Senior Therapeutic Specialist
About The Position
Join a leading provider trusted to deliver exceptional services in Residential Care A role created to offer expert case consultation & clinical supervision & oversight Flexibility to work from home and on-site|full time|ongoing Your role: This position will cover our houses situated across south east Melbourne where you will lead and supervise the Therapeutic Specialists. The main office is in Dandenong. AV has dedicated Therapeutic Specialists who develop assessments and trauma informed care plans for young people in our Therapeutic Residential Care houses. We are seeking a qualified and experienced Senior Practitioner with leadership and clinical supervision skills to work within our Residential Services team based at our Dandenong office covering our houses in Melbourne’s south east. Flexibility to work from home, office and engage with the young people face to face at the houses in the region. The Senior Therapeutic Specialist will work to provide support to the Care Team, Staffing Group and Young People directly, and in collaboration, to address their complex behaviours and areas of developmental needs. Positions objectives: To provide Residential Care staff and others the ability to provide nurturing, therapeutic, reparative care for the children and young people who present with complex needs and challenging behaviours, using a trauma framework. To provide support, capacity building, resourcing, and coaching to the Residential Care Staff members. To develop comprehensive developmental assessments to identify the supports needed for children who have experienced effects of abuse, trauma, family violence and loss. To share knowledge between internal and external parties so that this knowledge informs the care provided to the children in the Residential Care setting. To lead Therapeutic practice in Residential Care and support delivery into ongoing daily practice.
Requirements
- Experience developing intervention plans and mentoring and coaching staff in therapeutic responses.
- Experience with trauma/mental health of children and young people.
- Experience facilitating reflective practice and clinical supervisions for staff.
- Experience providing secondary consults and training for clinical staff working with children and young people experiencing impacts of trauma.
- A relevant tertiary qualification in Social Work, Psychology, Clinical Family Therapy and/or related behavioural sciences degree or Masters.
- Formalised accreditation in providing clinical practice.
Responsibilities
- Provide Residential Care staff and others the ability to provide nurturing, therapeutic, reparative care for the children and young people who present with complex needs and challenging behaviours, using a trauma framework.
- Provide support, capacity building, resourcing, and coaching to the Residential Care Staff members.
- Develop comprehensive developmental assessments to identify the supports needed for children who have experienced effects of abuse, trauma, family violence and loss.
- Share knowledge between internal and external parties so that this knowledge informs the care provided to the children in the Residential Care setting.
- Lead Therapeutic practice in Residential Care and support delivery into ongoing daily practice.
Benefits
- A total salary package of $161,536.88
- Supervision provided by our Statewide Principal Practitioner.
- Flexibility to work from our local office at Dandenong.
- Flexibility to work from home.
- Access to pool cars for travel.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Number of Employees
501-1,000 employees
