Family Therapist

Are you a passionate, Mental Health Professional who's looking to work with a multidisciplinary team of therapy legends?

Are you looking for a workplace that truly respects your individuality and excited to hear about your new ideas?

Are you compassionate, fun and have an incredible knack for providing outstanding support to clients and their families?

This might be the change you are looking for

"Inside Out – when you start from the inside and work outward, magical things happen."

Who are IOT:

Our clinics are led by one very passionate Director and an amazingly dedicated team of therapists, offering a range of disciplines including Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, Speech and Language Therapy, Allied Health Assistant and Counselling.

Inside Out Therapy has three purpose-built clinics based on the northside of Brisbane sharing our one big goal – provide quality and meaningful support to children, teens and families who are Neurodivergent to support each individual to live an authentic and healthy life. Inside Out is committed to evidence based practise as well as quality and consistent care for clients as young as toddlers through to adolescence. Inside Out is a Neurodiverse Affirming service provider that empowers neurodivergent children and their families through respectful therapy services that celebrate Neurodiversity.

Adopting a family centred and coaching approach, Inside Out tailors it's service to the unique and diverse needs of its clients. Inside Out pulls strategies from various treatment frameworks such as Sensory Integration, Motor Skills Acquisition, Play Therapy, Routines Based Intervention, DIR Floortime, Trauma Informed Care, the PolyVagal Theory and Neurodevelopmental Treatment.

Providing centre based sessions, Inside Out, is looking for a Family Therapist to join our new integrated model where parents and children can receive support from the same team.

What we can offer:

• A therapist run, founded and owned organisation that has been built on values with our clients and their care at the centre of all that we do
• Flexibility with your caseload; opportunity to work from home and have a 9 day fortnight
• Low KPIs and bonuses available for your dedicated work
• Continuous shadowing opportunities, working alongside other clinicians, lots of time to debrief and reflect so you have time to continue to develop and grow as a therapist
• Strong focus on Professional Development particularly around trauma, regulation, play-based and relationship based therapy - Professional Development budget for each staff member of $1500 minimum
• State of the art facilities with endless resources; you will have your own therapy room with swings, rock walls and motivating games and equipment to ensure you are never stifled for creative games and ideas. Our little people LOVE coming to their sessions and they will love sessions with you
• Peer support and peer mentoring from your colleagues
• Fortnightly Supervision
• 2 hours of non clinical time per day, 4 days per week, 5th day is at home or an RDO
• Incredible admin support so you can just focus on delivering amazing service to your little people
• Work with our therapy dogs
• Our team loves coffee dates
• Above award wages, with a focus on rewarding you for your consistency, efficiency and effectiveness in your role

"Inside Out – when you start from the inside and work outward, magical things happen."

Duties and Responsibilities:

• You will support a caseload of clients through weekly or fortnightly appointments offering play-based, relationship-focused and neurodiverse affirming approaches to build the child's capacity for self regulation, independence in daily routines, having authentic and meaningful relationships with others, participation in learning occupations and develop a positive and genuine sense of self
• Assessment and developing individualised treatment plans for your clients
• Support people to develop their capacity for improved emotional, attentional and sensory regulation
• Engage your clients in a play-space rather than a small clinic room sitting at a desk
• You will see no more than six clients per day, four days per week. Your day will be made up of appointments on the hour, 8am, 9am, 10am, 1pm, 2pm and 3:15pm - each appointment runs for 50 mins each.
• You will work closely with a passionate multi-disciplinary team made up of; occupational therapists, speech and language therapists, physiotherapists, counsellors and allied health assistants
• You will work closely with families on their therapy journey. This is a role for someone who genuinely enjoys working with children - you won't write endless reports you will be focused on therapy
• You will liaise with external stakeholders to ensure what you do in the clinic can be utilised in the child's everyday contexts

About you:

• Endorsed Mental Health Occupational Therapist or Social Work or Psychology degree and registration with your relevant Health Professional Body;
• Experience working with children is essential;
• Have a strong commitment to learning and growing as an individual and as a clinician through truly rewarding and complex work with family systems and children;
• Have a real passion for working with clients who are Neurodiverse, preferably with some experience in working with Autism, ADHD and/or trauma;
• Adaptable and flexible in order to meet client's needs and expectations;
• Fun, bubbly and prepared to bring your passion for working with children to work each day
• Have a car and driver's license.

For more information, please do not hesitate to get in contact with Practice Manager Brooke Kelly via email

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