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About the Role Be Recruitment, on behalf of a leading not-for-profit organization, is seeking a Therapeutic Specialist to provide trauma-informed care services for children and young people in foster care, kinship care, or therapeutic care settings.
Key Responsibilities Therapeutic Expertise : Assess children and young people's therapeutic needs and develop evidence-based, trauma-informed care plans.
Support and Guidance : Facilitate therapeutic care team meetings and reflective practice sessions for carers, staff, and multidisciplinary teams.
Child-Centred Approach : Ensure therapeutic interventions include children's voices, promote resilience, and support their healing from trauma.
Training and Education : Provide psychoeducation and therapeutic parenting interventions to carers and staff.
Culturally Inclusive Practice : Work collaboratively with Aboriginal families, Elders, and service providers to deliver culturally safe care.
Collaboration : Build partnerships with government agencies, referral services, and community organizations for holistic support.
Benefits Competitive Salary : Based on experience and qualifications under the SCHADS Award.
Flexibility : Full-time or part-time options available.
Professional Growth : Access to training, professional development, and reflective supervision.
Impactful Work : Join a team dedicated to supporting children and families through evidence-based therapeutic interventions.
Essential Requirements Qualifications : Tertiary qualifications in Psychology, Social Work, Occupational Therapy, Mental Health Nursing, or a related discipline (Postgraduate qualifications preferred).
Experience : Clinical, mental health, or therapeutic care experience working with children and young people in Out-of-Home Care (OOHC).
Skills : Strong interpersonal, communication, and conflict-resolution skills; expertise in developing therapeutic alliances and facilitating multidisciplinary teams.
Knowledge : Trauma-informed practices, attachment-based interventions, child development, and systems theory.
Cultural Awareness : Understanding of Aboriginal culture, intergenerational trauma, and culturally safe practices.
Compliance : Current Australian driver's license, professional registration, and ability to travel occasionally for training and therapeutic activities.
Desirable Attributes Experience in therapeutic care settings or implementing the Sanctuary Model.
Training in child, adolescent, and family therapeutic practice or mental health clinical practice.
Experience providing attachment-based and family interventions.