- Competitive base salary + 11.5% super
- Up to $15,900 annual salary sacrifice+ $2600 annual meal & entertainment card
- Monthly rostered day off
- $12,000 per annum vehicle allowance
- Hybrid working model
About the Organisation
Every day, Life Without Barriers provides support and care to children and young people, as we work collaboratively with families, carers, and communities, to ensure they have the environment they deserve to grow. With a focus on ensuring safety and respect, this is an opportunity to make a positive and meaningful difference in these young lives and help pave a brighter future.
Life Without Barriers is a leading social purpose organisation of 8,000 employees working in more than 500 communities across Australia. We support children, young people and families, people with disability, older people and people with mental illness. We work with people who are homeless and refugees and asylum seekers. Join a community of people dedicated to breaking down barriers.
We want to employ people who reflect the diversity of our clients to ensure we can support each client’s individual needs and wants. We encourage people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background and people with disability to apply.
About the role
The Therapeutic Specialist role sits under the Senior Practice Lead within the National Centre for Practice Excellence team. The Therapeutic Specialist will lead through influence – intentionally and purposefully coaching and building capacity of staff and carers across Tasmanian Child, Youth & Family (Tas CYF) teams to ensure that we are delivering consistent, high quality, evidence-based care for children and young people with complex and high needs.
As a Therapeutic Specialist you will provide on the ground therapeutic support, reflective practice and practice based coaching for children and young people in our care, as well as their carers and staff/care teams with our Tas CYF programs – including Family Based Care, Residential Care, Mentoring, Placement Preservation and Mental Health.
The Therapeutic Specialist role also provides active support around We Put Children First, CARE and Therapeutic Crisis Intervention (TCI), as well as supporting consistent practice, building a positive culture, facilitating Communities of Practices (COPs) and other areas of practice development as required by the Tasmanian leadership team.
This permanent full-time position offers the flexibility to be based in based in Hobart with the option to work from both home and office environments, ensuring a balanced approach to professional and personal life.
Please note regular of travel to clients and carers in your caseload is required so the successful applicant must be happy to travel. Vehicle allowance provided (in lieu of Tool of Trade Vehicle)
Key Responsibilities
- Support the development and implementation of national and regional projects by providing intentional and purposeful practice support and practice based coaching to all Tas Child, Youth and Family programs (Tas CYF).
- Provide evidence informed training and support for carers and staff regarding therapeutic support, understanding and minimising negative impacts of trauma, promoting healthy age-appropriate development and building and strengthening skills and competency.
- Support implementation, maintenance and monitoring of We Put Children First, Creating Conditions for Change (CARE) and Therapeutic Crisis Intervention (TCI)
- Assessments and reviews as needed to best support the ongoing needs of Children & Young People e.g. Behaviour Support/Individual Crisis Support Plans
- Provide expertise and support to Child & Family Practitioners and House Managers in the formulation and ongoing management of Care Plans, and to ensure purposeful supports are provided in line with CARE principals
- Support teams around preventative strategies to ensure continuity of care and mitigate placement breakdowns
- Advocate on behalf of Children & Young People by engaging agencies and organisations to support consistent therapeutic practice
- Assist in reviewing client matching, contribute to intake assessment and support the transition of Children & Young People into homes
Skills & Experience
- Tertiary qualifications in Psychology, Social Work, Occupational Therapy, Mental Health Nursing or other related discipline.
- Current registration or eligibility for registration with the professional body relevant to your qualification.
- Completed, currently completing or agreement to undertake a unit of learning consistent with nationally recognised competency CHCDIS016 – Develop and promote position person-centred behaviour supports.
- Demonstrated experience in working with children or young people in out of home care who have experienced trauma, abuse and/or neglect
- Ability to develop and promote positive person-centred behaviour supports
- Strong understanding of the impact of trauma and complex behaviours
- Current Driver’s Licence
Successful candidates will be required to clear probity checks including National Criminal History Record Check and Working with Children Check.
Benefits
- Monthly Rostered Day Off
- Tax benefits through salary packaging
- Vehicle allowance, laptop and mobile phone
How to Apply
Include your resume and covering letter in one document, click ‘Apply’ and follow the prompts. For any enquiries including persons with disability that require adjustments, contact Zina.campbell@lwb.org.au.
Applicants are encouraged to apply as soon as possible as applications may be reviewed prior to the closing date; and as such the closing date is subject to change without notice. Current application closing date is midnight 14th July 2024.
Please note: To be considered for and appointed to a position at Life Without Barriers, you must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 with a minimum of two (2) doses or hold a valid medical exemption certificate, in accordance with Life Without Barriers Employee COVID-19 Vaccination Policy. You will be required to provide evidence of your vaccination status during the recruitment process
We are dedicated to playing our part to reduce the spread of COVID-19 and bring continuity of care and support to our clients. With this in mind, if you are successful, we will discuss with you an alternative to a face to face interview.
Life Without Barriers supports the Royal Commission into violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation of people with disability. We believe people with disability need to be heard and for these experiences to influence how support services like ours are delivered. View our statement here https://bit.ly/2GzZGWA