Mental Health Professional
3 days ago
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Work type: Fixed Term
Location: South Brisbane
Categories: Social Work
About the role
Mater Health is looking for a Mental Health Professional to join the Catherine's House Team. This is a full-time, six-month contract at our South Brisbane campus.
Catherine's House is a world-class, perinatal, and infant mental health integrated model of care, providing both inpatient and outpatient services to public and private consumers. The mental health clinician will work across the inpatient mother-baby unit and the outpatient private day program.
This role will provide discipline specific assessments and interventions for inpatients throughout their hospital admission. Additionally, part of the role will involve delivering and developing therapeutic group content.
The inpatient unit is a state-wide unit that provides acute perinatal mental health assessment and treatment to mothers with significant mental illnesses who are co-admitted with their baby under one year old. There are 10 beds in total, with 2 beds having capacity to be a high dependency unit.
The role of the Social Worker is to deliver a high level of clinical service to patients of Catherine's House as a member of the multidisciplinary team.
Responsibilities include:
- Provision of quality clinical practice to mother-baby dyads and their families and delivers evidence-based, group and individual interventions within the framework of Catherine's House' model of care.
- Providing discipline specific treatment, care and assessments to consumers admitted to the inpatient unit of Catherine's House, including group work.
- Practices in accordance with relevant legislation, Acts and agreements, workplace health and safety, equal employment opportunity and anti-discrimination practices.
- To provide perinatal and infant mental health assessment and treatment and ensures mothers, babies and families receive consistent coordinated care that addresses their psychological, emotional, and physical needs.
- Provide advice and assistance in the development of effective interventions for consumers experiencing perinatal mental health conditions.
- Provide ongoing assessment to monitor and review the effectiveness of intervention strategies implemented.
- Ability to provide effective liaison with the wider inpatient team, various specialists and attends psychosocial meetings.
- Maintains and enhances relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
- Contributes to a network of referral options and information for consumers with perinatal and infant mental health concerns.
- Facilitate access to mental health services for mothers and babies with perinatal and infant mental health needs or ensure other adequate follow up is arranged for their ongoing care upon discharge.
- The delivery and development (when required) of therapeutic group content.
- In conjunction with the multidisciplinary team, contribute to the integration and evaluation of strategic direction and priorities for quality improvement and research within Catherine's House.
- Acts to enhance the professional development of self and others.
- Demonstrates active involvement in meeting the clinical unit's and organisational goals, including KPI's.
- Promote and contribute to a positive working environment and team culture.
- Positively influences others to identify and act in accordance with clinical and organisational best practice.
About you
Social Work:
Mandatory
- A degree in Social Work that provides eligibility for membership to the Australian Association of Social Work (AASW). Tertiary qualifications for Social Work from overseas institutions require the applicant to include official notification from AASW that the qualification has been assessed as eligible for membership.
- Mental Health Accreditation.
Mater is Queensland's largest and most innovative not-for-profit healthcare service, providing care for almost 700,000 patients a year across a network of 11 hospitals.
We are a leader in healthcare, education and research — and that's because we employ exceptional people. #MAKEYOURMATERMOVE
Applications close on Friday the 4th of April 2025 Please note, we may contact applications prior to the closing date, please do not hesitate to APPLY NOW
Mater is committed to the wellbeing of their staff, and it is underpinned by our flexible and remote working policies.
Mater Group is dedicated to creating a workplace that values diversity and inclusion. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds and abilities. We believe in providing equal opportunities for all qualified candidates.
Advertised: 25 Mar 2025 E. Australia Standard Time
Applications close: 04 Apr 2025 E. Australia Standard Time
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