Functional Family Therapy – Child Welfare Therapist

Are you keen to be part of a passionate and professional team working together using evidence-based models to change lives?

YFS have an exciting opportunity for an experienced clinical therapist looking to take the next step in their career. Come join our team as a Family Practitioner and keep families together and prevent children entering Out of Home Care.

You will be part of an experienced team of passionate therapists who are implementing Queensland’s Functional Family Therapy – Child Welfare (FFT-CW) program. The program is facilitated by experienced and suitably qualified therapists who help identify strengths and challenges within the family behaviours. You’ll be working with the families and children in their homes helping them to understand their strengths and teaching them new skills to develop effective strategies for change within the family system.

As well as having clinical experience, the person for this role will need to be flexible, engaging and have a high level of emotional intelligence along with good communication skills and the ability to rapidly build relationships and rapport with families, children and young people.

There’s no doubt this is a challenging role: it will also be an opportunity to develop your clinical skills with lots of support, clinical reflection and training, working with a supportive team.

If you’re looking for a role where you can make a real difference in people’s lives, we’d love to hear from you.

About the job

Role location:    Jimboomba – our Jimboomba office is only 40 minutes from Logan and Springfield and a one-hour drive from the Gold Coast
Role type:           Permanent, full-time
Pay range:          $106,730 – $111,448 a year based on experience, with salary packaging exempt from Fringe Benefits Tax available

You will:

• require a willingness to undertake some work outside of usual business hours, including up to 3 evenings a week as required
• have previous experience working with families, in an outreach capacity
• need knowledge and experience working with families with complex needs, including trauma, mental health, AOD, and family violence
• provide weekly structured therapy sessions in line with the FFT-CW phased model
• benefit from intensive training in the FFT-CW model, regular ongoing clinical support and a flexible work environment that may include working from home options after completion of probation.

About you

Aside from meeting the key capabilities outlined in the related position description available from www.yfs.org.au/about/jobs-yfs, ideally you will bring the following: a client focus, emotional intelligence, resilience, flexibility, inclusiveness, a collaborative spirit, creativity, innovation and cultural awareness.

About us

At YFS, we make a real difference to the lives of vulnerable people living in the Logan and surrounding area. And we want our staff to thrive, too. So, we offer great opportunities to develop your career.

We’re serious about your professional development. Half of our managers have been employed from within. And we empower each other to make decisions and try new ways of working.

We know that a happy workplace thrives. We recognise that staff have their own needs, so we encourage you to bring the entire you to work. Depending on your role, we support a number of flexible work arrangements.

Also, we offer great employment benefits including above-average pay rates, generous salary packaging (exempt from Fringe Benefits Tax) and counselling support.

To find out more about working with us, head to www.yfs.org.au/workwithus.

How to Apply

Interested?

Read Advice for Job Applicants and check out our Organisational Chart at www.yfs.org.au/workwithus/application-process.

Send us your resume and a one-page covering letter outlining what you will bring to the job to yfsjobs@yfs.org.au.

Contact Vicki Olman or Di Townsend on 07 3826 1500 if you want to talk about the role.

This position will be advertised until filled, and shortlisted candidates will be contacted on a rolling basis.

Interviews will be scheduled for times agreed with participants.

People from First Nations backgrounds, people from culturally diverse backgrounds, and people who identify as part of the LGBTIQA+ community are encouraged to apply.

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