Address- Work from home, with intrastate travel
- Tool of trade vehicle
- Attractive remuneration including salary packaging & monthly RDO
- Work for one of Australia's largest social purpose organisations
About the Organisation
Life Without Barriers is a leading social purpose, not for profit organisation of 8,000 employees working in more than 500 communities across Australia. We support children, young people and families, people with disability, older people and people with mental illness. We work with people who are homeless and refugees and asylum seekers.
Make a real difference in the lives of vulnerable Australians with this unique opportunity to provide both corporate expertise and community support. With a focus on people, not profit, Life Without Barriers’ corporate services team partners with our direct support staff, clients, and their families to ensure we continue our mission to change lives for the better. If a truly inclusive, collaborative, and fast-paced work environment sounds like your next career move, this is an opening not to be missed.
We want to employ people who reflect the diversity of our clients to ensure we can support each client's individual needs and wants. We encourage people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background and people with disability to apply.
About the Role
The purpose of the Psychologist role is to give priority to the safety and well-being of children and young people by providing high quality assessment, consultative and referral services to support the permanency goals of children and young people in out of home care.
This role is being offered as a Full-Time Fixed Term Contract (ending April 2025) with the possibility of extending. The role is Queensland wide, where you will provide clinical knowledge and expertise to support young people on your case load in out of home care through assessment, specialist referral, practice support and consultation using the CARE Model with specific emphasis on the principles of trauma informed, developmentally focused and competency centred approaches.
Key Responsibilities
- Delivering clinical services to a complex case load of children and young people and their families, including psychological assessments, in home intervention, planning, positive behaviour support and targeted intervention.
- Undertake assessments of clients’ cognitive and learning abilities, living skills, emotional and mental health status and behavioural profile.
- Develop and monitor intervention plans and strategies around challenging behaviours exhibited by children in out of home care with high and complex needs.
- Review placement opportunities and skill development of children and young people in out-of-home care placements.
- Provide case support and consultancy to other practitioners in relation to supporting the psychological, behavioural and emotional needs of young people.
- Provide training, education and support for youth workers, carers and staff regarding therapeutic support including behaviour support plans and incident prevention and response plans for clients.
Skills and Experience
- Qualifications in Psychology and a full registration as a Psychologist with the Psychology Board of Australia is required. Provisional psychologists are welcome to apply.
- Demonstrated experience in working with children and/or adult clients who exhibit challenging behaviours.
- Demonstrated experience in administration of a range of cognitive, psychosocial and adaptive behaviour assessment tools.
- Ability to work in partnership with multi-disciplinary teams.
- Effective time management and organisational skills.
- Ability to use initiative and think laterally and strategically as well as well-developed problem-solving skills.
- Demonstrated interpersonal skills and strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to maintain a high degree of confidentiality.
- Ability to meet deadlines and Understanding of a commitment to the principles of EEO, Safety, Cultural Diversity and Ethical Practice
- Current Driver License
Benefits
- A tool of trade vehicle
- A mobile phone and a laptop
- A rostered day off per month
- We are able to provide supervision with in-house Board Approved Supervisors
- Generous salary packaging providing tax benefits available (up to $15,900 per annum) for living and entertainment expenses
- Diverse and inclusive organisation
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
At Life Without Barriers we all share the responsibility for child safety. The successful candidate will be required to undergo probity checks including a National Criminal History Record Check.
How to Apply
Include your resume and covering letter in one document, click ‘Apply’ and follow the prompts. For any enquiries including persons with disability that require adjustments, contact Joelene at ***********@lwb.org.au
Applications close midnight Tuesday 18th of June 2024.
We are dedicated to playing our part to reduce the spread of COVID-19 and bring continuity of care and support to our clients. With this in mind, if you are successful, we will discuss with you an alternative to a face to face interview.
Life Without Barriers supports the Royal Commission into violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation of people with disability. We believe people with disability need to be heard and for these experiences to influence how support services like ours are delivered. View our statement here https://bit.ly/2GzZGWA
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