Therapeutic Practitioner

About the role
- Work with victim survivors, including children and young people, towards recovery from the trauma of family violence
- Proactively contribute to the future expansion of FVREE therapeutic services
- Full Time, 12 month Fixed Term Opportunity
- SCHADS Level 6 with access to industry leading employment benefits and NFP salary packaging
- Ringwood location, hybrid options welcome

About the Opportunity

At FVREE we provide services across the continuum of family violence: prevention, specialist risk assessment and safety planning programs, crisis response, case management and recovery.

This role is part of our growing therapeutic intervention programs at FVREE, including the delivery of a 12 - month pilot program As a member of a small team of therapeutic practitioners, you will work with victim survivors, including children and young people, towards recovery from the trauma of family violence. You will draw on your professional practice skills to deliver evidence-based interventions that are trauma-informed, client-centred, inclusive and strengths-based.

As the Specialist Family Violence Therapeutic Practitioner, you will deliver therapeutic services within the pilot program and contribute to activities such as program planning, implementation and evaluation, all of which will be led by the Therapeutic Lead. Your practice knowledge and therapeutic experience will play a key role in shaping the pilot program and contributing to its success.

We are looking for someone who can:

- Empower and engage others through curious enquiry and active listening.
- Self-reflect, learn and grow through feedback and self-insight.
- ‘Walk the talk’ on inclusion by valuing and celebrating diversity and actively identifying ways to break down barriers for people from marginalised groups.
- Engage with clients and provide high quality therapeutic services utilising a range of therapeutic approaches.
- Utilise their highly developed therapeutic skills to build trust, engage, advocate and deliver services to victim survivors and their children.
- Work effectively autonomously and as part of a team.
- Use their deep understanding of relevant theoretical and practice frameworks relating to family violence, including intersectional feminism, trauma-informed practice and strengths-based practice, to deliver high quality counselling services to adults, children and young people, using a range of therapeutic approaches.
- Effectively incorporate into practice, knowledge and expertise in child and adolescent development, attachment and trauma theories.
- Build trust and engage with clients, peers and other stakeholders.
- Work effectively autonomously and as part of a team.
- Contribute to planning, implementation and evaluation of programs.

You Will Also Need These Qualifications And/Or Experience:

- Tertiary qualifications in Counselling or Psychology and eligibility for membership of the relevant professional body.
- Demonstrated experience and skills in the delivery of therapeutic programs to both adults, children and young people.
- Knowledge and experience in safety planning, managing a caseload and client advocacy.

What We Offer
- We are a specialist service so we can help you build a deep understanding of family violence practice
- We offer wrap around support for new people to develop skills on the job
- We are a welcoming, supportive and inclusive team - we are proud of our culture
- We walk the talk on inclusion: bring your whole self to work
- We believe in lifelong learning and support you to engage in professional development
- We have great benefits like parental leave, EAP and wellbeing supports
- We know flexibility is important - work a day a week from home in full time roles

For a copy of the key selection criteria and a full outline of the position please see the attached document or visit our website.

To find out more, call Brooke Crowley - Service Excellence Manager on (03) 9259 4200.

OUR COMMITMENT TO SAFETY, EQUITY, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION
- Due to the gendered nature of family violence, much of our workforce is women, though this is not a requirement for all roles. We never discriminate on the basis of race, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, age, or marital, veteran, or disability status._

Position Description : Specialist Family Violence Theraputic Practitioner 1 EFT_v0.2

For a copy of the key selection criteria and a full outline of the position please see the attached document or visit our website.

To find out more, call Brooke Crowley - Service Excellence Manager on (03) 9259 4200.

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Profession: #Community_Services, #MentalHealth_Counseling, #Social_and_Support_Work

Sector: #Children, #DomesticFamily_Violence, #Families, #Women, #Youth_and_Young_People