Use your therapeutic expertise to support children and families, fostering safety, connection, and positive change.

- Are you looking for a new challenge in your career?
- Join a progressive and supportive Not-for-Profit organisation!
- Permanent part-time role available | 64 hours per fortnight

About the Role

Carinity – Wahroonga have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic Child and Family Therapist to join the team. This role provides quality therapeutic and resourcing interventions for children/young people and families referred exclusively through Child Safety. You will provide targeted therapeutic support to address complex issues including child abuse, neglect, domestic and family violence, attachment difficulties, and trauma.

In this role you will utilise a collaborative case management approach to strengthen family relationships, enhance children’s safety/wellbeing and develop supporting networks within the community. You will monitor the level of risk to children and families engaged within the program and actively raise awareness about Youth Suicide Prevention, Youth Mental Health, Child Safety and Domestic Violence within the community.

This part-time position requires availability Monday to Thursday each week between 8:30 AM and 5:00 PM.

Qualifications & Experience

- Significant experience in specialist counselling supporting children/young people and their families in relation to domestic and family violence, child abuse, neglect,



and attachment and trauma
- Experience in external supervision or willingness to participate in training
- Sound knowledge base of therapeutic approaches and interventions to assist children and families
- Sound knowledge of the Child Protection Act and other relevant legislation
- Highly developed interpersonal skills, with the ability to relate to all management, staff, and clients
- Tertiary qualification/s in psychology/social work/counselling or similar relevant discipline
- Hold a current Suitability for Working with Children card (Blue Card)

Perks

- Appealing not-for-profit (PBI) salary packaging options
- Access to an employee assistance program
- At Carinity we acknowledge the need to balance your work and personal life and are genuinely committed to this
- On-going professional development and training
- Legitimate chance to make a real difference to the community, every day

How To Apply

Click “Apply” and you will be redirected to Carinity’s website, which will contain more information on Carinity and this position, including the Position Description. We look forward to receiving your application.

Carinity actively encourages and invites applications from people with disabilities and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people for all our positions.

Attachments

- Carinity Communities PD - Child and Family Therapist L5.docx

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📌 Child and Family Therapist (Rockhampton Regional)
🏢 Carinity
📍 Rockhampton Regional