Careers

About the Organisation

Life Without Barriers is a leading social purpose, not for profit organisation of 8,000 employees working in more than 500 communities across Australia. We support children, young people and families, people with disability, older people and people with mental illness. We work with people who are homeless and refugees and asylum seekers.   

Make a real difference in the lives of vulnerable Australians with this unique opportunity to provide both corporate expertise and community support. With a focus on people, not profit, Life Without Barriers’ corporate services team partners with our direct support staff, clients, and their families to ensure we continue our mission to change lives for the better.  If a truly inclusive, collaborative, and fast-paced work environment sounds like your next career move, this is an opening not to be missed.

We want to employ people who reflect the diversity of our clients to ensure we can support each client's individual needs and wants. We encourage people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background and people with disability to apply.

About the role

As a Therapeutic Specialist – Child, Youth & Family (CYF), you will play a key coordination and practice leadership role across Life Without Barriers’ QLD CYF programs.

You will deliver trauma-informed assessment, consultation and therapeutic planning for children and young people in Out of Home Care who have experienced complex trauma, abuse and/or neglect, and in some cases physical and/or psychosocial disability.

You will also strengthen practice capability across care teams through therapeutic supervision, reflective practice and specialist guidance, ensuring the consistent application of the CARE and Therapeutic Crisis Intervention (TCI) frameworks.

This is a permanent full-time role, with flexibility to work from home anywhere in Queensland. Regular statewide travel is required to support programs and stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead therapeutic assessments and planning, including PBSPs and ICSPs

• Provide specialist consultation to carers, staff and leaders

• Facilitate reflective practice and trauma-informed responses to behaviour

• Support multidisciplinary collaboration and placement stability

• Promote ethical, evidence-based practice aligned with CARE and TCI

Skills & Experience

• A tertiary (degree-level) qualification in Psychology, Social Work, Occupational Therapy, Mental Health Nursing, or another clinically relevant discipline

• Current or eligible professional registration

• Experience working with children and young people in Out of Home Care

• Strong trauma-informed assessment and planning capability

• Current Driver’s Licence

Successful candidates will be required to clear probity checks including National Criminal History Record Check.

Benefits

• Monthly RDO
• Up to $15,900 salary packaging + $2,600 meal & entertainment card
• Fitness Pass, training & career development opportunities

How to Apply

Include your resume and cover letter in one document, click ‘Apply’ and follow the prompts. For any enquiries relating to the position, contact Joelene at recruitment@lwb.org.au. Candidates with disabilities who require adjustments to the recruitment process or the application form in an alternate format can visit https://www.lwb.org.au/careers/ for information on our access and inclusion work and how to contact us directly.

Applications close midnight Sunday 15th February.

Applications are reviewed as received. The closing date may change without notice.