- Duration: Full time/Part
time position (negotiable), till 30 June 2025
- First
Nations People, LGBTIQA+ people, people with disability, people of colour,
public housing residents or people with a lived experience are encouraged
to apply
- DS is
committed to child safety and strictly adheres to the Reportable Conduct
Scheme for organisations. The safeguarding and wellbeing of our clients is
our core focus. All staff must undergo thorough recruitment process
including screening and providing evidence of current Working With
Children Check and National Police Check.
About
Drummond Street Services
Drummond
Street Services (DS) is a not-for-profit agency that provides family services,
mental health and wellbeing support, relationship counselling, parent support
and education for families, children and young people that reflect the diversity
of the communities across our different locations.
DS
has over 130 years in the development and delivery of innovative services that
strengthens families and communities with a strong focus on
evidence-based/informed practice and across the prevention and early
intervention spectrum of universal and targeted support.
DS
has played a crucial role providing specialist support to members of the
LGBTIQA+ community for over thirty years through its Queerspace program.
About
the role
Drummond Street Services has a fantastic
opportunity for a part time Targeted Psychological Services (TPS) and Better
Access Psychologist/Mental Health Social Worker to join the team in the
Western Region (Brimbank & Wyndham).
Reporting to the Senior Child & Family
Practitioner, Wyndham, you’ll be responsible for the delivery of high-quality
child and family focused prevention and intervention services.
Key
responsibilities of this pivotal role include, but are not limited to:
- Providing
sensitive and affirmative psychological services to children, young
people, and adults under Better Access and/or TPS programs.
- Conducting
biopsycho-social assessment of risk and protective factors associated with
mental health outcomes in this community and develop and implement
individual case plans in collaboration with the client.
- Utilising
clinically appropriate assessment measures to inform treatment and measure
outcomes.
- Delivering
evidence-based focused psychological strategies.
- Providing
appropriate referral to both internal and external support agencies to
meet bio psycho-social needs identified through the assessment process.
Essential
Criteria
- To
qualify, you will hold full registration as a psychologist or clinical
psychologist or mental health social worker, eligible to deliver under
these programs. You will have a minimum of two years’ experience
providing psychological interventions to children, young people, and
adults under TPS or Better Access and ability to provide evidence base
focused psychological therapies with positive client outcomes.
- This
role is well suited to someone who is organised, flexible, client-focused
and who can effectively manage tasks and deadlines while maintaining a
high degree of self-awareness and professionalism. You will also
demonstrate a positive, creative, and collaborative approach to the
delivery of support services.
- As a
reflection of our values and mission, we are an organisation that embraces
diversity and delivers universal and targeted interventions to families,
individuals, adults, children, youth, and diverse communities. We are
seeking candidates who embody these values and who have experience working
with diverse communities and families.
Application
process
- Applications
close at midnight on Sunday 14 July 2024
- All
applications will be directed to our careers portal - Mental
Health Therapist
- All
applicants must include a resume and with a cover letter addressing all
the key selection criteria for the position
Please
contact Dallas Currie, Senior Practitioner at dallas.currie@ds.org.au to
discuss your application
Requirements