About Us

Royal Far West is one of Australia’s most enduring and respected charities. We have been connecting children in rural and remote communities to the care they need since 1924. Today we do this from our Centre for Country Kids in Manly, through community outreach and via telecare.

Our Bushfire Recovery Program is designed to support the wellbeing and resilience of children affected by the bushfires of 2019/20. It was awarded both the NSW and National Resilient Australia Community Award for service excellence in 2021.

The program can be adapted to meet the needs of children experiencing other disasters such as floods. Read more about the program here: https://www.royalfarwest.org.au/the-childrens-voices/ After the Disaster and The Children’s’ voice reports

The Role

Within the Flood Recovery Team, you will be part of a specialist multidisciplinary team of including Clinical Psychologists/Registrars, Occupational Therapists, Speech Pathologists and Social Workers. You will also be part of a wider supportive community of Clinical Psychologists/registrars.

This position is funded until 2024 with plans to continue delivery beyond that date. The program will be supporting flood impacted communities within South East Queensland and it is preferred that applicants live in that location. Applicants may also be considered from Sydney if able to meet the outreach requirement.

This position is responsible for the provision of Clinical Psychological services to children referred to the program in QLD. This will include:

• Assessment, care planning and therapy, parent/carer group programs, child group programs, and professional development workshops for Educators and Health and Social Service Practitioners.
• Delivery will be a combination of in person community visits working closely with schools and preschools with ongoing support and therapy provided by telehealth. 

Services are provided collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team. 

Skills and Experience

Essential:

• Accredited postgraduate Masters or Doctorate degree in Clinical Psychology and registered with the Psychology Board of Australia.
• Comprehensive knowledge, skills and clinical experience of developmental, learning, behavioural and mental health difficulties in children and young people (0-12). This includes high level skills in assessment, therapy, case planning and working in partnership with families and local service networks.
• Experience in psychological assessment and diagnosis of children of varying ages including administration of Weschler assessments and questionnaires assessing behavioural/social/emotional concerns.
• Experience providing therapy to children with social, emotional and behavioural difficulties.
• The ability to adapt therapeutic interventions and assessment approaches to children with diverse needs.
• Experience of developing and delivering professional development individual or group workshops to Educators and/or Health and Social Services practitioners.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively both independently and as a member of a multidisciplinary team; Skilfully prioritise time, manage a demanding workload, apply high level reasoning skills and have independent professional judgement.
• Highly developed written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills. Demonstrated computer literacy and ability to use health information systems
• Demonstrated understanding of, and ability to work within, the principles of Trauma Informed Practice. Knowledge of the key principles in supporting recovery from community trauma. 
• Demonstrated understanding of the issues faced by CALD and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities within the context of health and family wellbeing.
• Capacity, skill and willingness to deliver services to rural and remote communities by both tele-health(video-link) and outreach. This may include a minimum of two multi-day (1-2 week) community outreach visits each school term.
• This role has been identified as a ‘Category A employee’ and required protection against vaccine specified preventable diseases, including Covid 19
• The successful applicant will be required to provide a current NSW Working with Children Check and QLD Blue Card

Desirable:

• Demonstrated experience working in a paediatric multidisciplinary team setting to provide assessment and therapy services
• Evidence of relevant clinical experience working within the area of Disaster recovery and resilience
• Knowledge and experience working with evidence-base trauma therapy including Trauma-focused CBT
• Experience in the assessment of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
• Experience in planning and delivering parent groups and education sessions, including Tuning in to Kids
• Experience in delivering children’s groups focused on loss and change, such as Stormbirds and Seasons for Growth

Our culture:

Royal Far West is a rewarding, inspiring, diverse and purpose driven workplace which aims to elevate and harness our people power to support the health and wellbeing of country children for generations to come.

Our core values of Care, Connection, Passion, and Impact are integral to the organisation. Respecting and upholding these values enables us to maintain a positive, innovative and highly collaborative workplace culture. 

BENEFITS OFFERED

★Meaningful work where you are making a positive difference.  You will be supporting children’s mental health, their wellbeing and helping them to build resilience.

★ You will be able to focus on the practical work and clinical care, while our support team take care of the administration and service planning.

★ Career and professional development opportunities:  You will be given high-quality clinical supervision.  All team members are supported to become accredited facilitators of the Tuning in to Kids, parent group program and the Seasons for Growth children’s group program.  There are  great opportunity to learn best practice, we offer Impactful Leadership Program to emerging leaders, interactive workshops offered to develop your work skills as well as online mandatory training. 

★ Multi-disciplinary work with our collaborative and supportive resident paediatricians, psychiatrists, psychologists, speech pathologists, occupational therapists and social workers to name a few.

★ Attractive remuneration: base salary + 10.5% superannuation

★ Salary Packaging – up to $15,900 of your annual salary will be tax free + meals and entertainment card $2,650 pa. See details at https://www.salary.com.au

★ Paid Parental Leave – 9 weeks full leave pay.

★ Work/Life Balance – work from home anywhere as long as you can travel for outreach to the areas we support and attend one team day a term in Manly.  A laptop provided to work remotely and we offer a purchase leave scheme.

★ Recognition & Reward – Length of service awards and recognition awards aligned to our values.

★ Positive Culture – We are an inclusive organisation welcoming people from all walks of life!

★ WHEREFIT program with access to 50% off gym memberships and class packs at over 400 gyms across Australia

★ Royal Far West has been recognised as one of Australia and New Zealand’s Best Places to Work in the prestigious annual list, published by The Australian Financial Review and Boss Magazine.

HOW TO APPLY

If you like to take the first step in developing your career in a purpose led organisation, please submit your CV and cover letter by clicking on the “Apply” button.

For further information please contact Sarah Eagland on [email protected] Alternatively a position description [link removed] is available on the Royal Far West website https://www.royalfarwest.org.au/current-vacancies/

Candidates will be reviewed as they are submitted so, please don’t delay in submitting your application.

Royal Far West does not discriminate on the basis of race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, marital status, or based on an individual’s status in any group or class protected by applicable law. 

Royal Far West encourages applications from minorities and all other qualified applicants.

Only those applicants who have the right to work, and are currently residing in Australia can be considered.

All employees at Royal Far West are required to provide a NSW Working with Children Check and vaccination record against Covid-19.