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Therapeutic Specialist

09/04/2026
30/04/2026
$99,469.50 - $101,595.00
Contract - Full Time
Leederville
Services
  • Join a values driven, life friendly organisation
  • Full time max term (1.0 FTE) opportunity based in Leederville ending June 2027
  • $99469.50 + 12% Super + Salary Packaging

Job Description

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Foyer Oxford is the largest single-site homelessness service for young people in Australia. It provides 98 self-contained transitional apartments for young people, including 24 for young parents and their children. Foyer focuses on empowering young people to exit homelessness, often serving as the last stepping stone before moving into independent living.

The Senior Therapeutic Specialist’s role is to strengthen early intervention, collaborative practice, and therapeutic crisis intervention in response to mental health concerns of young people within the service. The role provides personalised and holistic mental health support to young people in order to enhance their wellbeing, reduce barriers to service access and improve recovery outcomes.

This is a full time (1.0 FTE - 37.5 hour per week) contract position ending 30 June 2027. This position is based in Leederville.

Desired Skills and Experience

About you

To be successful you will have:

  • Tertiary qualification in Youth Work, Social Work, Psychology, Occupational Therapy, Mental Health Nursing or equivalent
  • Experience in delivery of mental health or wellbeing services in community settings
  • Strong knowledge of mental health sector, referral pathways and engaging stakeholders
  • Good written and verbal communication skills
  • Ability to accept, respect and work with young people: from a broad range of backgrounds and abilities from different cultures, particularly with Aboriginal & CaLD young people who may identify as LGBTI from all belief systems.
  • Ability to work in a team, to work collaboratively with others and build strong stakeholder relationships
  • Ability to use electronic devices such as smart phone, tablet and computer and relevant applications
  • Experience and/or knowledge of homelessness and the homelessness sector
  • Experience in a senior or team leadership role
  • Experience providing on call support

The successful applicant must also have a valid National Police Clearance, WA Working with Children's, Provide First Aid and a WA Driver's Licence. 

A police record is not an automatic barrier to employment with us. The organisation may seek to request an international police clearance if necessary. We welcome applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences, and we review any disclosures on an individual basis, focusing on relevance to the role.

Impact and Benefits

Sharing your knowledge, skills and experience, you will make an impact to the lives of families and communities across the state. 

In return for your drive and commitment, we provide the support of an inclusive and welcoming community which places people at the heart of all the work we do and encourages broad thinking, curiosity, creativity and best practice.

Also :- 

  • Starting salary $99,469.50 per annum plus 12% superannuation
  • Enjoy generous tax-free salary packaging benefits where you can package up to $15,900 per annum and not pay tax on that amount.
  • Additional 3 days (pro-rata) leave per year and ability to purchase additional leave 

Why join us?

At Anglicare WA we are all about people, placing people at the heart of our work. We are focused on strengths, believing in and amplifying the strength of people and communities. We are fiercely inclusive, making sure everyone can belong. As trusted partners we are curious and creative, always looking for new ways to do better. We are courageous and gutsy, tackling difficult issues, even when it’s hard.  

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Apply Now!

To apply, please click on the apply button and follow the prompts attaching a current detailed resume and covering letter. 

For further information please contact Sally Savage at Sally.Savage@anglicarewa.org.au

We are seeking to appoint someone to this role as soon as possible and will close this vacancy once suitable candidates have been identified.  Please apply without delay!   

Child Safe: Anglicare WA is organisation committed to providing safe environments where children and young people feel valued, respected and are protected from abuse and harm.

Inclusive: We actively promote a working environment that values diversity and inclusion. We strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from culturally diverse backgrounds, people who identify as LGBTQIA+ and people with a disability. If you have any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us at time of application.

Uluru Statement from the Heart: Anglicare WA supports the Uluru Statement from the Heart and is committed to walking alongside First Nations people in a movement of the Australian people for a better future.

Unsolicited applications from recruitment agencies will not be accepted.

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