Join CatholicCare Sydney's SPARK Child and Family Wellbeing Program in Sydney's Inner West. As our Child & Family Practitioner - Behaviour and Wellbeing, you'll provide therapeutic assessment and intervention for children aged 5–11 experiencing emerging mental health, emotional and behavioural concerns, while working closely with their families and a supportive multidisciplinary team.

- Full-time opportunity based in Sydney's Inner West
- SCHADS Award Level 5 ($105,577 to $110,359) plus Superannuation and Salary Packaging
- Ongoing professional supervision and development opportunities
- Being part of an cutting-edge multidisciplinary early intervention program
- The opportunity to undertake meaningful therapeutic work with children and families

About the Service

The SPARK Child and Family Wellbeing Program is a Primary Health Network (PHN) funded initiative providing early intervention mental health and wellbeing support to children aged 5–11 years and their families in Canterbury.

The program delivers child-centred and family-focused support that promotes positive mental health, strengthens family relationships, builds parenting capacity and improves outcomes for children experiencing vulnerability or emerging mental health and wellbeing concerns.

Working as part of a multidisciplinary team, the program provides coordinated and accessible support through community-based, home-based, school-based and office-based service delivery.

About the Role

As the Child & Family Practitioner - Behaviour and Wellbeing, you will work therapeutically with children aged 5–11 and their families where emotional wellbeing, behaviour and family functioning are impacting a child's development and day-to-day life.





We are looking for a skilled child and family clinician who brings particular expertise in understanding and responding to behaviour. You will draw on your mental health and behavioural practice experience to understand what sits beneath a child's behaviour and develop practical, evidence-informed interventions that support lasting change.

You will undertake assessment and therapeutic intervention with children, alongside coaching and psychoeducation with parents and carers. Working from a strengths-based, trauma-informed and family-centred perspective, you will support children to build emotional regulation, resilience and social skills, while helping parents and carers better understand and respond to their child's needs.

You will also work closely with SPARK's multidisciplinary team and collaborate with schools and other professionals involved in the child's life, creating consistent and coordinated approaches across home, school and community settings.

Services will be delivered from our Lakemba hub and within school and community settings where appropriate.

Key Responsibilities

- Conduct developmentally appropriate, and trauma-informed mental health assessments using a biopsychosocial framework for children aged 5-11 experiencing emerging psychological, emotional, social or other wellbeing concerns
- Deliver evidence-based, developmentally appropriate,



and trauma-informed therapeutic interventions, including approaches such as CBT, emotional regulation interventions, social skills interventions, and psychoeducation
- Conduct developmentally appropriate behavioural assessments, including functional assessment and formulation of behavioural concerns, and develop evidence-based interventions such as positive behaviour support, and behaviour support plans
- Work therapeutically with parents and carers, providing coaching, psychoeducation and practical strategies that strengthen understanding, confidence and parenting capacity.
- Collaborate with schools and other professionals to support consistent approaches across home, school and community settings.
- Contribute to multidisciplinary assessment, formulation, care planning and review, monitoring outcomes and adapting interventions as needed.
- Maintain high-quality clinical documentation and practice in accordance with professional and organisational standards.

About You

We are looking for an experienced practitioner who combines strong child mental health capability with expertise in behavioural assessment and intervention.

To be successful in this role, you will have:

- Tertiary qualifications in Psychology, Social Work, Occupational Therapy, Counselling or another relevant allied health or mental health discipline.
- Demonstrated experience providing mental health assessment and therapeutic intervention to children and families.
- Strong knowledge and practical experience in behavioural assessment, formulation and intervention, particularly with children experiencing emotional or behavioural difficulties.
- The ability to look beyond presenting behaviour to

📌 Child & Family Practitioner - Behaviour and Wellbeing (Sydney)
🏢 CatholicCare Sydney
📍 Sydney