Therapeutic Specialist
Therapeutic Specialist
- Rapidly growing community social care organisation
- Generous NFP salary packaging available (up to $15,900/annum)
- Ongoing professional development support for your development and career progression
Key Assets is a leading not-for-profit, children, family and community services agency, founded in Australia in 2007. We provide foster care & family services. Operating across all states, the ACT and Norfolk Island, our purpose is to achieve positive and lasting outcomes for children, families, and communities. To achieve that, we need people like you!
We pride ourselves on being inclusive and embrace and celebrate the diversity of all people within our communities. Our diversity helps us provide the best support possible to carers, families, children and young people and all of our external stakeholders.
A little about the role
Therapeutic Specialist will provide clinical services and assessments to carers, children and young people as well as supporting, consulting, and training Social Workers, Carers and Support Workers to ensure high quality practice implementation and delivery of therapeutic foster care.
- You will take a lead role in the undertaking of Trauma needs assessment and the development/ implementation of therapeutic plans for children and young people.
- You will provide individual, family and systemic therapy to children and foster carers as required and in accordance with an agreed plan.
- You will recommend and implement plans with carers that address the assessed needs of children and young people, including those with disability or special needs, recognising that the carers are the primary agents of change.
This position is a permanent, full-time role.
About you
- You will have a recognised relevant qualification in counselling, systemic psychotherapy, family therapy, clinical Social Work or Clinical Psychology or a core qualification with significant experience and training in trauma informed and positive behaviour planning approaches.
- You will have demonstrated experience working with children and young people in care and/or foster carers.
- You will have excellent collaborative skills, demonstrated by experience working with professionals in health, disability, education and children and family services.
- You will have experience completing broad-based assessments, drawing upon contemporary research and theory, and making appropriate written evidence-based recommendations.
My Key Assets
The health and wellbeing of our people is at the core of our employee and client experience. All employee offerings are intentionally curated with care, allowing you to bring your best self to work, every day. Knowledge sharing, ongoing learning and development, engagement and recognition are key pillars in our culture and values.
- Work-Life Balance: We are well equipped to support a hybrid approach to the future of work and have developed a flexible work framework to support these arrangements. We understand that work-life balance is important and accommodate flexibility for team members wherever possible. Flexible, family-friendly working arrangements and remote work – just ask us!
- Health and Wellbeing: We promote health and wellbeing for our people, just like we would for the children, families and communities we serve. We provide discounted health insurance and gym memberships, confidential counselling services and offer 5 weeks of annual leave after 2 years’ continuous service with us!
- Professional Development: We provide both digital eLearning and ongoing face to face training as well as an online library. Your continual professional development is always top of our priority list - you’ll have access to apply to our Annual Learning fund for subsidised professional development opportunities!
- Salary Packaging: part of your wage is paid tax free each pay, saving thousands in tax each year.
The fine print
- Applications close: 22 August 2025
- For further information, please contact Saadia Mir Hazar, Senior Therapeutic Specialist on 0460 000 997 or [email protected]
- Successful candidates will be required to undergo a 395 Dept of Communities / National Police Check, hold a valid WWCC and NDIS Worker Screening Check
- Full driver’s licence as travel between sites is required
If you are seeking a role in an excellent, innovative, and supportive team, in a growing organisation, we would love to hear from you. Click Apply today!
Note for our recruiter network - we’re handling this recruitment in-house and kindly ask that agencies refrain from contacting us regarding this opportunity.
Key Assets Australia is committed to Equal Opportunity, ethical practice and the principles of cultural diversity and social inclusion. Key Assets is a Child Safe organisation, committed to the safety and wellbeing of all children and young people.
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