Senior Clinician/Clinician
Job No:
Berry3126
Location:
Loddon -Bendigo
- Take Two
- Loddon - Bendigo
- Ongoing Full Time/Part Time role
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, neglect or disrupted attachment and are clients of Child Protection.
About the role:
This position would suit a Clinician/ Senior Clinician.
The primary objectives of the role will be:
- Provision of high quality assessment and advice relating to the care of Child Protection clients referred to the Take Two program.
- Provision of counselling and therapeutic interventions for children, young people and their families.
- Work closely and collaboratively with the client, their families and the care team to achieve therapeutic goals and outcomes.
- Have a leadership role in the team and supervise clinicians in the team. (Senior Clinician only)
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, impart knowledge and provide supervision to clinicians.
Tertiary qualification in Psychology, Social Work or related discipline is required along with a minimum of 5 years’ experience conducting clinical work with children.
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 Andrea Patton, Clinical Team Leader on 0409 648 204
Applications including resume, cover letter and statement addressing the key selection criteria to be submitted by 11pm, Tuesday 30th April.
To download the Clinician position description, please click here
To download the Senior Clinician position description, please click here
To download the Clinician key selection criteria template, please click here
To download the Senior Clinician 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.