About Your Functional Therapy

YFT started out as an Occupational Therapy service providing therapy to NDIS clients across Greater Sydney. YFT Has started to grow and provide additional allied health support due to the growing need of our clients. We provide therapy services to client’s of all ages with differing disabilities. We provide internal and external professional development and try to empower our staff to become the therapist they want to be in a support environment.

We are seeking a passionate Psychotherapist or Counsellor (full-time or part-time) to join our vibrant team.

We are hiring for a therapist who wants to work in the community and we are hiring across Greater Sydney

Work alongside an amazing team of other Speech Pathologists, Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Art Therapists, Counsellors, Key Workers & Allied Health Assistants.

Why join our team?

• Weekly mentoring and frequent internal professional development
• Professional development budget
• Fortnightly peer support meetings
• A fun, friendly and caring environment with regular social events 
• Options for a paediatric, adult or mixed caseload and high level of autonomy in the role
• Customised caseload to suit your passions and interests (choose the clients you want to work with)
• Dedicated admin team
• Resource development assistance from therapy assistants
• New grads receive access to our New Graduate Program and observational sessions with our senior team members
• Flexible start and finish times (choose your hours)
• Low billables and opportunities to slowly grow your caseload
• Laptop, resources and assessments provided for you
• Opportunities for future clinical educator or team leader positions

About you:

As a Counsellor you will directly influence the wellbeing of young clients and adults. The purpose of the role is to support the our clients through individual and family counselling/therapy, assessment and identification of needs of individuals and groups, formulating and case-managing wellbeing, promoting interventions and report writing and referrals.

To be eligible to apply to will need to be (or be eligible for) membership of a relevant professional association (such as AASW, AHPRA, PACFA, ACA)

Duties include

• Provide focused counselling interventions for participants as per a developed treatment plan
• Completing and documenting comprehensive assessments and reports of support needs, areas for development, strengths, and current capabilities (as funding allows)
• Development, completion, and the implementation of recovery plans to assist the participant to meet their psychosocial and functional goals (as funding allows)
• Provide training and support to assist other support providers to implement relevant plans
• Ensure professional and ethical management of client caseload
• Ensure all administrative tasks (including case notes) are completed accurately and on time
• Day-to-day process of collection, use, storage and dissemination of information
• Maintain documentation in accordance with relevant legislation requirements and Enunciate Therapy’s policies and procedures, including but not limited to, case notes, medication records, behaviour charts, medical and personal profiles and reports pertaining to the progress of people we support as well as organisational information required
• Maintain Professional Registrations, Working with Children Check, and a clear Criminal Record.

If you would like to learn more about us, check out our website: www.yourfunctionaltherapy.com.au

Job Types: Part-time, Full-time, contractor (50% – 60% of billings)
Part-time hours: 20-38 per week

Salary: $70,000.00 – $100,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Employee mentoring program
• Professional development assistance
• Flexible working options
• Travel reimbursement
• Bonus available if exceeding KPI

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday