
Youth Mental Health Clinician
Northern Health
Posted 1 day ago
Company description:
As an organisation we have a clear focus on how we service and partner with our community, including our strategy of helping the community stay well when at home. Our reputation of community minded, inclusive and progressive is matched to none.
Job description:
Youth Mental Health Clinicians (Mon-Fri)
Hotham Street Community Mental Health - PRESTON
Occupational Therapist, Social Worker, Psychologist or Psychiatric Nurse
Part time 0.6EFT (48hrs/fortnight)
About Mental Health Division:
Northern Health is the third largest mental health service in Victoria Northern.
Within the Mental Health Division, we pride ourselves on providing high quality mental health services to people living in the northern regions of Melbourne, and work in a collaborative way with consumers and carers based on recovery principles.
We aim to provide strong clinical leadership to support all staff in the provision of professional treatment and care by our integrated community teams, inpatient, and residential services.
Mental Health Services are provided at Epping, Broadmeadows, Jacana, Preston, Mill Park and Coburg.
About the Role:
An exciting opportunity exists for an enthusiastic Occupational Therapist, Social Worker, Psychologist or Mental Health Nurse to join the team at Hotham Street Mental Health Clinic Preston.
Hotham Street Clinic is now seeking expressions of interest for all who would like to progress their careers as a Youth Mental Health Clinician and become a pivotal part in the future of Mental Health.
At NAMHS Hotham Street you will find an enthusiastic, friendly, professional group of clinicians of various disciplines.
We work hard and we work well as a team.
The team respects the professionalism of all staff members and we are encouraged to work autonomously as well as part of our larger team. Professional development is encouraged and supported.
Arrange a site visit and chat with us over a coffee. Once you have seen our service and spoken to some of our wonderful team members, you will be part of something special and help us make a difference.
To be successful in this role you will have the ability to:
- Provide recovery oriented care including assessment and development of interventions in collaboration with young people /carers/families and other service providers including GP's NDIS service providers and other stakeholders.
- Provide discipline specific evidence based practice and appropriate treatment options as required.
- Partake in discipline specific clinical supervision and workload management.
- Contribute in ongoing professional development activities and in-service training and sharing new found knowledge with the clinical team.
Your Contribution:
- Experience in the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of severe mental illness and psychiatric disability I young people and their families/carers
- Capacity to undertake alcohol and other drug screening, assessment, treatment planning, brief interventions with clients who have co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders
- Well-developed skills in writing and an ability to promptly prepare relevant documentation
- A current Victorian Drivers licence
If you don't check every single box, we still want to hear from you! We encourage you to apply. You could be the perfect fit for this role, or perhaps one of our many other exciting opportunities waiting for someone just like you. Your unique qualities and experiences matter.
Next Steps . . .
If this opportunity sounds like the next step in your career, then we would love to hear from you. Please click on the 'Apply' button and follow the prompts.
For further details, please contact: Janne-Maree Blackman, Program Manager Hotham Street Community Team, NAMHS, on 9416 6300 or refer to Position Description.
Applications close Thursday 19 June.
We offer:
We offer a range of benefits to support and reward staff both personally and professionally, which includes:
· Health and Wellbeing programs, including our ‘Thrive' program
· Flexibility in the workplace and extra leave options and support
· An inclusive and culturally safe space
· State of the art facilities and campus partnerships
· A commitment to ongoing professional development through our ‘Learning Labs'
· Access to salary packaging, EAP and our online library
For a glimpse of life at NH, click here.
About Northern Health
Northern Health is one of Victoria's busiest public health services. The organisation's acute and sub-acute health services cover a local community of approximately 728,000 people and their emergency department treats almost 70,000 patients each year. The northern community is located in one of Melbourne's most significant growth corridors and the local population is expected to grow by 64% or an additional 128,569 people by 2031. The Northern Health catchment encompasses the rapidly expanding local government areas of Banyule, Darebin, Hume, Nillumbik, Whittlesea and Moreland.
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