Senior Clinician - Psychologist

Job No: M1048
Location: Brisbane

Senior Clinician - Psychologist

Multicap - Eight Mile Plains 

  • High needs disability organisation
  • Opportunity to work for one of the top non-for-profit organisations throughout Queensland and Northern New South Wales
  • Rewarding environment with opportunities for learning and career growth
  • Based at Eight Mile Plains

About Multicap

Operating for almost 60 years, Multicap is one of the most highly regarded disability service providers in Queensland and northern New South Wales offering individual and group activities, supported employment, short-term accommodation (respite), social support and much more. Our sole purpose is to ensure that the quality of life of people living with disability and their families is enhanced by our support.

At Multicap we believe everyone deserves to live life to the full.  Our highly skilled and diverse team of over 900 skilled professionals are dedicated to helping our customers get the most out of life.

With each new home, social experience, activity, community hub and job, Multicap is an organisation that is here for our customers in all ways, always.

About the role

As our Senior Clinician - Psychologist, your role will be to deliver high level, evidenced based clinical advice and professional information to people with disabilities, families, staff & managers. Through applying evidence based approaches the position will reduce the impact of challenging behaviour across the organisation by also demonstrating an application of your professional discipline within the context of contemporary behaviour support literature. This is a full-time, fixed term role.

Role requirements may include, but not limited to, the following:

  • Provide discipline specific advice and quality assurance to other Multicap staff
  • Undertake relevant functional behaviour assessments to identify causal factors of challenging behaviour in order to establish effective strategies and plans that address the behaviour and enhance the quality of life for the individual 
  • Provide coaching, modelling and support to stakeholders  including but not limited to families, support workers,  and managers to ensure support relevant parties are competent in the implementation of support strategies and aware of their responsibilities and how to effectively implement the plan
  • Implement, capture and analyse data in order to monitor the plan’s effectiveness and make any changes where required
  • Meet operational, clinical, legal and financial performance targets
  • Attend relevant tribunals in order to meet legislative requirements, incorporate outcomes into plans and present any risks and/or benefits associated with Multicap providing support.
  • Maintain appropriate registration as a psychologist, and provide discipline specific consultation to peers and the Manager, Behaviour Support Practice

Essential:

  • Post graduate qualification in Psychology
  • Current full professional registration
  • A minimum of 5 years' experience in the discipline of service provision
  • Experience working with people with intellectual disability with high and complex needs
  • Well developed knowledge of person-centred approaches
  • Demonstrated experience in coordinating the provision of support to people with a disability and their familieies and support networks
  • Knowledge of the State Disability Services Act relating and National Quality and Safeguards Framework as they apply to restrictive practices, and demonstrated experience in utilising positive behaviour support to develop and implement behaviour support plans

The successful applicant will:

  • Have high level interpersonal skills and experience supporting people in situations of high emotions
  • Demonstrate a high level of interpersonal and communication skills to develop relationships with team members and stakeholders and deal with issues of a sensitive nature
  • Demonstrate written and verbal communication skills to ensure clear and concise information is presented to the team, Regional Manager and other stakeholders
  • Demonstrate problem solving skills to successfully identify problems, develop solutions and implement these using a logical and systematic approach
  • Hold a current QLD Drivers Licence (mandatory)
  • Hold a current blue (working with children) and yellow (positive notice card) or be willing to obtain one
  • Be willing to undertake and pass a criminal history clearance 

 

Please note some interstate travel may be required.

Salary sacrifice + Meal entertainment

Attractive Salary packaging including $15,900 packaging limit per FBT year (1 April- 31 March) and $2,550 per year for meals and entertainment expenses.

Application Process:

The position will close on the 22nd July 2019Please ensure you attach a resume cover letter detailing why you would be a great addition to the Multicap team!

To find out more about Multicap, visit www.multicap.org.au

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