Therapeutic Specialist – Residential Care
Core
Provide therapeutic leadership and direct clinical support to young people in residential care homes, facilitating healing from trauma and neglect.
Role type
Senior clinical specialist in residential child and youth care
Builds
Safe, stable, relational home environments for vulnerable children and young people
Domain
Child welfare, residential care, trauma-informed practice
Required skills
therapeutic assessment, psychosocial formulation, risk assessment, care planning, trauma-informed practice, attachment theory, reflective practice facilitation, culturally safe practice, strengths-based approach
Preferred skills
postgraduate clinical training, experience in Victorian child protection services, experience in semi-independent home environments, experience delivering staff coaching and training
Technologies
N/A
Responsibilities
Provide therapeutic practice leadership across residential homes; facilitate individual and group reflective practice for carers and staff; conduct therapeutic assessments and care planning; build trusting relationships with young people, families, and external services; support progress toward individual goals.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC