Junior Psychologist

Job Description

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Join the team at Jenny’s Place, to be part of a sector-first initiative transforming recovery support for women and children impacted by domestic, family and sexual violence in Australia.

Australia’s First Women and Children’s Specialist Centre for Domestic Violence Support

Jenny’s Place’s goal is to build the first specialist centre of its kind, bringing together comprehensive and integrated recovery support for women and children impacted by domestic and family violence.

Our values guide how we work every day:
Compassion | Equality | Empowerment | Courage | Collaboration

• Help shape a sector-first specialist psychology service supporting women and children

• Part-time opportunity working 3 days per week

• Ideal for a registered psychologist passionate about child, behavioural and trauma-informed practice

About the opportunity

Jenny’s Place is a leading Domestic and Family Violence organisation establishing a new specialist centre designed to provide integrated recovery support for women and children impacted by domestic, family and sexual violence. The centre will bring together psychological support with broader recovery, mental health and specialist services to help address the complex barriers that can interrupt long-term recovery.

As Junior Psychologist, you will join Jenny’s Place at an exciting stage of development and work closely with the Lead Psychologist and a multidisciplinary team. You will provide evidence-based psychological assessment and intervention to adults and children, with a particular interest in child psychology and behavioural psychology highly valued.

This is an opportunity to build your capability in a supportive clinical environment while contributing to the development of a new model of specialist, trauma-informed care.

Key responsibilities include:

• Provide psychological assessment, formulation and evidence-based intervention to women and children with varied and complex needs.

• Support clients using trauma-informed, strengths-based and person-centred approaches, with sensitivity to domestic, family and sexual violence experiences.

• Work with children, adults and families, drawing on child and behavioural psychology principles where appropriate.

• Maintain accurate, timely and confidential clinical records, treatment plans, correspondence and reports.

• Participate in clinical supervision, case review, reflective practice and ongoing professional development with the Lead Psychologist.

• Collaborate with the Lead Psychologist and the broader multidisciplinary team to coordinate integrated support and appropriate referrals.

• Work within relevant ethical, professional, Medicare, NDIS and organisational requirements, including appropriate documentation to support billing and reporting.

• Contribute ideas and feedback as the psychology service, clinical pathways and practice systems are established and refined.

The benefits

As a member of this new specialist service at Jenny’s Place, you’ll have the opportunity to:

• Make a meaningful impact through a pioneering service focused on improving recovery outcomes for women and children.

• Work closely with an experienced Lead Psychologist and multidisciplinary colleagues, with access to supervision and mentoring.

• Build specialist experience across child, behavioural and trauma-informed psychology.

• Help shape a new psychology service from the ground up and contribute to its future direction.

• Work a consistent (ideally) Monday to Wednesday schedule, 3 days per week.

About you

You are a thoughtful and compassionate registered psychologist who is motivated by meaningful work and interested in building specialist capability across child, behavioural and trauma-informed psychology. You communicate with warmth and professionalism, value supervision and collaboration, and are comfortable working with clients whose circumstances may be complex or sensitive.

In addition, you will bring:

• Full and unconditional registration with AHPRA as a Clinical Psychologist.

• Relevant tertiary qualifications in psychology.

• Demonstrated interest or experience in child psychology and/or behavioural psychology across adults and children.

• An understanding of trauma-informed practice and the impact of domestic, family and sexual violence; direct sector experience will be highly regarded.

• Sound capability in psychological assessment, formulation, treatment planning and report writing appropriate to your level of experience.

• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary environment.

• A high standard of clinical documentation, organisation, professional judgement and confidentiality.

• Familiarity with Medicare, NDIS and/or Victims Services-funded psychological services will be advantageous.

• A current Working with Children Check and National Police Check will be required for this role.

How to apply

To learn more about the Junior Psychologist opportunity with Jenny’s Place, please click here to view the Candidate Information Brief.

For any further questions or for a confidential discussion, please contact Chelsea Farrar today on 02 4927 2027 or chelseaf@peoplefusion.com.au.

Alternatively, click “Apply” to submit your covering letter and CV.

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