Team Leader Therapeutic Residential Care

About the role

Capability Clinical Services provides professional client centred trauma informed and compassionate support for children young people and adults. Clinical Services offers face to face and telehealth counselling and psychological interventions assessments and Positive Behaviour Support (PBS).

Reporting to the Lead Practitioner Therapeutic Residential Care and working within the Capability Clinical Governance Framework the Team Leader Therapeutic Residential Care provides senior clinical leadership within therapeutic residential care placements. The role leads and supports therapeutic specialists working in residential care oversees therapeutic quality and clinical decision-making and contributes to the management of complex and high-risk presentations. The Team Leader bridges clinical and operational practice ensuring therapeutic guidance is translated into daily care and support for children and young people. Working in close partnership with the Operations Manager the role ensures trauma-informed therapeutically aligned care is consistently embedded across residential environments.

Duties & Responsibilities

Provide clinical leadership to ensure ethical evidencebased traumainformed care across therapeutic residential services.

Lead and support therapeutic specialists through supervision reflective practice and workforce capability development.

Partner closely with the Operational Manager to align therapeutic intent with daily care delivery and operational practice and facilitate regular staff reflection sessions.

Provide clinical oversight of support planning risk management and responses to complex or highrisk presentations.

Contribute clinical expertise to incidents governance processes statutory engagement and child safety reporting.

Promote consistent culturally safe childcentred practice and continuous quality improvement across services.

Key Requirements

Essential:

Relevant tertiary qualifications and professional registration.

Exemplify and model integrity ethics values and the desired cultural behaviours

Experience in trauma and therapeutic residential care.

Operates well in diverse environments in school and residential settings

Thrives on independence innovation and system improvement

Demonstrated senior clinical leadership and supervision experience

Strong expertise in trauma attachment and therapeutic residential care

Ability to translate clinical models into practical daily care guidance

Highlevel communication and collaboration skills

Enjoys mentoring others and being a key player in a collegiate team

Communicate complex matters with clarity and succinctness and in easy-to-understand formats and communication methods

Current Working with Vulnerable People registration including NDIS screening or capacity to gain this

Current CYF clearance or capacity to gain this

Current Police Check or capacity to achieve this

Current drivers license

Roadworthy registered and insured vehicle

Highly desirable:

Is keen to lead and shape our therapeutic residential care service and dedicated to making a difference in peoples lives through the provision of high-quality clinical services

Committed to identifying and harnessing opportunities and continuous improvement

Current First Aid and CPR certification

Willingness to work flexibly across residential sites.

For job enquiries please contact:

Lisa Graham