Mental Health Clinician - UMHCC

For all people in Australia living with mental health and wellbeing challenges to live a life that is meaningful to them.

Position details

• Part Time Permanent (0.8 FTE)
• Classification: Health Professional Level 2 with a salary range of $91,706 - $102,613 per annum pro rata + Superannuation
• Salary packaging arrangements providing tax benefits available for living and entertainment expenses increasing your take home income where part of your wage is paid tax free each pay, savings thousands in tax each year
• Generous above-award pay and entitlements (see details below)
• Location:Urgent Mental Health Care Centre, Adelaide, SA
• Shift work across a 24/7 roster

About your new role

The Urgent Mental Health Care Centre (UMHCC) is a 24/7 service, providing an alternative to emergency departments for people experiencing a mental health crisis or distress. As an Allied Health Professional, the Mental HealthClinician will draw on their discipline skills, engage with guests (consumer), Peer Support Workers and medical staff, the guest's care team and support people to provide high quality assessments and interventions aimed at improving mental health outcomes for guests accessing the UMHCC. The Mental Health Clinician will have a strong emphasis on crisis containment and preparing the guest to transition home with a safety plan. This work will focus on clinical assessment and collaborative care planning.

About Neami National

We're Neami. We're big believers in everyone having the opportunity to live a full life. We support people to achieve wellbeing and mental health outcomes that matter to them. We provide services across Australia for mental health and wellbeing, housing and homelessness, and suicide prevention.

For some people, this means having a stronger sense of self. For others, it may mean nurturing relationships or building the confidence to tackle tomorrow. We support people to improve their quality of life in a way that suits them.

We're proud to support 34,000+ people living with mental health challenges each year across Australia and offer services over 40 different Indigenous lands.

Values

Together with our vision and purpose, our values define who we are and guide the way we operate. They are fundamental to our identity, and we align all our actions with them.

• Connecting
• Collaborating
• Learning
• Belonging

What will Neami offer

• Generous additional leave entitlements including 16 weeks Paid Parental Leave, 6 weeks Paid Partner Leave, 2 days Wellness Leave, 2 days additional Carer's Leave and 3 days Compassionate Leave per occasion Pro Rata
• Access to paid study leave and discipline-specific paid external supervision
• Professional development through regular practice development sessions and coaching with your supervisor
• Ongoing extensive in-house Learning and Development programs to encourage learning and skill-building
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) through TELUS - providing holistic health and wellness supports and resources to Neami staff and their immediate family
• Flexible work arrangements are available for maintaining your work-life balance

What you will bring to the role

• Formal tertiary qualifications in Social Work, Psychology or Occupational Therapy
• Current full registration as a Psychologist or Occupational Therapist with current annual practicing certificate from the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) essential, OR a Social Worker eligible to hold membership with the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW)
• Demonstrated skill in the application of recovery-based approaches in a clinical setting
• A minimum of two years' experience working across a range of mental health programs including completing risk assessments and safety planning
• Demonstrated ability to form and nurture partnerships with government and non-government mental health, emergency, and community service providers
• All staff are required to adhere to the UMHCC immunisation policy directives to minimise the risk of vaccine preventable diseases to protect workers, other employees, guests, and visitors.

What the role requires

• National Criminal History Check (police check) - disclosable outcomes considered
• Current Working with Children Check - required before commencement of work
• Australian working rights

How to apply

The terms and conditions of the role are listed in the position description which can be found on the Neami Job Vacancy portal (select paper clip icon).

To apply for this position, please:

• Click the 'Apply' button where you will need to create a username and password.
• Upload your resume and cover letter.

When applying for this position, you are asked to tell us about your previous work experience, your suitability for this role and your answers to any target questions (where asked).

Please include in your application how you would prefer to be contacted (whether via email, text or phone call).

If you have any further questions not addressed in the job advertisement or position description, or if you require any adjustments to participate in the recruitment process, please contact:

Ashleigh Gallagher | Clinical Lead | [email protected]

If you are excited about this role, but only meet some of the requirements, we encourage you to call or email us to talk about this opportunity. We're passionate about creating opportunities and supporting professional development.

If your application is shortlisted:

• We may invite you to have an informal phone conversation to discuss the role and get to know more about your experience and interest and answer your questions.
• We may invite you to an interview (which may be in person or conducted online via Microsoft Teams) with up to three panel members from Neami.

Applications Close: 11th April 2025

Be Yourself - Neami values and celebrates diversity including multidisciplinary teams and the unique backgrounds, experiences and contributions that each person brings to our community. First Nations people, those identifying as LGBTQIA+, people with disabilities and culturally and linguistically diverse people are encouraged to apply. Our aim is to create a workforce that is accessible, inclusive and reflects the community in which we live.

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