Working for Community Services
Community Services Psychologists provide trauma-informed therapeutic care to disadvantaged children, young people, families, and carers. As Therapeutic Specialists, their role is to guide assessment, develop and monitor treatment plans, equip staff through training and reflective practice sessions and collect data on outcomes.
- Conduct psychological, social, emotional, cognitive, developmental, behavioural, and functional assessments
- delivering and evaluating therapeutic interventions including psycho education, counselling, behaviour management, behaviour support services, group interventions and other evidence-based therapies (e.g TF-CBT, PCIT, EMDR)
- providing consultation to staff and managers to assist in the decision-making process on psychological, developmental, emotional and behaviour management issues
- delivering training to staff, families, carers, foster parents and external agencies in relation to trauma and abuse relevant to a child/young person
- providing clinical recommendations to internal and external parties
- maintaining electronic clinical records and providing written reports.
Role requirements
- tertiary qualifications in Psychology recognised by the Psychology Board of Australia, either
- full registration as a Psychologist with the Psychology Board of Australia, or
- provisional registration with an ability to fufil full registration within the relevant timeframes.
- knowledge of theoretical and therapeutic frameworks that underpin assessment and intervention in the context of child abuse/neglect
- current driver’s licence with ability and willingness to travel throughout NSW.
