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Relevant tertiary qualifications and professional registration.
Experience in trauma and therapeutic residential care.
Demonstrated senior clinical leadership and supervision experience.
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Role Type
Permanent • Full-time • Mid-level Senior
Pay Rate
140000 AUD – 160000 AUD (Annum)
Description
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, evidence‑based, trauma‑informed 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 high‑risk presentations.
Contribute clinical expertise to incidents, governance processes, statutory engagement, and child safety reporting.
Promote consistent, culturally safe, child‑centred 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
High‑level 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 driver’s 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.
Company Overview
Capability Support believes that we can do better for the community, through providing personalised, flexible, professional and easy-to-access supports.
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Relevant tertiary qualifications and professional registration.
Experience in trauma and therapeutic residential care.
Demonstrated senior clinical leadership and supervision experience.
Sign up or log in to analyse my fit
Role Type
Permanent • Full-time • Mid-level Senior
Pay Rate
140000 AUD – 160000 AUD (Annum)
Description
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, evidence‑based, trauma‑informed 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 high‑risk presentations.
Contribute clinical expertise to incidents, governance processes, statutory engagement, and child safety reporting.
Promote consistent, culturally safe, child‑centred 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
High‑level 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 driver’s 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.
Company Overview
Capability Support believes that we can do better for the community, through providing personalised, flexible, professional and easy-to-access supports.
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