Listed By : Developing Minds Psychology on 28 Mar 2025Usually 2 or more days per week (with 3 "after school hours" appointments - i.e.
usually 3.30, 4.30 and 5.30 - scheduled somewhere across the week).
Although 2 days a week is usually our minimum working time, we can accommodate a gradual "building up to" this minimum level (and after school appointments) in some cases for those finishing study/other roles or for those who want to "try" the role to see if it fits, including offering evening/Sat morn appointments for a while to work around other positions if needed.The bulk of this time will be 1:1 therapy work with children and teens from 4 to 18 years old (and their families).
We don't provide cognitive or other formal assessments or diagnostic report writing services to families.If experienced/interested, there is opportunity to over time be involved in a small amount of project work (speaking/training/teaching/supervision/seminar/online psych services/supervision of other clinicians) depending on your skill set and experience.This role is for a registered or clinical psychologist (however if you are a provisional psychologist who has 6 months or less before completing your qualifications, please contact us as we may have other employment opportunities available for you, including the ability to use your paid employment as your final placement) - unfortunately due to our funding models we cannot employ counsellors or other mental health professionals at this time.We are looking for a psychologist with a keen interest in learning or providing work with children, adolescents and parents/caregivers.We employ psychologists who have a strong focus on evidence-based practice, a high level of commitment to professional development and improvement, and a desire to support others and work in a team environment.The benefits of working with us include:Extensive training and supervision in continuing to develop skills in providing effective therapy with children, young people and their families from our (Psychology/AHPRA board approved) supervisor team who have 10-25 years of experience working specifically with families.
This training, mentoring and supervision includes (initially fortnightly or monthly - depending on your needs) 1:1 focused supervision, case conceptualisation and skills training as well as group supervision for registrars, peer mentoring, (catered) quarterly case discussion lunches, attend our fortnightly zoom "Basics and Beyond" training program for working with children/teens/families, quarterly in-house professional development training evenings with 23 other child psychologists, and bimonthly "Working with Kids and Teens" email updates from the team.
Please note the Developing Minds team of senior psychologists teach the University of SA Child Interventions Course, supervise within the Uni SA clinic program and have extensive knowledge and experience in teaching, supervising and providing clinical care in a range of approaches (e.g.
CBT, DBT, systems-based approaches, ACT).Early career/newly graduated psychologists please note: there is a common perception that "private practice" environments are not suitable for early career/new grads.
Our training/supervision schedule outlined above has been adjusted specifically for those who are newly graduated, and this - along with our large psychologist team providing extensive opportunities for peer support - means we have successfully supported more than 15 graduates/early careers psychs over the last decade to complete their clinical endorsement process.Debriefing opportunities, and friendly interactions on a daily basis from an extremely friendly and caring team of 23 psychologists (and 10 admin and executive staff), provision of a peer mentor (in addition to supervision above) for the first few months of working with us.Ongoing support: Daily rostered "on call" senior psychologists employed to be available for crisis support about clinical or professional practice issues throughout the day and into the evening.Extensive, friendly and efficient administration support - our much loved admin team take care of appointment bookings, reminder calls, rescheduling, payments taken, GP letters sent, outcome measures scored, 'letters due/outstanding' reports - and fetch the occasional cup of coffee depending on levels of desperation.Management support from the clinical executive team - our senior executive team are very good at staying on top of changes to funding models, laws related to legal and ethical issues and other developments related to mental health in children and young people in Australia.Job Security/Client fill rates: As a result of strong community and school-based programs, education and services we have provided as a practice over the last 22 years, we have had continued strong client demand for our services.Work variety and opportunity to work with diverse range of families: As a result of not being restricted to only using Better Access funding, our psychologists have the opportunity to work with a variety of child and adolescent and parent client groups including those from differing socio-economic backgrounds.Access to our library: hundreds of print, email, video, animations, book and therapy-material resources to use in sessions with children and families.Work as an employee not contractor: we employ our team as employees not contractors.Autonomy, ability to contribute to the direction of the practice and sense of being valued: All of our psychologists contribute to our ongoing policy development by providing feedback monthly to the executive team about professional practice and clinical governance issues.Providing work-life balance and reducing work stress is important to us: We want clinicians to have enough time to prepare/write notes and still be able to work reasonable hours.Pleasant working environment: our rooms are bright (all with windows), comfortable and purpose designed for kids and teens, with space to keep your own materials if you want to add them to ours.For many years we had National Standards for Mental Health Services accreditation and therefore have high standards of clinical governance.Data Driven: We are committed to outcome measurement, efficacy of therapy, clinical skill improvement and evidence-based practice.Our clinical psychologists earn a competitive salary - we ensure this occurs by an annual salary benchmarking process.As well as caring deeply about young people and their families - we also care for each other.If you would like more information about Developing Minds, you can go to: www.developingminds.net.auIf you have any questions or would like to register your interest for a position, feel free to confidentially email me – ******.
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