Job Summary
- Applications close:
- Job posted on: 22nd Mar 2024
- Regional TAS > Devonport & North West
Laurel House provides a range of trauma-informed, evidence based, therapeutic services to victim-survivors of sexual assault, their families and supporters.
We also develop and deliver a broad range of programs to adults, young people and children including the provision of therapeutic face-to-face counselling at our centres located at Launceston, Devonport and Burnie and through outreach locations across the North and North West Tasmania. Laurel House is partnering with the Tasmanian Government in the delivery of the North and North West Arch centres (multidisciplinary centres) for victim-survivors of sexual harm.
Laurel House delivers the PAST (Prevention, Assessment, Support and Treatment) Program for children and young people (aged 17 years and under) who have displayed harmful sexual behaviours in North and North West Tasmania. Our team also provides community education and other capacity building programs focused on the prevention of sexual harm and on supporting parents, carers and service providers to better respond to disclosures of sexual violence.
See our team here: here.
This unique opportunity will see you reporting directly to the CEO and working collaboratively as part of the Senior Leadership Team. You will be entrusted to ensure the delivery of quality services to victim-survivors, children and young people who have used harmful sexual behaviours, their families and supporters, and others affected by sexual harm. You will have autonomy to lead the various functions of the Therapeutic Practice Team and have carriage of initiatives within Laurel House’s key strategic objectives, including efforts focused on delivering inclusive and accessible support, amplifying the diverse voices of victim-survivors, partnering to create impact, and building a valued and trauma informed organisation.
As a valued member of the Laurel House team, you will be supported in your role. We offer:
As a Public Benevolent Institution, Laurel House employees receive tax-effective salary packaging opportunities including $15,899 each year tax free. This means you can increase the value of your take-home pay.
LAUREL HOUSE’S COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY:
Laurel House values the expertise, lived experience and cultural wisdom of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, LGBTIQA+, migrant, culturally and linguistically diverse, people with disability and those who have experienced sexual and family violence. Applicants from these groups are strongly encouraged to apply, as are people with parenting or caring responsibilities.
STATEMENT OF COMMITMENT TO THE SAFETY OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE:
Laurel House is a Child and Youth Safe Organisation. We have a zero tolerance for child abuse and have systems to protect children and young people from abuse. We take all allegations and concerns very seriously and respond to them consistently in line with our policies and procedures. We actively work to listen to and empower children and to providing an inclusive and safe environment for all your people. In particular, we are committed to promoting cultural safety and to ensuring that the diverse needs of children and young people are met.
Please refer to our website at laurelhouse.org.au for an overview of our services and a copy of the position description (under About Us - Employment Opportunities).
Contact Claire Tonks (Operations Manager) on [email protected] or 6334 2740 , or Kathryn Fordyce (CEO) on [email protected] or 0427 739 397, using the subject line: Therapeutic Services Manager enquiry via EthicalJobs.
A position description is attached.