The Accoras Team
Accoras has been delivering mental health and wellbeing services for South-East Queensland children, young people and families for 30 years. In 2021, we launched our Commonwealth Psychosocial Support Program, working with 7-17 year-olds in Logan/Beaudesert who have severe and complex mental health needs and reduced psychosocial functional capacity. Our CPSP is highly effective and we know we are making a real difference, so our team is growing to help us meet the needs of our local young people.
The Role
As a Child, Youth and Family Practitioner (CYFP), you’ll work with children and young people and their parents/carers/family in their home or school environment. You will support new referrals to the service and meet with children and young people to assess what is happening in all areas of their lives and develop a collaborative, holistic action and intervention plan to address their identified psychosocial needs. You will provide flexible and practical ongoing intervention, advice and support, assessing and responding to risks to client safety as required. Support may also include strategies and interventions targeted at parents/caregivers, to help them positively support the mental health of the child/adolescent. You will also make warm referrals to external services as required, and deliver group sessions.
This is a full-time, fixed term contract until 30 June 2023, with contract extensions aligned to funding renewals. Working from our brand new office located in Yarrabilba, you will provide outreach support in client homes and schools within the Logan/Beaudesert region, with all work-related travel reimbursed.
Working at Accoras
Accoras was named ‘Best Workplace 2021’ by Voice Project – an achievement we’re really proud of! Our team rated Wellbeing, Health and Safety and Teamwork as the top three things they like about Accoras, highlighting our genuine care for our people at all levels.
About You
We’re looking for someone with:
- Tertiary qualifications in allied health (e.g. social work, human services, psychology or mental health occupational therapy)
- Experience with working directly with children and adolescents aged 7 – 17 years in a therapeutic or case coordination setting;
- Relevant case management experience;
- Good understanding of child and adolescent development and mental health;
- Well-developed assessment and intervention skills with children and adolescents who may have multiple needs and mental health concerns;
- The ability to think ‘outside the box’ with regards to therapeutic engagement activities;
- A client-centred approach, with the ability to work from a strengths-based framework;
- Excellent case planning and formulation abilities, supported by well documented case notes;
- Good problem solving, organisation and prioritising skills; and
- A current driver’s licence, up-to-date COVID-19 vaccination status, and the ability to obtain a Working with Children check and successful police history check
Our clients have a variety of cultural backgrounds and life experiences, and we are committed to building a team that reflects and responds to this diversity. We welcome applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, people with a personal experience of mental illness, LGBTQIAP+ people and people with a disability.
What we offer:
- Above award rates with generous salary packaging options only available to employees of a not-for-profit organisation
- Flexible working arrangements, including the option of a nine-day fortnight
- Additional paid leave over Christmas and on your birthday, and a paid volunteer day each year
- Professional development, training and regular clinical supervision and mentoring
To Apply
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