About the Organisation

Life Without Barriers is a leading social purpose, not for profit organisation of 8000 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.   

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.

Opportunity to step into a permanent full-time Clinician / Social Worker role.

About the role

The position is required to provide high quality positive behaviour support and clinical services to clients in our Child, Youth and Family program as part of a professional multi-disciplinary team consisting of Psychologists, a Clinician and Developmental Educator based in our Unley office.

As a Clinician / Social Worker, you will provide intensive support to families enabling children to live safely at home where there are significant complex vulnerabilities. You will provide intensive case management including in-home practical and therapeutic support from an evidence informed, Resilience led approach. You will improve children's well-being by strengthening family functioning and relationships.

  Key Responsibilities  

• Provide clinical knowledge and expertise to support clients in a range of Life Without Barriers programs.
• Provide assessments of clients’ cognitive and learning abilities, living skills, emotional and mental health status and behavioural profile.
• Develop and monitor intervention plans and strategies around challenging behaviours exhibited by children in out of home care high and complex needs.
• Review placement opportunities and skill development of children and young people in out of home care placements.
• Provide input and support around significant life transitions for clients in LWB placements. Such planning would involve assisting the client to develop skills to cope with these major changes, minimise the impact on them and ensure the viability of the transition.
• Provide training and support for carers and staff regarding therapeutic support including behaviour support plans and incident prevention and response plans for clients.
• Apply and uphold principles of equity and anti-discrimination in the workplace and adhere to organisational and legislative Health, Safety and Environment requirements.

Skills & Experience

• Tertiary qualifications in Psychology, or Social Work
• Current Registration with the relevant professional body covering your profession e.g. Australian Association of Social Workers or Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA)
• Demonstrated experience with contemporary child trauma practice
• Demonstrated experience in assessing and planning intervention for clients under 18 years of age who exhibit a range of behaviours of concern especially high-risk behaviours.
• Ability to work within a multi-disciplinary team.
• Demonstrated experience in implementing client–centred / family-centred interventions.
• Experience working in a culturally sensitive manner with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and a willingness to work and train in culturally appropriate approaches
• Current Driver’s Licence.

Successful candidates will be required to clear probity checks including National Criminal History Record Check and Working with Children Check (where relevant to the role).     

Benefits  

• Work within a team passionate about facilitating positive changes for people
• Life Without Barriers is one of Australia's largest not-for-profit organisations operating throughout Australia. 
• Full Salary Packaging providing tax benefits available for living and entertainment expenses
• Ongoing training, support and career opportunities
• Diverse and inclusive organisation  

How to Apply

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 [email protected], using the subject line: Clinician / Social Worker - Unley enquiry via EthicalJobs.

We are dedicated to playing our part to reduce the spread of COVID-19 and bring continuity of care and support to our clients. With this in mind, if you are successful, we will discuss with you an alternative to a face to face interview.