Job Summary
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- Job posted on: 30th Jun 2020
drummond street services (DS) is a not-for-profit agency that provides family services, mental health and wellbeing support, relationship counselling, parent support and education for families, children and young people that reflect the diversity of the communities across our different locations.
drummond street has over 130 years in the development and delivery of innovative services that strengthens families and communities with a strong focus on evidence-based/informed practice and across the prevention and early intervention spectrum of universal and targeted support.
drummond street has played a crucial role providing specialist support to members of the LGBTQI community for over thirty years through its Queerspace program.
In addition, drummond street delivers services across the following programs:
drummond street has a fantastic opportunity for a part time TPS and Better Access Practitioner to join the team in the Western Region (Brimbank & Wyndham).
Reporting to the Senior Child and Family Practitioner, Wyndham, you'll be responsible for the delivery of high-quality child and family focused prevention and intervention services.
Key responsibilities of this pivotal role include, but are not limited to:
To qualify, you will hold full registration as a psychologist or clinical psychologist or mental health social worker, eligible to deliver under these programs. You will have a minimum of two years’ experience providing psychological interventions to children, young people and adults under TPS or Better Access and ability to provide evidence base focused psychological therapies with positive client outcomes.
This role is well suited to someone who is organised, flexible, client-focused and who can effectively manage tasks and deadlines while maintaining a high degree of self-awareness and professionalism. You will also demonstrate a positive, creative and collaborative approach to the delivery of support services.
As a reflection of our values and mission, we are an organisation that embraces diversity and delivers universal and targeted interventions to families, individuals, adults, children, youth and diverse communities. We are seeking candidates who embody these values and who have particular experience working with diverse communities and families.
Salary and Award dependent on qualifications. Salary packaging is available.
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