Senior Clinician ATHBC
Job No:
Berry2907
Location:
Echuca
- Exciting position within the Njernda Aboriginal Therapeutic Home Based Care (ATHBC) Program
- Echuca location
- 2 Years Fixed Term - Part Time (up to 0.8FTE)
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:
Take Two is a state-wide service providing high quality therapeutic services to children and young people who have suffered significant abuse or neglect and are clients of Child Protection.
Take Two is an intensive therapeutic service for infants, children and young people who have suffered trauma, neglect and disrupted attachment. It provides high quality therapeutic services for children and their families, as well as contributing to the service system that provides care, support and protection for these children.
About the role:
NJERNDA ABORIGINAL COOPERATIVE (NAC) delivers health, social welfare and community development programs to local Aboriginal people in the Echuca area. This position is a Take Two Berry Street appointment in partnership with NAC, as part of the Aboriginal Therapeutic Home Based Care Program in the Echuca area. The ATHBC Program aims to enhance therapeutic care for Aboriginal children and young people in foster and kinship care through enhancing the capacity of care teams and staff to deliver trauma-informed therapeutic response to children and young people.
About you:
- A tertiary qualification in Psychology, Social Work or related discipline, Post Graduate training is preferred.
- A minimum of 3 years experience conducting mental health clinical work with children.
- Be confident to provide training and support to program staff, carers and members of each child’s therapeutic network.
- Extensive experience providing secondary consultation concerning the mental health needs of clients.
- Provide high quality clinical assessment which forms the basis for a therapeutic care plan and facilitation of culturally appropriate healing programs to Child Protection clients in home-based care through NAC as required.
- Have a full drivers licence and have/able to obtain an Employee WWCC card.
What can Berry Street offer you?
- A thorough induction program
- Ongoing training and development opportunities
- A great friendly team environment
- Access to the Employee assistance program, including access for staff members’ immediate family
- A focus on positive work/life balance
- Generous salary packaging benefits
- An organisation that genuinely cares about you
For further information about this role, please refer to the position description.
Queries to Gillian Cross, Senior Clinical Manager on 9450 4700 or Hazel Hudson Manger, Family Services Njernda Aboriginal Cooperation 5480 6252
Applications including resume, cover letter and statement addressing the key selection criteria to be submitted as soon as possible as applications will be assessed as they are received
To download the Position Description, please click here
To download the Key Selection Criteria template, please click here
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 with a sexual and or gender minority identity. 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.
Comprehensive reference and background checking will be undertaken, including a Working with Children Check and police check. Aboriginal people; people from culturally and/or linguistically diverse backgrounds and people with a disability are encouraged to apply.