Senior Mental Health Clinician - Child Health & Wellbeing Local
Cranbourne, VIC, AU, 3977
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About the Role:
We have an amazing opportunity for a Senior Mental Health Clinician within our Child Health & Wellbeing Local. This is a full-time fixed term role for approx. 30 months.
The 'Local' is a service that provides comprehensive assessment and treatment that considers all aspects of an infant's or child’s life. This service provides wellbeing support, peer support and care coordination to help with different kinds of challenges including developmental, behavioural, and mental health concerns.
This service has funding for community health, mental health, and family support services.
The Children's Health and Wellbeing local is a new service that are seeking a highly organised and highly competent Senior Mental Health Clinician to support access and engagement within the service.
This role will assist in providing high quality service for children from 0-11 years and their families through skilled mental health triage and assessment, service navigation, care coordination, transition follow up and consultation to internal and external stakeholders.
This role would suit someone who is highly organised, proactive, confident working with families and carers in a supportive way and who is confident in assessing risk and complexity. You will be one of two senior access and engagement clinicians setting up and organising this part of the service with the direction and support of the local Team Managers.
About ELMHS:
Early in Life Mental Health Services (ELMHS) provides assessment and treatment for infants, children, adolescents, young people and their families. We work with the 0-18 age in the Southern Region. We provide a comprehensive assessment service and a range of treatment options including inpatient treatment in times of crisis, community (outpatient) treatment, group programs, family therapy, and specialist services.
The Intake, Assessment, Consultation and Brief Treatment Team (iACT) provides up to six sessions of initial assessment and treatment for referrals received by our service. We work with families in addressing a number of complex issues that families may be experiencing including school refusal, parent/child relationship difficulties, anxiety, depression, trauma related issues, self-harm, suicidal thinking, eating disorders, and psychosis.
About You:
This role is open to candidates from a variety of backgrounds including Occupational Therapy, Social Work, Speech Pathology, Nursing or Psychology. Please refer to Appendix C for discipline specific requirements.
For a confidential discussion and to explore the opportunity further, please contact Chantele Edlington at chantele.Edlington2@monashhealth.org.
Nursing Position Description can be found here
Senior MH Clinician Position Description can be found here
Appendix B can be found here
Appendix C can be found here
ELMHS Organisational Chart can be found here
We recognise the value of equal employment opportunity. We are committed to patient safety, promoting fairness, equity and diversity in the workplace and to Child Safe Standards. At Monash Health we are relentless in our pursuit of excellence and work to our six guiding principles and our five ICare values.
How to Apply
Applications are accepted via the Monash Health online EHub system. For information including how to apply and probity check requirements, please click here for the ‘Application Guide’
Applications will be screened upon receipt and selection activity may commence prior to the closing date.
Applications close: 29 Noveber 2024