Mental Health Specialist
5 days ago
About the Role
The successful applicant will work in partnership with consumers, carers, families, and other service providers to provide high-quality clinical services within a recovery-oriented framework. Services provided will be individualized to support recovery and may include individual and group work, assessment and intervention, discharge planning, education for consumers and their families, and liaison with other services and programs as needed.
Key Responsibilities
- Hold a degree qualification in social work approved by the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW) for practising membership as a social worker.
- Be eligible for membership of the AASW.
- Relevant theoretical knowledge, experience, and skills in the provision of evidence-based social work assessment and treatment in a mental health setting.
- Comprehensive understanding of, and experience in delivering, recovery-oriented mental health practice.
- Demonstrated ability to skilfully engage consumers in the development and implementation of individualized plans designed to promote, foster, and sustain personal recovery.
- Demonstrated ability to ensure practice is individualized and adapted in alignment with psychosocial assessment and with each consumer's goals.
- Demonstrated skills and experience in undertaking single-session family consultation (SSFC) or a willingness to undertake SSFC training.
- Demonstrated high-level interpersonal skills with consumers, their families, and all healthcare professionals, including effective conflict resolution and negotiation skills.
- A commitment to working with consumers from a wide range of cultural and social backgrounds and to providing services that are family and gender sensitive.
- Proven ability and commitment to collaborate with consumers, carers, the multidisciplinary team, and external agencies.
- Commitment to supervised and reflective practice, lifelong learning, and further development.
What We Offer
Eastern Health offers a variety of fantastic employee benefits, including diverse and engaging career opportunities, a friendly and supportive team, flexible working hours, salary packaging options, and career progression in our teaching hospitals.
Next Steps
Apply online if you feel we are a good match, you have the skills and qualities to make a difference, and are eligible to work in Australia.
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