Job type: Ongoing - full time or part time
Organisation: Austin Health
Occupation: Health and Allied Health
Reference: 2022
Austin Health is the major provider of tertiary health services, health professional education and research across three campuses in the Northeast of Melbourne and state-wide. We have a highly engaged, diverse and collaborative workforce that is unified by our goal to help people live healthy and fulfilled lives.
Booboop Narrkwarren Nagarra -jarra -noun (Formerly State-wide Child and Family Centre) Opportunity to play a vital role in a vibrant, innovative, therapeutic team who work together to improve outcomes for children and families/carers!
Permanent full time and part time, job share considered
24/7 residential flexible hours
Macleod Location
90,000 base + salary packaging + super (pro-rata for part time)
About the role Booboop Narrkwarren Nagarra -jarra -noun is part of the Mental Health Division within Austin Health and is a newly established Service situated offsite from Austin Health in a purpose-built facility. The SCFC is one of many programs within Infant, Child, and Youth Mental Health Service (ICYMHS) and provides a specialised therapeutic residential service for children aged up to 12 years who have experienced adverse life events.
As the Mental Health Clinician, you will provide direct care to families residing at the Centre. Working within a multidisciplinary team, you will contribute to creating and maintaining a trauma informed, therapeutic milieu, identifying and promoting opportunities to improve parent-child/relational issues and family functioning, and increasing the overall connectedness within the family and the community.
A regular day will see you: Providing psychotherapeutic and psychosocial interventions to children and families residing at the CentreFacilitating group programs within the Centre for children, parents/carers and siblingsContributing your knowledge and skillset within the multidisciplinary team at care meetings and within care systemsCoordinating referrals and admissions of children and families to the CentreLiaising with relevant community agencies, providing secondary consultation, training and promoting the service to wider communityAbout you If you are enthusiastic about supporting children and families, have expertise in current theoretical approaches and best practices, and enjoy collaborating within a multidisciplinary team to help shape the future of an innovative child and family mental health service, we would love for you to join us!
To be successful in this role you'll bring with you: Tertiary qualifications in Nursing, Social work, Psychology, Occupational Therapy or other related disciplineExperience in working therapeutically and systemically with children with mild to moderate mental health presentationsDemonstrated understanding of professional frameworks, theories, and practices as they relate to children and families and mental healthDemonstrated ability and knowledge of a range of psychotherapeutic interventions for both individuals and groupsWillingness and ability to work outside business hours and in an outreach capacity, including early morning and evening shifts, weekends, and nightshiftWork with us! We are committed to cultural safety and health equity for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander People. We celebrate, value, and include people of all backgrounds, genders, identities, cultures, bodies, and abilities. We welcome and support applications from talented people identifying as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, people with disability, neurodiverse people, LGBTQIA+ and people of all ages and cultures.
If you feel this role is right for you, we encourage your early application. Applications will be reviewed as they are received, and interviews may take place prior to the closing date. This means we reserve the right to close a job ad prior to the advertised closing date.
All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory National Police Check and if required, a Working With Children Check. If you require any reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process or have questions about this opportunity, you are welcome to reach out to the hiring manager: Christine Denton Interested in finding out more about this opportunity? Read the position description for further details.
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