Careers

• Competitive base salary + 11.5% super
• Tool of Trade Vehicle (with fuel card) 
• Up to $15,900 annual salary sacrifice 
• $2600 annual meal & entertainment card 
• Monthly rostered day off                   

About the Organisation

Every day, Life Without Barriers provides support and care to children and young people, as we work collaboratively with families, carers, and communities, to ensure they have the environment they deserve to grow. With a focus on ensuring safety and respect, this is an opportunity to make a positive and meaningful difference in these young lives and help pave a brighter future.  

Life Without Barriers is a leading social purpose 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. Join a community of people dedicated to breaking down barriers.  

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

Permanent part time Therapeutic Specialist role where you will be joining a brand-new service providing specialist therapeutic and disability support to children in out of home care in the Geelong region. The role will come with a Tool of Trade vehicle (including fuel card) that can be garaged at the successful persons private residence. 

This role provides flexibility to work from either home or our Geelong office – wherever you work best. However, as you will hold a case load you will need to travel throughout Geelong as required. This is a permanent part time (30 hours per week) position that can be 4 days or shorter days across 5 days a week.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop a thorough working knowledge of CARE and TCI and ensure the core principles of the CARE model are applied in all therapeutic interventions 
• Ensure that consistent quality therapeutic care consistent with the CARE model is delivered to Children and Young People
• Provide expertise and guidance during the formulation of Therapeutic Care Plans, Individual Crisis Management Plans, Positive Behavioural Support Plans and similar
• Encourage innovative multidisciplinary responses to the individual needs of children, young people
• Lead reflective practice processes and provide consultation to support our front line staff in relation to clients with complex support needs
• Participate in CARE and TCI training ensuring that these frameworks and tools guide our work with all clients across the organisation

Skills & Experience

• Tertiary qualifications in allied health professions such as Psychology, Speech Pathology, Occupational Therapy, Social Work
• Current registration with the professional body relevant to your qualification
• Current VIC driver’s license
• Experience in a therapeutic care setting or working in a clinical environment with Children and Young People in Out of Home Care
• Significant experience using evidence-based assessment tools with young people with trauma informed behaviour
• Working knowledge and implementation of trauma informed Positive Behaviour Support

Benefits

• We prioritise a strong evidence-based culture and offer extensive professional development opportunities. Successful candidates may receive training in Therapeutic Crisis Intervention (TCI) and Children and Residential Experiences (CARE) from Cornell University.   
• Tool of trade vehicle included
• Work from home or the office – genuine flexibility in location and hours
• Join a national behaviour support team, learning from and being supported by colleagues all over the country
• Regular in-house individual supervision and scheduled professional development sessions
• Monthly communities of practice

Additional Support 

Life Without Barriers offers a dedicated After-Hours Service (AHS) for all Child Youth and Family programs. AHS ensures efficient responses to after-hours events that cannot wait until the next business day, relieving our front-line staff from on-call duties and significantly improving their work-life balance.  

 How to Apply

Please note: To be considered for and appointed to a position at Life Without Barriers, you must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 with a minimum of two (2) doses or hold a valid medical exemption certificate, in accordance with Life Without Barriers Employee COVID-19 Vaccination Policy. You will be required to provide evidence of your vaccination status during the recruitment process.

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 Zina Campbell at zina.campbell@lwb.org.au. Please note, we do not accept applications to this email.

Applicants are encouraged to apply as soon as possible as applications are continuously reviewed prior to the closing date; and as such the closing date is subject to change without notice. Current application closing date 20^th September 2024.

 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 (https://bit.ly/2GzZGWA)