Practice Advisor - Therapeutic

Selectability Limited; Townsville City; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fitness passport

Flexible working arrangements

Career pathways and development

Employee assistance program

Job summary

Selectability Limited in Townsville invites a Practice Advisor - Therapeutic to strengthen evidence-informed, trauma-informed practice across our services. You will guide teams, coach staff, and lead the development of practical frameworks that improve safety, wellbeing and quality of life for people supported.

This role requires collaborative leadership across regions, high standards of professional ethics, and the ability to embed rights-based, person-centred approaches.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience providing specialist practice advice, consultation and support in complex service environments.
• Experience coaching, mentoring and developing workforces to strengthen capability, judgement and confidence.
• Sound understanding of contemporary person-centred, trauma-informed and rights-based practice approaches.
• Demonstrated ability to apply legislation, standards and policy to complex practice situations.
• Knowledge of HSQF, NDIS Practice Standards and other regulatory frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist therapeutic leadership and guidance to support safe, person-centred, evidence-informed practice across services.
• Support regional teams to respond effectively to complex therapeutic needs, risks and behavioural challenges.
• Build workforce capability through coaching, mentoring, consultation and development initiatives.
• Contribute to the development and continuous improvement of therapeutic frameworks, resources and tools.
• Promote best-practice approaches that enhance wellbeing, inclusion and quality of life.

Skills

Specialist practice advice

Coaching

Trauma-informed

Stakeholder engagement

Critical thinking

Continuous improvement

Education

Psychology/Social Work/Occupational Therapy/Behaviour Support/Human Services

Professional registration (where applicable)

Job description

Job Description

As the Practice Advisor - Therapeutic, you will play a key role in strengthening therapeutic practice across selectability by providing expert guidance, coaching, and practice leadership to teams supporting people with complex needs. Working as part of the Care Governance & Safeguarding team, you will help embed evidence-informed, trauma-informed, and person-centred approaches that enhance safety, wellbeing, inclusion, and quality of life. This role focuses on building workforce capability, supporting service excellence, and driving continuous improvement through the development of effective practice frameworks, resources, and therapeutic models of care. Through collaboration, consultation, and specialist expertise, you will empower regional teams to confidently navigate complex situations while delivering high-quality outcomes for the people we support.

• Providing specialist therapeutic leadership and advice to support safe, person-centred, and evidence-informed practice across services
• Supporting regional teams to respond effectively to complex therapeutic needs, risks, and behavioural challenges.
• Supporting trauma-informed, recovery-oriented, strengths-based, and therapeutic approaches that promote wellbeing and positive outcomes
• Building workforce capability through coaching, mentoring, consultation, and practice development initiatives
• Contributing to the development and continuous improvement of therapeutic frameworks, resources, tools, and models of care
• Promoting best-practice approaches that enhance emotional wellbeing, inclusion, participation, independence, and quality of life
• Supporting the implementation of therapeutic strategies that strengthen safety, regulation, connection, and resilience for the people we support
• Fostering collaborative relationships with families, carers, stakeholders, and multidisciplinary professionals to achieve positive outcomes
• Providing specialist insights to inform service improvement, quality outcomes, and organisational learning
• Maintaining contemporary therapeutic practice knowledge and contribute to a culture of continuous improvement and professional excellence

About the Employer

selectability is a not-for-profit charity with a primary focus of improving mental wellbeing and contributing to suicide prevention across regional Queensland.

We believe everyone has the right to access high-quality supports locally and have recently expanded our services to include child safety, and residential aged care in the Lower Gulf.

selectability is committed to creating safe environments where young people feel protected, respected and heard. The successful applicant will be responsible for quality service delivery to young people, recipients, older persons, families, and the community within selectability.

We value lived experience, cultural knowledge and diversity within our workforce as part of strengthening safe and inclusive practice.

About the Candidate

• Demonstrated experience providing specialist practice advice, consultation and support in complex service environments
• Experience coaching, mentoring and developing workforces to strengthen capability, judgement and confidence
• Sound understanding of contemporary person-centred, trauma-informed and rights-based practice approaches
• Demonstrated ability to apply legislation, standards, policy and professional frameworks to complex practice situations
• Sound knowledge of the Human Services Quality Framework (HSQF), NDIS Practice Standards and other relevant regulatory frameworks
• Strong communication, relationship management and stakeholder engagement skills
• Demonstrated critical thinking, problem solving and continuous improvement capability
• Commitment to a systems focused, no blame approach to safety, quality and organisational learning
• Experience across multiple service systems including disability, child and family care, mental health and aged care (desirable)
• Experience developing practice frameworks, tools, resources, training or capability building programs (desirable)
• Experience working within governance, safeguarding or quality improvement environments (desirable), * Tertiary qualifications in Psychology/Social Work/Occupational Therapy/Behaviour Support/Human Services or related discipline
• Professional registration required where applicable
• Travel to selectability sites as required
• Child Safety & Personal History Screening check
• Positive Notice Working with Children (blue card) (or the ability to obtain)
• NDIS Worker Screening Clearance (or the ability to obtain)
• NDIS Worker Orientation Module "Quality, Safety & You" completion certificate (or the ability to obtain)
• Current minimum P1 "C" class Queensland drivers licence

Work Environment

• Salary will be commensurate to experience + super
• Up to $15,900 FBT salary packaging benefits
• Access to fitness passport
• Flexible working arrangements
• Career pathways and opportunities for development
• Employee assistance program offering confidential counselling support for employees