Complex Trauma Practitioner – Redress and Restore Services

• Duration:  Part time 0.6FTE till 30 June 2024, subject to funding review
• Do you want the opportunity to work for justice, choice andself-determination for people who have experienced Complex Trauma?
• First Nations People, LGBTIQA+ people, people withdisability, people of colour, public housing residents or people with a livedexperience are encouraged to apply
• DS is committed to child safety and strictly adheres to theReportable Conduct Scheme for organisations. The safeguarding and wellbeing ofour clients is our core focus. All staff must undergo thorough recruitmentprocess including screening and providing evidence of current Working WithChildren Check and National Police Check.

Drummond Street Services (DS) provides intersectional,trauma informed and recovery oriented, Complex Trauma Services. Our highquality, confidential, free, independent support services are for survivors ofinstitutional child sexual abuse and the families and people with disabilities,their families and support workers.

Through our Redress Support Services and Restore - VictorianRedress Counselling Service, our Complex Trauma Service has a focus onsupporting survivors safely to complete an application to the National RedressScheme (NRS) and to provide counselling offered as an outcome of their NRS application.

We assertively engage people experiencing access barriers,marginalisation and/or discrimination, prioritising First Nations people,people of colour, and/or those identifying as LGBTIQA+, with a specific focuson public housing residents.

About the role

Drummond Street Services is seeking an experienced Complex TraumaPractitioner to join the Redress and Restore programs, on a part-time contractbasis until the 30 June 2024 (subject to funding review). This role is based inboth our Carlton and Geelong locations), with occasional travel to metropolitanMelbourne and regional Victoria as required.

Reporting to the Senior Complex Trauma Practitioner, thisrole will see you collaborate with a trans-disciplinary trauma informed team toensure delivery of high quality, client-led counselling, therapeutic case workand advocacy services. A large portion of your work will be to support clients –therapeutically and practically - through the Redress application process.

You are a skilled practitioner, highly experiencedin Complex Trauma counselling and casework, who is looking to become part of ateam committed to social justice and intersectionality. You can share and buildknowledge to support trauma responsive practice that centres thevoice of survivors who are people with disabilities who have experiences oftrauma due to violence, abuse, neglect, and exploitation and experienceinstitutional child services.  You belongto LGBTIQA+ communities as well as other communities with whom DS assertivelyengages.

About Drummond Street Services

Drummond Street Services (DS) is a not-for-profit,non-denominational agency that has over 130 years in the development anddelivery of innovative services that strengthen families and communities with astrong focus on evidence-based/informed practice and across the prevention, earlyintervention, treatment, and recovery spectrum of universal and targetedsupport. We supported survivors to tell their story to the RoyalCommission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse and continue tosupport survivors to seek justice through the National Redress Scheme andRestore-Victorian Redress Counselling Service.

We have also supported people with disabilities, theirfamilies and carers make submissions to the recent Royal Commission intoViolence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability. Learningsfrom the Royal Commission will help to inform Australian governments, institutions,and the wider community on how to prevent, and better protect, people with disabilityfrom experiencing violence, abuse, neglect, and exploitation in the future.

Drummond Street's Complex Trauma Service provides state-wide,trauma informed counselling, case work and advocacy services that areaccessible, client-focused and meet the needs of people with disability andsurvivors of institutional child sexual abuse, their families, carers, supportworkers and advocates. The Service offers a model of support and advocacy that isflexible, compassionate, respectful, empowering, and holistic with the aim ofaddressing individual client needs and undertaking systematic advocacy. The Servicecentres a human rights model of disability and employs several staff who havedisabilities and are also members of the LGBTIQA+ communities.

Selection Criteria:  Essential

• Tertiary qualification in a relevant field (i.e.,Psychology, Social Work, Mental Health) and along with other training andexperience related to delivery of trauma informed counsellingservices for people who experience Complex Trauma, with a specific focuson people with disability and institutional child sexual abuse.
• Accreditation with a relevant professional body (e.g.,APRHA, PACFA, AASW)
• Demonstrated knowledge and experience of deliveringcounselling and case work for people with disabilities, people who experienceComplex Trauma and recovery approaches to intervention.
• A minimum of two years’ experience in the counselling,family services, the disability sector and/or mental health sectors.Demonstrate your genuine interest and commitment to collaborating with LGBTIQA+,First Nation, and people of colour in a way that is affirming.
• Demonstrated experience with providing interventions thatsupport individuals and families with multiple and complex needs such as experiencingbarriers to the NDIS, or DSP, complex communication, mental health, familyviolence and drug and alcohol issues.

Desirable

• Applicants who have a lived experience of disability areencouraged to apply. 
• History of working with people with disability in a mannerwhich centres human rights and intersectionality.

Application process

• Applications close at midnight on Sunday 25 February 2024
• All applications will be directed to our careers portal – ComplexTrauma Practitioner, Redress & Restore Services

• A copyof the position description which outlines the full list of responsibilitiesand key selection criteria is available on our website, ds.org.au

All applicants must provide a resume and coveringletter addressing the following:

1. Your knowledge and experience of delivering counselling forpeople with disabilities, people who experience Complex Trauma and
2. Your history of working alongside LGBTIQA+ staff and clientsin a way that is affirming.

Please contact Vicki Khouri on 9663 6733 or ************@ds.org.au to discuss yourapplication further