About the Organisation

Life Without Barriers is a leading social purpose, not for profit organisation of 7,000 employees working in more than 440 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.

About the role

Joining our Child, Youth and Family team on a permanent full-time basis based in Wollongong, the successful candidate will be responsible for leading all functions within our Intensive Therapeutic Care - Significant Disability (ITC SD) Program in Wollongong and parts of Western Sydney, including clinical support, case management and the ITC SD homes.

You will be responsible for monitoring, coaching and supporting clinicians and case managers and providing your clinical expertise and guidance in the formulation of therapeutic care plans for children and young people with trauma background and significant disability in our care.

Travel will be required within a 1-hour radius around Wollongong CBD along with occasional travel to Western Sydney in order to support ITC SD home in those locations.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the Intensive Therapeutic Care - Significant Disability program (ITC SD) through providing clinical support and program leadership
• Develop a thorough working knowledge of Children and Residential Experiences (CARE) and Therapeutic Crises Intervention (TCI)
• Manage a team of Case Managers to enable them to deliver excellent outcomes for children and young people
• Communicate with the FACS Therapeutic Coordinator, Caseworkers and other relevant FACS workers to monitor the wellbeing, progress, change of circumstances and outcomes of Children and Young People
• Engage with the NDIA and lead the development of NDIA plans for young people in the program
• Provide an environment free of abuse, harm and exploitation for people we support

Skills & Experience

• Tertiary qualification in Psychology or Social Work or Social Science
• Current registration or eligibility for registration with the professional body relevant to qualifications
• Significant experience in a therapeutic residential care setting or working in a clinical environment with Children and Young People in OOHC
• Experience in the disability sector
• Demonstrated experience to manage services within a budget
• Team leadership and management experience
• Proven experience in building and managing relationships with key stakeholders
• Significant experience using evidence-based assessment tools with young people with trauma informed behaviour and using resultant assessments to inform planning

Successful candidates will be required to clear probity checks including National Criminal History Record Check and Working with Children Check.

Benefits

• Competitive salary in line with your skills and qualifications
• Annual car allowance
• Receive up to $15,900 of your salary tax free through salary packaging benefits
• Monthly rostered day off
• Growing organisation with career opportunities nationally
• Ongoing support from a supportive leadership team

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 Kestra Caller at [email protected], using the subject line: Therapeutic Specialist - Significant Disability - Wollongong 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. 

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 here (https://bit.ly/2GzZGWA).