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

In this permanent full-time position based in the Central Coast, you will be responsible for delivering clinical and therapeutic services to children and young people with complex trauma histories and physical and/or psychosocial disabilities within our Intensive Therapeutic Care – Significant Disabilities program.

The successful candidate will conduct assessment, development and supervise the implementation of therapeutic care plans and positive behaviours support plans and provide ongoing clinical support and training to staff.

Travel will be required to homes across the Central Coast and to Cameron Park. An annual vehicle allowance will be provided.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide guidance and expertise in the formulation of Therapeutic Care Plans
• Work with case managers to inform ongoing implementation and review of plans
• Prepare positive behaviour support and individual crisis management plans
• Carry out assessments of young people in LWB care
• Facilitate monthly reflective practice sessions for direct care staff
• Model and provide advice on CARE and TCI practices to staff
• Communicate with relevant stakeholders to monitor wellbeing, progress, and outcomes of Children and Young People.
• Ensure that consistent quality therapeutic care is delivered to Children and Young People in line with the CARE model.

Skills & Experience

• Postgraduate, tertiary qualification in Psychology, Social Work, Occupational Therapy or Mental Health Nursing
• Current registration with the professional body relevant to qualification
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in a therapeutic care setting or working in a clinical environment with Children and Young People in OOHC
• Significant experience using evidence-based assessment tools with young people with trauma informed behaviour
• Demonstrated understanding and application of child development and complex trauma and its effects on children and young people in out of home care

Successful candidates will be required to clear probity checks including National Criminal History Record Check and Working with Children Check.

Benefits

• Annual vehicle allowance on top of your base salary
• Up to $15,900 of our annual salary tax free through salary packaging benefits
• Monthly rostered day off
• Meaningful work opportunity with one of Australia’s leading social purpose organisations
• Access to discounts and benefits at selected retail outlets, travel, cinemas, restaurants and MORE

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 Kestra Caller at [email protected], using the subject line: Therapeutic Specialist - Central Coast enquiry via EthicalJobs.

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.