Safeguards Child and Adolescent Mental Health
7 days ago
**Employment Type**: Permanent Full Time
**Position Classification**: Health Clinician Level 3
**Remuneration**: (Dependant on Qualifications)
**Hours Per Week**: 38
**Requisition ID**: REQ302482
**This recruitment may be used to fill future positions via an eligibility list for permanent, full time, part time, temporary and casual positions.**
**What you'll be doing**
Plan, coordinate, and implement clinical expertise and extensive specialised knowledge within nursing to provide evidence based, trauma informed and developmentally appropriate assessment and treatment to children and adolescents (0 to 17 years) in acute mental health distress, and their families.
The Safeguards Team is a new dedicated CAMHS resource designed to provide innovative and best practice care to children and adolescents aged 0-17 years experiencing acute mental health distress. The team is community based and provides rapid, mobile and flexible care to resolve mental health crisis, including assertive outreach, care coordination and time-limited therapeutic interventions.
The Safeguards Team operates 7 days/week with extended hours on weekdays, and will respond to young people in their schools, homes and communities and in hospital-based settings through face to face, phone and telehealth appointments.
This is a District role based at Tuggerah Business Park. The team hours are:Monday to Friday 12:00 to 20:30 and Saturday to Sunday 09:30 to 19:00. The team work on a rotating roster.
This position is graded for the following:
- Occupational Therapist Level 3
- Psychologist
- Clinical Psychologist
- Senior Psychologist
- Clinical Nurse Specialist Grade 2
- Clinical Midwife Specialist Grade 2
- Social Worker Level 3
- Welfare Officer Level 3
- Counsellor Level 3
**Where you’ll be working**
The Central Coast Local Health District Child and Adolescent Mental Health Team is a well-established and highly experienced team dedicated to the compassionate care of our local community. The multidisciplinary team comprises a range of experienced Nurses, Social Workers, Occupational Therapists, Psychologists and Psychiatrists that work collaboratively to provide excellent mental health care. The team is dynamic, experienced and professional with a reputation within The Central Coast Local Health District as being a nurturing and teaching environment for staff.
Central Coast Local Health District is the largest employer and healthcare provider on the Central Coast. We are committed to providing our staff with a happy, healthy and rewarding workplace. We encourage and support professional development and community engagement. With two acute hospitals, two sub-acute hospitals and eight community health centres we provide the most comprehensive medical service in the region.
As an employer we offer our staff competitive benefits such as salary packaging, a monthly day off, paid maternity and parental leave, flexible work arrangements and professional development programs.
Our district covers a diverse landscape and demographic experience, from thriving urban centres to quiet beachside villages. The Central Coast can offer you a career unlike anywhere else as we straddle the line between metropolitan and rural, giving you a truly comprehensive and unique work experience that will serve you for your whole career.
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**Applications Close: Monday 18 July at 11:59pm
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