• Job no: 6JAGN
• Category: Take Two
• Ballarat location, Wadawurrung Country 
• Part Time 0.8 FTE, 12 months Fixed Term contract
• Base salary $93k - $95k pa pro rata, super and salary packaging

For over 140 years, Berry Street has adapted to a changing world, and we will continue to adapt to achieve our purpose. We believe children, young people and families should be safe, thriving and hopeful. Our Vision for 2023: Together we will courageously change lives and reimagine service systems. We look forward to working with children, young people, families, carers, staff and partners to achieve this vision. Together.

About Take Two

Take Two is a state-wide service providing high quality therapeutic services to children and young people who have suffered significant abuse, neglect or disrupted attachment and are clients of Child Protection. We work with the traumatised child, and with their caregivers, families and communities. We help them understand the child’s trauma, and how it’s impacting their development and behaviours.

Key Responsibilities

The Occupational Therapist key responsibilities include:

• Provide consultation, assessment, interventions to students referred by the Berry Street School. This will include the use of Tele Health to enable State-wide coverage.
• Assessment of sensory processing and individual functioning to further engage the student within the school environment
• Staff education as identified by the School Management.

About You

We are seeking an experienced and qualified paediatric Occupational Therapist who has experience working with young people, children and families who have been through trauma. You will be motivated to provide the best clinical practice for our young people, and have experience in sharing your knowledge with a multi disciplinary team. You will also have sound ability to work autonomously.

The Benefits

• Hybrid working from home and the Berry Street School.
• Work closely with the Berry Street schools and the Take Two school program.
• Committed to providing Fortnightly supervision
• Use of evidence-based and evidence-informed interventions and treatments
• Additional salary packaging available for meals/accommodation.
• Flexible work arrangements and generous leave conditions.
• Additional professional development opportunities.
• Access to the Employee Assistance Program (EAP), including access for staff members’ immediate family.

How to Apply

Applications including resume and cover letter addressing your suitability for the position to be submitted.

Queries to Kate Ward - Clinical Manager, on 0447 096 133.

Please Note; the successful applicant will be subject to comprehensive reference and background checking prior to employment, including a Working with Children Check and National Police Check.

Berry Street is committed to being a child safe, child friendly and child empowering organisation. In everything we do we seek to protect children. We are committed to the cultural safety of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children; children from culturally and/or linguistically diverse backgrounds; children with a disability; children who identify with a sexual and or gender minority identity. We aim to ensure every individual is treated with dignity and respect regardless of their cultural background, ability, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, spirituality or religion.

Aboriginal people; people from culturally and/or linguistically diverse backgrounds and people with a disability are encouraged to apply.