• Take Two
• 0.8 FTE
• Salary package equivalent to $115, 000 FTE pro rata (inclusive of base salary, super and salary packaging)
• Motor Vehicle Allowance

For over 140 years, Berry Street has adapted to a changing world, and we will continue to adapt to achieve our purpose. We believe children, young people and families should be safe, thriving and hopeful. Our Vision for 2022: Together we will courageously change lives and reimagine service systems. We look forward to working with children, young people, families, carers, staff and partners to achieve this vision. Together.

About Take Two:

Take Two is a state-wide service providing high quality therapeutic services to children and young people who have suffered significant abuse, neglect or disrupted attachment and are clients of Child Protection.

The opportunity:

We are seeking a Practice Development Consultant to provide training and practice development activities to staff at Take Two and organisations external to Berry Street. The Take Two Practice Development Team aims to improve the sector’s capacity to work effectively with infants, children and young people impacted by trauma and neglect. This includes the development of training materials based on the assessment of clinicians’ needs and feedback from the child and youth welfare sector. This exciting and diverse role will include the provision of training across various clinical intervention models, formulation and assessment, psycho-education and the Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics (NMT) developed by Dr Bruce Perry at the ChildTrauma Academy.

About you:

The successful candidate will bring their clinical knowledge and practice wisdom to inform Take Two’s training and practice development work both with Take Two staff and external agencies. Ideally we are seeking applicants with a minimum of 5 years practice experience working in the child welfare sector and /or a minimum of three years experience working in a training or practice development role. An understanding of adult learning principles is an advantage.

What can Berry Street offer you?

• Additional salary packaging available for meals/accommodation.
• Flexible work arrangements and generous leave conditions.
• Access to the Employee Assistance Program (EAP), including access for staff members’ immediate family.

For further information about this role, please refer to the position description. To download the position description, please click here.