Role Status: Full-Time Ongoing Vacancy
Remuneration: AHP4 ($114,314 - $124,449 p.a.) + 11.5% Superannuation

The Department for Child protection is seeking a Practice Leader, Mental Health to join on a full-time ongoing basis.

The role is responsible for:

• Providing expertise to the Lead Psychiatric Director to support the delivery of Complex Case Review Meetings.
• Driving practice excellence to achieve improved outcomes for children and young people, their families and carers.
• Liaising with mental health services in relation to complex children, young people and their families in consultation with Office staff.
• Coordinating the implementation of sensitive, innovative and complex strategies that impact on service wide operations.

About You
We are looking for a leader with significant experience in providing high quality evidenced based mental health interventions to children, young people, their families and carers.

Our ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of child protection issues, systems, and their connection to mental health.

Proven high quality interpersonal and communication skills including legally defensible writing is essential.

Success in this role requires fostering a professional learning environment through workplace training, mentoring, coaching, and collaboration with staff.

If you are passionate about driving practice excellence to improve outcomes for children and young people, then we'd love to hear from you.

About the Business
The Department for Child Protection (DCP) plays a key role in the protection of children, young people and their families within South Australia. The department provides support to vulnerable children and young people to be safe, strong and connected.

What We Offer:

• Career progression tailored to your goals: we are a large organisation with diverse opportunities across metropolitan Adelaide, regional and remote South Australia
• Employee Assistance Program: confidential and independent counselling for employees and their families
• Strong commitment to learning and development
• Paid Parental and Partner Leave
• Free annual flu vaccination for staff
• Leave loading and salary packaging opportunities
• Access to Fitness Passport: a workplace health and fitness program that give you and your family access to a wide choice of gyms and pools across South Australia.

Special Conditions
Essential Qualifications: An appropriate degree or equivalent qualification in either Social Work, Occupational Therapy or Psychology, with appropriate mental health qualifications which entitles registration or membership with the relevant board or association.

All requirements to maintain registration or membership must be fulfilled.

Persons of Australian Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent, who have the appropriate background and skills but do not have the essential qualification, may apply for and be engaged/assigned to the role of Social Worker and will be entitled to apply for any Allied Health Professional roles requiring a qualification in Social Work within the Department for Child Protection (DCP).

To find out more about this role, including the desired capabilities and special conditions, please click on the 'apply' button.

Enquiries: Prue McEvoy, Lead Psychiatric Director on 0401 124 540 or email: [email protected]

Our workplace reflects the diverse communities we serve. We encourage applications from all backgrounds, experiences, and abilities. This includes women, people with disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, the LGBQTI+ communities, and people from culturally diverse backgrounds.

To apply for this role, please click the 'apply' button to be re-directed to the DCP Career Portal.

Applications Close: 20 March 2025 at 11:00PM