Children's Services Practitioner +waves

Therapeutic Practitioner +WAVES

Part Time Permanent

Sunshine VIC SCHADS Level 6
- Supportive team environment
- Opportunity to make a significant contribution

About the organisation

Baptcare is a purpose driven and faith-based organisation working across Victoria, Tasmania and South Australia providing residential and community care for older people and support to children, families, and people with disability, financially disadvantaged people and people seeking asylum.

Baptcare is committed to child safety.

Baptcare FACS highly values the work life balance of all staff and working flexibility is deeply embedded into our culture. We offer flexibility of where you work, balanced with deliverables required for the role and Baptcare’s duty of care, as well as maintaining the relationship between you and your team. The position offers a flexible work model that encompasses the opportunity to work with clients in the community, work from home and from Baptcare Hubs.

About the role

The role in conjunction with the partner agencies; Spectrum and the Victorian Aboriginal Health Service (VAHS) offers culturally sensitive and trauma informed services with a focus on women and children as victim survivors of family violence. +WAVES delivers individually tailored support to

Duties, skills and experience

**Skills and Experience**:
Tertiary qualifications in Social Work, Psychology or equivalent (essential)

Minimum of two years’ experience post qualification working with children and families

Qualifications in Family Therapy, Child Development and Trauma (desirable)

Ability to utilise individual face to face therapeutic skills with adults.

Experience in planning and facilitating evidence based/informed therapeutic individual and group programs.

Capacity to analyse complex issues, including the impact of violence and trauma, safety and risk, provide therapeutic interventions for women and children and assist them to achieve goals.
- based interventions that enable positive change.

Knowledge of relevant risk and needs assessment frameworks; information sharing in the context of family violence provisions and the child information sharing scheme.

**Duties**:
Provide evidence
- based assessment, counselling and case
- management support to victim survivors of family violence in the context of their family violence experience.

Plan, develop and monitor the implementation of evidence informed interventions.

Partner and collaborate with a variety of organisations to develop internal and external referral points.

Facilitation of evidence based/informed and therapeutic groups.

Participate, assist and support the immediate and broader team to implement evidence-informed practice and ensure exceptional customer service and outcomes-based therapeutic support to clients.

Key Selection Criteria

**Essential skills**:
Ability to utilise individual face to face therapeutic skills with children.

Ability to be self-directed and work autonomously and demonstrate excellent organisational and time management skills.

Confident communication skills, in written and verbal English, highly impactful influencing, negotiation, persuasion and problem-solving skills.

Experience in planning and facilitating evidence based/informed therapeutic individual and group programs for children

Ability to adjust to meet the changing situations of the client group while maintaining focus on delivery and follow-through.

Sound stakeholder management and the ability to build and maintain strong, credible relationships with relevant stakeholders.

**Knowledge**:
Capacity to analyse complex issues, including the impact of violence and trauma, safety and risk, provide therapeutic interventions for women and children and assist them to achieve goals.
- based interventions that enable positive change.

Demonstrated evidence informed knowledge and understanding of child development and the impact of trauma and violence on children and young people.

Knowledge of and experience working within a funding environment.

Demonstrated understanding of the complexity of child protection, flexible funding interventions, out of home care and the family support systems and the issues involved in providing services to statutory clients.

Demonstrated level of self-awareness and resilience and the ability to manage multiple demands and prioritise accordingly.

Knowledge of relevant risk and needs assessment frameworks.

**Attributes**:
Dedication to the Company’s Mission and Values.

Proven ability to establish trust, rapport and confidence with a range of stakeholders, including internal customers and external suppliers.

Highly motivated and passionate.

Team player.

Cultural awareness.

**How to Apply**:
Applications must address the key selection criteria to be considered.

**Please forward queries to**:
Ginnelle Mullins

Applications close at 5.00pm on 18/08/2021

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