapeutic lens|stronger clinical infrastructure|intensive carer support to improve outcomes
- 2 x part time roles|flex to work, 0.8, 0.6, or 0.4|permanent|Based at Bendigo

**About the Therapeutic Foster Care model**

Anglicare Victoria’s Therapeutic Foster Care (TFC) model provides a trauma-informed, relationship-based service for children and young people who present with complex emotional, behavioural, developmental, and cultural needs.

TFC aims to:

- Promote _relational safety_ through strong, reparative caregiver-child relationships.
- Support _trauma recovery_ through evidence-informed care and targeted therapeutic interventions.
- Improve _placement stability_ and long-term wellbeing by providing consistent, emotionally attuned support.

**About the Role**

The Therapeutic Specialist (TS) is the clinical lead within each Therapeutic Foster Care team. Each Therapeutic Specialist supports up to 12 children (when full time) and plays a key role in embedding trauma-informed practice across the program.

You will be central to maintaining the therapeutic integrity of the model and ensuring children receive coordinated, developmentally appropriate care.
- Conduct therapeutic assessments, develop Therapeutic Plans, and deliver clinical consultations
- Coach carers and staff in CARE, TCI-F, and trauma-informed practice
- Lead reflective practice and contribute to care team planning
- Coordinate SDQ and HoNOSCA assessments and maintain clinical documentation
- Provide consultation and reflective supervision to carers and case managers

**Our Evidence Based Approach**:
The model integrates two core evidence-based frameworks:
**Qualifications**

Required:

- Master of Psychology, Bachelor or Master of Social Work, Masters Family therapy, Bachelor of Applied Science (OT), Bachelor or Master of Occupational Therapy and eligibility for registration with the applicable professional association.
- Victoria Driver’s License.

**Who are we looking for**:

- Experience developing intervention plans and mentoring and coaching staff in therapeutic responses.
- Experience conducting in depth, comprehensive, narrative assessments.
- Experience with trauma/mental health of children and young people.
- Experience providing secondary consults and training for clinical staff working with children and young people experiencing impacts of trauma.
- The skill to work with and alongside volunteer carers.

**What makes this such a great role for you**:
This is a great opportunity to join one of Victoria’s leading organisation’s that has led major change to the system through its services and impact, and is an opportunity for you to be a part of our continued journey in working and servicing the needs of vulnerable children youth and families.

As a Therapeutic Specialist at AV you’ll receive:

- SCHCADS level 8.3 which equates to $134,288 plus super at 12% at full time.
- Access to Salary Packaging of up to $15,900.
- 2 x part time roles, 1.2FTE, flexibility to be employed at 0.8, 0.6 or 0.4, (4, 3 or 2 days respectively) permanent. Pro rata the above salary dependent upon hours 30.4 hours, 22,8 hours or 15.2 hours. ($67.96 per hour)
- Flex needed to work after 5pm when required. Time in lieu provided.
- Based at our office in Bendigo with outreach to carers homes.
- Access to discounted health insurance and other retail discounts.
- Access to AV’s suite of Health and Wellbeing benefits, such as our Well Worth It Program, Fitness Passport, EIP and EAP.
- Supervision provided by our Principal Practitioner.

**What our people say-**_“I feel really supported - probably the most supported I’ve ever felt in a workplace. This job can be really difficult, so if you’re supported, that’s half the battle for me. Knowing it's there means I can go out and do the work.”_**

**Ready to take the next step**:

- Anglicare Victoria acknowledges Aboriginal people as the traditional custodians of the land on which we operate. We commit to working respectfully to honour their ongoing cultural and spiritual connections to this country._
- Diversity and inclusivity are important to Anglicare Victoria and we are committed to ensuring our workplace and services reflect this. Everyone is welcome at Anglicare Victoria, regardless of age, ethnicity, cultural background, gender, sexual orientation, religious affiliation and physical ability._



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