- Ballarat location, Wadawurrung Country
- Full Time, Permanent
- Base rate Clinician $93-$95K, plus 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 2022: 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
The Restoring Childhood Model (RCM) has been funded by the Victorian Government providing therapeutic services to children and young people impacted by family violence. Grounded in evidence informed practice, the RCM will involve specialist intake & triage, supported referrals and secondary consultations and medium term counselling.
Key Responsibilities
The Restoring Childhood (RC) Clinician will create a welcoming space and provide high quality trauma and violence therapeutic services to infants, children, young people and their families at each stage of the stepped care model. They will work with internal and external stakeholders to ensure the care provided is holistic and looks at child development, mental health and well-being of all participants.
About You
Our ideal candidate will have sound decision making skills, reflected in excellent clinical judgements and a high degree of self-discipline, reflected in the ability to provide targeted clinical services within strict time-frames. You will have a demonstrated ability to provide a high standard of complex direct service in the clinical assessment and treatment of children, young people and families; and to comply with service delivery towards output and outcomes requirement.
An understanding of the complexity of the service system and the issues involved in providing services to statutory clients is essential, along with the willingness to coach and develop others and impart knowledge.
An appropriate Bachelor degree level or higher qualification in a Health or Welfare related field such as Occupational Therapy, Psychology, Social Work, Family Therapy, Speech Pathology or related discipline is required, along with significant experience conducting clinical work with children.
The Benefits
- Hybrid working from home and the office!
- Committed to providing Fortnightly supervision
- Work within in a multi-disciplinary team who value regular debriefing
- Use of evidence-based and evidence-informed interventions and treatments
- Flexible working between home and the office
- 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 by 11pm Monday 26th September.
Queries to Kirsten Williams, Clinical Manager on 9450 4700.
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 as LGBTIQA+. 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.