• Are you an experienced psychologist who wants variety, responsibility and autonomy?
• Tired of being a small cog in a big wheel?
• Are you ready for a new challenge? A change of scenery?

Read on ... we might have the job for you!

About Graham House Community Centre

Graham House is a Community Centre providing a range of services for the South Burnett community. The South Burnett is a rural region 200-300 kms north-west of Brisbane. Our main building is in Murgon, one of the small towns in the region.

Some of the programs for which Graham House is funded are a Family Intervention Service, Domestic Violence – Men’s Behaviour Change program and Early Intervention Family Support Service. Five workers across these three programs form our Family Support Team.

Access to psychological assessment and treatment for our clients is very limited in the South Burnett. To try to meet this need, we are looking to engage a registered psychologist who is able to provide child and family psychological services as well as leadership for our Family Support Team.

Graham House’s mission is to provide holistic assistance which nurtures the strengths of individuals and the community to empower them to meet their own needs. Our core values include social justice, empathy, dignity, responsiveness, creativity, collaboration and the highest standards of ethics, accountability and quality.

About the role

This is a new role. Graham House’s goals are to provide face-to-face psychological services for our clients as well as to effectively support our staff. Our psychologist will work with the senior leadership to develop the role so that it achieves these goals.

This role is a unique opportunity in many ways:

• Graham House will provide professional and administrative support to help you develop your clinical and leadership skills
• Great preparation for going into private practice
• Gain rural practice experience
• Large Indigenous population
• Satisfaction of serving the community through the not-for-profit sector
• Beautiful rural area to live just a couple of hours from Sunshine Coast, Brisbane and Toowoomba

The clinical focus will be family therapy working with children, adolescents and parents to address issues related to trauma and neglect. Many of our young clients will be exhibiting behavioural and emotional challenges. Some parents and children will have a disability.

The leadership focus will be on providing individual supervision, team development and professional development.

To be considered for this position you must have:

• Full registration as a Psychologist with AHPRA
• Four or more years relevant clinical experience
• Eligible to provide services under the Medicare Better Access Initiative. Currently hold or be eligible to hold a Medicare Provider Number.
• Demonstrated team leadership skills, including provision of clinical supervision
• A strong understanding of Domestic and Family Violence, Trauma and Attachment, Competent Parenting
• Commitment to evidence-based practice and professional development
• Excellent interpersonal skills and written and verbal communication
• Positive Notice Working with Children and Police Check.

Advantageous, but not essential, skills and experience include:

• Post-graduate qualification in an area related to family therapy
• The ability to conduct cognitive testing
• Experience diagnosing ASD, ADHD, Learning Disabilities
• Knowledge of child and youth mental health
• The ability to work with couples who have experienced domestic violence in their relationship.

We will only consider international applicants who have already completed the assessment for transfer of qualifications process, and have obtained AHPRA registration, who are ready to commence work in Queensland and are available for an in-person interview.

We respectfully request that you do not apply if you do not meet the above requirements.

Benefits

• Supervision with a registered psychologist on-site
• The opportunity to provide clinical services and gain the skills necessary for private practice in a supported team environment
• The opportunity to gain further leadership skills and experience
• Salary Sacrificing options
• Administrative support and time to reflect and plan between sessions
• Salary from $90,000 per year
• The hours of work are negotiable. Part-time and full-time options are available
• Based in the beautiful South Burnett region, 3 hours from Brisbane. To find out more about the South Burnett go to Discover the Magic of the South Burnett

To Apply

See attached position description and selection criteria.

PLEASE NOTE: This position is based in Murgon, Qld.

To discuss the position further please contact Christelle Withers-Mayne on 07 4169 8400 or 0458 555 742, or at [email protected] using the subject line: Psychologist / Team Leader - Murgon enquiry via EthicalJobs.