Therapeutic Specialist

MacKillop Family Services; Geelong; On-site; AUD 60,000 - 78,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging up to $18,550

Paid industry training

Fitness Passport

Employee Assistance Program

Sanctuary Organisation

Job summary

MacKillop Family Services invites a Therapeutic Specialist in Geelong to develop and implement therapeutic plans for each young person. You will guide staff through strategies, supporting healing and resilience in a trauma-informed framework.

You will join a team of experienced professionals, working with Aboriginal and CALD communities, with opportunities for ongoing training and collaboration to improve outcomes for young people in residential care.

Qualifications

• Experience working therapeutically with young people.
• Solid understanding of trauma and its impact on development.
• Ability to guide staff in implementing therapeutic strategies.
• Culturally sensitive and inclusive practice with Aboriginal and CALD communities.

Responsibilities

• Develop therapeutic strategies and plans for each young person.
• Guide and support staff in implementing plans.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary professionals to support healing.
• Monitor progress and adjust plans to achieve positive outcomes.

Skills

Trauma-informed care

Experience with young people

Team collaboration

Education

Tertiary qualification in Psychology or Social Work

Job description

About The Role

This exciting opportunity is ongoing 0.6 EFT parttime permanent opportunity, based in Geelong.

Are you dedicated to supporting Young People, knowledgeable about trauma, and driven to make a positive impact?

We are looking for a Therapeutic Specialist to join the team, who is passionate about developing therapeutic strategies and plans for each individual young person. In this role, your knowledge and skills will be utilised in guiding our staff through the implementation of strategies and your support will play a crucial part in assisting our Young People expand their strengths to facilitate healing and recovery.

You will be joining a team of seasoned experts and have the opportunity to collaborate with some of the industry's most knowledgeable professionals.

Our Offer

• Salary packaging – we can help you to maximise your salary packaging up to $18,550 per year, which allows you to reduce the amount of tax you pay.
• Paid Training that is industry specific including, Sanctuary and Cultural Awareness training.
• Fitness Passport - which is a discounted workplace health and fitness program available to you and your family. For a fraction of the price of a regular gym membership.
• Employee Assistance Program- Free access to a wide range of options with all aspects of life such as social, financial, physical, mental health by providing counselling and coaching supporting relating both to your circumstance, even including health advice from qualified nutritionists.
• Sanctuary Organisation - MacKillop’s work is underpinned by the Sanctuary Model, an evidence-supported, whole of organisation framework that brings our values to life. The model reinforces our ability to create a safe environment that teaches people to cope effectively with stress and trauma, and to heal.

Desirables

• An appropriate tertiary qualification in Psychology, Social Work or a related discipline is essential. Post Graduate training in relevant child, adolescent and family clinical practice, family work and systemic thinking (strongly preferred).
• Thorough understanding (based on advanced training/qualifications and a body of knowledge on recognised theoretical approaches) of the impact of trauma, disrupted attachment and abuse/neglect on a child or young person’s development and wellbeing.
• Substantial experience in working therapeutically with young people and demonstrated capacity to persevere to achieve positive outcomes when working with young people who have experienced trauma and have complex needs and presentations.
• Demonstrated a thorough understanding of Aboriginal and CALD (Culturally and Linguistically Diverse) cultures to provide culturally sensitive and effective care for young people in residential care.

Essential

• Valid and current Driver’s License;
• Satisfactory Criminal History Check (paid for by MacKillop);
• Valid Employee Working with Children Check.
• Valid and current NDIS Workers Screening Check

MacKillop celebrates and draws strength from diversity and respects the dignity of all people. Every person at MacKillop has the right to be safe and to be treated justly. We value every person’s ability, cultural or linguistic backgrounds, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, intersex status, relationship status, religious or spiritual beliefs, socio-economic status, and age.

It is our goal that MacKillop Family Services continues to evolve as a culturally safe, culturally competent, and welcoming organisation to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, young people, families, and communities.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are strongly encouraged to apply for this position.