An exciting opening has arisen to join a well-established, connected and supportive MST team. You would be joining a small and dedicated team of practitioners providing intensive in-home engagement with a small caseload of no more than 5 families.
- Noble Park location, bordering Wurundjeri & Boonwurrung Country
- Full-time, permanent position
- Base Salary $110K plus super and the option of salary packaging
- Full Private Use of a Berry Street motor vehicle
The opportunity
Multisystemic Therapy (MST) is a family and community-based model of treatment for young people at risk of entering or who have recently entered out-of-home care. It aims to keep young people living safely at home, in school and out of the justice system.
MST is a holistic, therapeutic intervention with 35 years of research evidence. It also has the highest rating of evidence on California Evidence-Based Clearinghouse for Child Welfare (CEBC), Blueprints Clearing Houses and Early Intervention Foundation.
Your Skills and Experience
You will be an experienced practitioner who has worked with caregivers, across multiple systems with a developed ability to implement interventions within or between systems in a young person’s ecology, including family, peers, school or work, activities or interests, and support services. Having an understanding and appreciation for engaging and collaborating with all relevant systems and key participants within the family and young person’s ecology to create shared goals and desired outcomes.
You will hold a Bachelor degree in psychology, Social Work, or related subject area with significant experience in therapeutic settings, with Specific experience in Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy, Structural Family Therapy, Strategic Family Therapy and behaviourally based treatments preferred.
Berry Street
We are one of the largest independent agencies in Australia, providing a range of diverse programs to over 35,000 young people, children and families across Victoria each year. We pride ourselves on our ingenuity, evidence based and multi-dimensional thinking to provide the best outcomes for our young people! We believe children, young people and families should be safe, thriving and hopeful and strive to make this happen each day!
We believe children, young people and families should be safe, thriving and hopeful and strive to make this happen each day!
Extra benefits
- Above award salaries & allowances
- Regular reflective supervision
- A culture that values and supports professional development.
- $15,900 pa (pro rata) Salary Packaging + Additional Salary Packaging for meals/accommodation
- Flexible work arrangements
- 10 weeks paid parental leave + other generous leave conditions!
- Access to the Employee Assistance Program, with access for staff's immediate family
- Leave loading 17.5%
- Extra carers leave!
Applications including resume and cover letter addressing your suitability for the position to be submitted by 11pm Friday the 19th of April, 2024
Queries regarding the position can be forwarded to recruitment@berrystreet.org.au
Please note: the successful applicant will be subject to comprehensive reference and background checking prior to employment, including a Working with Children Check and National Police Check (International Police Checks may be applicable).
Berry Street is committed to being a child safe, child friendly and child empowering organisation. In everything we do we seek to protect children. We are committed to the cultural safety of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children; children from culturally and/or linguistically diverse backgrounds; children with a disability; children who identify as LGBTIQA+. We aim to ensure every individual is treated with dignity and respect regardless of their cultural background, ability, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, spirituality or religion.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people; people from culturally and/or linguistically diverse backgrounds and people with a disability are encouraged to apply.