Registered Psychologist - Disability Lived Experience

About the role

This role offers the unique opportunity to learn from a disabled psychologist who is focused on supporting clients with lived experience of disability, chronic illness, and neurodivergence. At Kultivate, we use the social model of disability, taking an active anti-oppression approach to our work. We focus on understanding client context, advocating for their needs, and facilitating a therapeutic relationship that is collaborative and grounded in lived experience.

Key responsibilities

• Provide excellent client support through individual and group sessions with adults navigating diverse disability experiences, neurodivergence, and chronic health conditions, including assessment, treatment plan development and evidence-based interventions
• Integrate the social model of disability into your work, focusing on identifying environmental and systemic barriers to client wellbeing rather than adhering to a strictly medicalised framework
• Contribute to community-building initiatives, such as the Kultivate Social Club, which aims to foster connection and skills development among clients
• Be an active participant in the multidisciplinary team and build skills to support clients using a multidisciplinary, co-design framework, including team meetings, case presentations and discussions
• Maintain accurate, high-quality case notes and client records, ensuring compliance with all relevant standards including AHPRA, the Psychology Board's code of conduct, Medicare and NDIS
• Engage in self-directed learning and reflective practice in an environment that promotes openness and growth
• Engage in practice-wide collaboration and learning, including team meetings and internal professional development, and contribute to the practice's values and sustainability through stakeholder and community engagement

About you

• Hold general registration as a Psychologist with AHPRA
• Have a genuine commitment to social justice and disability rights
• Understand and are committed to practice from a neurodivergence and disability affirming perspective
• Are eager to reflect on your practice, receive feedback, and learn how to navigate the complexities of the current mental health system
• Communicate clearly, respectfully, and with empathy with clients, within the team and with external professionals
• You identify as a disabled person or a person with lived experience of disability

About us

Kultivate is a disability-led multidisciplinary health practice committed to delivering care through a social model of disability. We are creating an Australian first disability-led multidisciplinary team, and are committed to using co-design principles in our work. We prioritize equity, community, and mindfulness, providing specialised support to disabled, neurodivergent, and chronically ill adults. We are an inclusive, values-driven organisation that actively works to reduce stigma and provide affirming, high-quality support to our community. We are based in Melbourne and provide support to clients Australia-wide, primarily through telehealth.