Social Worker - Gold Coast

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Detail information about job Social Worker - Gold Coast. Terms and conditions vacancy

• Highly flexible - Full or part time (negotiable)    
• Values based company with supportive culture
• Attractive salary, incentives and $4,000 annual professional development allowance

Do you love working with a variety of clients in community, using your skills as a therapist to deliver quality outcomes?  Do you enjoy collaborating with colleagues in a multi-disciplinary team, seeing clients in the community? Are you tired of spending time on non-essential administrative demands?

Therapy Pro is a values-driven organisation designed from the ground up to provide a supportive, collaborative and professionally rewarding environment for therapists who love what they do, thrive on variety and who want to focus on providing high quality client-led therapy.  Based from home, our therapist see clients in their natural environments.

We are currently seeking enthusiastic therapists to join our established and expanding team to support people to realise their potential.  This is a unique opportunity to work with an innovative and dynamic company with a fresh new service delivery model at the leading edge of the growing and expanding world of therapy services.

The focus of your role as Social Worker

• Apply a high level of professional judgement and knowledge to provide a wide range of social work services to children and adults with a variety of needs.
• Assess the core needs by working collaboratively and as co-partners identifying essential relationships, interactions and social functioning of the client utilising a range of assessment techniques and tools.
• Provide counselling, psychoeducation, guidance and support to explore reflect and enhance important skills of the client and their family including positive behaviour support, to assist in strengthening independence and resilience in a proactive manner.
• Design intervention plans that are holistic, practical and outcomes driven.
• Provide support and assist clients and families with the implementation of intervention plans and programs.
• Establish and maintain positive working relationships with clients, families, team members and other key stakeholders.
• Produce accurate client files, reports and communicate to other health professionals.
• Manage a diverse caseload, prioritising needs and completing client records.

The therapists we are seeking are:

• Committed to excellence in service delivery with a strong focus on client experience and outcomes.

• Flexible to meet the needs of clients and their families, working with them in their own natural settings (e.g. home, school, childcare centre, etc.).
• At ease working both independently and collaboratively - based from home, working with colleagues, stakeholders and clients in community.
• Excited to contribute to an innovative new service delivery model.
• Open to expanding your clinical practice to new areas, with support.

• Comfortable using technology and online tools for reporting, communication and collaboration.

Essential requirements

• Hold a degree in Social Work.

• Hold a fully qualified registration with the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW) (or eligible for membership).
• A current open driver’s licence and access to a registered, roadworthy vehicle with either third party or comprehensive insurance cover.
• Appropriate certification, or ability to gain (blue card, yellow card) for provision of Disability Services and/or services to children and young people.

Why you will enjoy working with us

• Positive work environment and culture of collaboration, support and growth with flexible work options.

• Therapy Pro takes care of all the business requirements (finding clients, quality and compliance, scheduling, billing, systems and infrastructure) so you can focus on what you do and enjoy most – working with clients.
• Feel connected with like-minded professionals in a multi-disciplinary team both locally and through virtual teams in other locations.
• A range of professional support, including discipline specific supervision, peer support, and access to performance coaching to ensure you are the best therapist you can be.
• Award remuneration based on your experience, plus car allowance.
• $4,000 annual allocation for learning and development.
• Generous incentives based on reasonable productivity targets.

• Professional indemnity insurance coverage.

About us

Therapy Pro offers an innovative approach to providing high quality therapeutic services and training across the whole of allied health services, including Psychology, Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, Speech and Language Pathology and Social Work.

Inspired by the vision of “choice and control” developed by the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), Therapy Pro has reimagined the world of service delivery with the client central to the planning and delivery of services. The Therapy Pro service model has been designed by therapists with therapists in mind, with systems and culture to support you to be your best.

Therapy Pro is a registered NDIS Provider and provides therapeutic services to those with disabilities, children and the ageing across Queensland and Victoria.

www.therapypro.com.au

To apply, submit your cover letter and CV including:

• The names and contact details of two (2) referees – one of whom is a current or immediate past supervisor.
• Why you are interested in the role and how you meet the selection criteria outlined above.