- Do you want the opportunity to work for justice, choice and
self-determination for people with disability? - Applicants who have a lived experience of disability are
encouraged to apply. - DSS is committed to child safety and strictly adheres to the
Reportable Conduct Scheme for organisations. The safeguarding and wellbeing of
our clients is our core focus. All staff must undergo thorough recruitment
process including screening and providing evidence of current Working With
Children Check and National Police Check. - First Nations People, LGBTIQ+ people, people with
disability, people of colour, public housing residents or people with a lived
experience are encouraged to apply.
Drummond Street Services provides trauma informed, recovery-oriented
counselling, case work and advocacy services with people with disability who
have experienced violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation. We work to ensure
people with disability have the opportunity to safely share their story with
the Disability Royal Commission.
Your role as Practitioner
Drummond Street Services is seeking an Advanced Complex Trauma Practitioner
to join their Disability Support Service on a a full time or .9 EFT contract
basis until the end of June 2023, with the possibility subject to funding of a
longer contract. This role will be based in Inner Northern region (Carlton
& Coburg locations), with occasional travel in metropolitan Melbourne and regional
Victoria required.
Reporting to the Senior Practitioner, this role will see you
collaborate with a trans-disciplinary trauma informed team to ensure delivery
of high quality, client led counselling,
case work and advocacy services.
You are a skilled practitioner who is looking to
become part of a team committed to social justice and intersectionality, who
can share and build knowledge to support trauma informed-practice
that centers the voice of survivors who are people with disabilities that have
experiences of trauma due to violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation. Our
services are also for informal carers or paid support workers and people with
disabilities across the lifespan, from children and young people to the older
people.
About Drummond Street Services & the Disability
Support Service
Drummond Street Services is a not-for-profit,
non-denominational agency that has over 130 years in the development and
delivery of innovative services that strengthen families and communities with a
strong focus on evidence-based/informed practice and across the
prevention, early intervention, treatment and recovery spectrum of
universal and targeted support. We supported survivors to tell their story
to the Royal Commission Into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse and
continue to support survivors to seek justice through the National Redress
Scheme.
Following years of sustained advocacy by people with
disabilities, in 2019, the Prime Minister, the Hon Scott Morrison MP, and
Minister for Families and Social Services, the Hon Paul Fletcher MP, announced
the establishment of the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and
Exploitation of People with Disability. Learnings from the Royal Commission
will help to inform Australian governments, institutions and the wider
community on how to prevent, and better protect, people with disability from
experiencing violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation in the future.
Disability Support Service provides state-wide, trauma
informed counselling, case work and advocacy services that are accessible,
client-focused and meet the needs of people with disability, their families
carers, support workers and advocates. The service offers a model of support
and advocacy that is flexible, compassionate, respectful, empowering and
holistic with the aim of addressing individual client needs and undertaking
systematic advocacy. The services centers a human rights model of disability
and employs a number of staff who have disabilities and are also members of the
LGBTIQA+ communities.
Our services are open to all people with disability, their families,
loved ones and carers, support workers, but assertively engage those experiencing
marginalisation and/or discrimination, prioritising First Nations people,
people of colour, and/or those identifying as LGBTIQA+, with a specific focus
on public housing residents.
The following will be essential in this position:
- Tertiary qualification in a relevant field (i.e. Psychology,
Social Work, Mental Health) and along with other training and experience
related to delivery of trauma informed counselling services for
people who experience complex trauma, with a specific focus on people with
disability - Current Accreditation with a relevant professional body,
e.g., APS, AASW - Comprehensive skills in risk assessment and crisis
intervention for at risk clients - Demonstrated knowledge and experience of delivering
counselling for people with disabilities, people who experience complex trauma
and recovery approaches to intervention - A minimum of five years’ experience in the counselling,
family services, the disability sector and/or mental health sectors - History of working with people with disability in a manner
which centres human rights and intersectionality - Experience working with young people and children with
disabilities - History of working alongside LGBTIQA+ staff and clients in a
way that is affirming - Demonstrated experience with providing interventions that
support individuals and families with multiple and complex needs such as experiencing
barriers to the NDIS, or DSP, complex communication, mental health, family
violence and drug and alcohol issues - Desirable preference:
Minimum 2 years’ experience providing clinical supervision to
practitioners
A rewarding opportunity
Upon joining Drummond Street Services, you’ll be welcomed
into a hard-working, compassionate and supportive team of individuals from
diverse backgrounds. In return for your dedication and commitment, you will
be offered an attractive remuneration package (negotiable based on experience),
as well as salary packaging options.
Application process
- Applications close at midnight on Sunday 20 November 2022
- All applications will be directed to
our careers portal – Advanced Complex Trauma Practitioner - All applicants must include a resume and with a cover letter
addressing all the key selection criteria for the position
Please contact Vicki Khouri on 03 9663 6733 or [email protected] to discuss your
application