Specialist Children's Practitioner
Core
Provide trauma-informed case management and therapeutic interventions to children (up to 17 years) affected by family violence to rebuild safety, confidence, and connection.
Role type
Specialist Children's Practitioner (Therapeutic Services)
Builds
Holistic, child-centred support plans and therapeutic resources
Domain
Family Violence / Child Protection / Social Work
Deliverable
physical/clinical work
Required skills
Trauma-informed practice, therapeutic interventions with children, risk assessment, safety planning, case management, secondary consultation, staff training, cultural safety, record keeping
Preferred skills
Experience with diverse backgrounds, autonomous work, professional judgement
Technologies
Digital record keeping systems
Responsibilities
Deliver individual and group therapeutic interventions, complete risk assessments and safety planning, offer secondary consultations to staff, hold space for children's voices in Family Law/Child Protection contexts, collaborate with agencies for referrals, provide staff education and training, maintain high-quality notes
Seniority
Mid-level, hands-on practitioner