ACT for Kids, Cairns, Senior Practitioner

We require a full time Senior Practitioner to provide professional supervision for therapy and case management practice to team members of both the Referral for Active Intervention (RAI) and Youth Opportunity Programs (YOP).

Your thorough understanding of the current trends, practices, policies and legislation in relation to child safety and youth justice systems will see you succeed in this role.

The ideal applicant for this role also has:

� a thorough understanding of contemporary theoretical frameworks and current evidence based research relevant to the child safety and youth justice fields
� substantial experience providing professional supervision to team members with a range of professional backgrounds and experience
� cultural awareness and an understanding of how to work with families from different backgrounds, particularly Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island people

Applicants must have the following qualifications:

� a tertiary qualification (degree or equivalent) in a relevant discipline and current registration with the relevant Registration Board of Queensland, where applicable
� at least 5 years working in the field
� higher level qualifications in a relevant area are desirable
� eligibility for a Suitability Card for Child Related Employment (Blue Card) unless exempted by professional registration

We will offer the right candidate an excellent salary package, commensurate with experience. Salary packaging benefits are available.

For more information, please download the position description. To apply, follow the prompt or send your CV and a one-page cover letter, which outlines your suitability for the position, to employment@actforkids.com.au
Applications close 16 April.

We are an equal opportunity employer and strongly encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to apply.

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Emotional Guidance Scale

Twelve months ago I posted mainly around self development. Nowadays I am posting on supervision and assuming a degree of self and professional development. However, it is most helpful to revisit strategies that have previously assisted. Here’s one of the most helpful self development reminders I have used:

Emotional Guidance

It is possible to change your emotional set point and to position yourself for quicker and positive life change. My years as a therapist support that many people do not have alternative feelings to reach toward though. Not only do some people have a constipated emotional vocabulary they also have no previous experience of positive feeling and have no idea where they fall on a scale of emotional guidance.

Are you intimate with your feelings? Where are you on the scale of emotional intelligence and guidance?

  1. Joy, knowledge, empowerment, freedom, love, appreciation
  2. Passion
  3. Enthusiasm, eagerness, happiness
  4. Positive expectation, belief
  5. Optimism
  6. Hopefulness
  7. Contentment
  8. Boredom
  9. Pessimism
  10. Frustration, irritation, impatience
  11. Overwhelment
  12. Disappointment
  13. Doubt
  14. Worry
  15. Blame
  16. Discouragement
  17. Anger
  18. Revenge
  19. Hatred, rage
  20. Jealousy
  21. Insecurity, guilt, unworthiness
  22. Fear, grief, depression, despair, powerlessness.

While these labels are merely words, it is the feelings associated with the words on the higher end of the scale that have the ability to change our lives for the better. When you consciously reach for a higher feeling, your immediate state of feeling is improved.

Having a sample of happy memories to recall helps to move the focus away when you become aware of a lower scale feeling. If you are feeling angry for example, consciously think of a time when….[insert own positive thought...]

Are you happy to stay as a bottom scale feeder or are you rising to the top of the world?

Want to learn more about feelings? Here’s two FREE resources for you:

A poster of Feeling Faces

List of feeling words

Emotional Guidance Scale from: E & J Hicks, 2008. Manifest your desires. Hay House:Sydney
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Feed your professional soul

The Two Wolves

One evening an old Cherokee told his grandson about a battle that goes on inside people.  He said, ‘My son, the battle is between two ‘wolves’ inside us all..

One is Evil.
It is anger, envy, jealousy, sorrow, regret ,
greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego.

The other is Good.
It is joy, peace , love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion and faith.

The grandson thought about it for a minute…  And then asked his grandfather:  ’Which wolf wins?’

The old Cherokee simply replied,  ‘The one you feed .’

Peer Supervision is a good feed. Have you yet registered to feed your professional soul yet?

I am feeding my professional soul a little dessert in July by going to Papua New Guinea. The Kokoda trip is off because of insufficient numbers of people wanting to self torture, BUT, the work at an orphanage in Port Moresby is still on. Five days: we present workshops, help with teaching parenting skills for the under 5′s and do what ever is most needed.

Hungry? Contact Megan Bayliss for further information.

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Warning for dog and small children owners

If you are an owner of a dog and you also have a child or a visiting small child please take this as a warning.

Don’t leave your dog with a small child unattended under any circumstances!!!

Only one little moment was enough for the following to happen (see the sensitive and heart stirring photo below):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Would love to give credit here but came to me on email – origin unknown.

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Join mail list for FREE at home training

Join our mail list for FREE white papers and study at home training. Suitable for Human Services, Government sector, foster carers or anyone working with people under a social justice framework.

We HATE spam and promise to neither spam or give your email address to anyone else. Instead, we want you as a happy customer and we want you to consider joining our Peer Supervision Forum. We cannot operate transparently without your input and experience.

Our mail list is designed to encourage you to think about social issues, how to be a better person/worker in the field, to increase social understanding and to decrease isolation. If you don’t like it, you can unsubscribe at any time.

Initial FREE training papers are:

    Bibliotherapy (How to turn any story into a at home therapist)
    Bitss of Caramel Marmalade on Toast (an ebook copy of Megan’s children’s chapter book)
    Trauma and Attachment: what it is and how to work with it.

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