Senior Clinician
Job No:
Berry3142
Location:
Gippsland
- Morwell location
- Permanent, full time position (with the option of part time 0.8EFT if preferred)
- Relocation costs offered for the successful candidate
- Full Private Use of Motor Vehicle
- Salary package equivalent to $115, 000 FTE (inclusive of base salary, super,and salary packaging)
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 role is suited to a motivated person who is looking to take the next step in their career, and develop their core leadership skills while still being able to contribute and work on challenging clinical cases.
This is a great opportunity to grow with professional development a focus for our team members and further your overall career within a very supportive team environment.
The primary objectives of the role are to:
- Have a leadership role in the team and supervise staff in the team.
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Provide oversight of a Take Two partnership program including: developing and maintaining the partnership with the lead agency; co-ordinating referrals and ensuring the targets are met; attending and contributing to relevant panel meeting; providing secondary consults and supervise staff.
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Carry a case load; the numbers of cases are dependent on the number of staff the senior clinician supervises. Given the seniority of the role the cases are more complex, with clients who are at various stages of an episode of care, such as assessment, treatment and closure and may reside in a range of settings such as home, foster care or residential care. Therapeutic work can range from short to long term.
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Conduct assessments, develop therapeutic treatment plans with clear goals that are reviewed regularly and intervene at the level of the system, family and child.
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Work closely and collaboratively with the client, their family and the care team to achieve the goals within the specified time frame
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?
- Access to Salary Packaging (up to $15,900 per annum, plus additional packaging available for meals/accommodation)
- Flexible work arrangements and generous leave conditions
- Access to the Employee Assistance Program (EAP), including access for staff members’ immediate family
For further information about this role, please refer to the position description.
Applications including resume and cover letter addressing your suitability for the position to be submitted by 11pm on 19th July 2019. Queries to Lyn Radford – Clinical Manager Take Two on 0447 919 548.
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.