Cymhs Community Clinician

As a service, CYMHS are passionate, driven and have the skills, knowledge and experience in providing evidence and values based intervention that is recovery and trauma informed for children, young people and their families.

Our team has meaningful, interesting, challenging and rewarding work everyday, which is balanced with a commitment to support each other, sharing our knowledge and experience so that we can deliver better care for children and young people who are experiencing serious mental health problems.

**Employment Type**: Permanent Full Time
**Position Classification**: Dependent on Qualification
**Hours Per Week**: 38
**Requisition ID**: REQ521941

**Salary per week**:
Clinical Nurse Specialist Grade 2: $2,107.10 - $2,176.30

Clinical Psychologist: $2,022.92 - $2,465.63

Allied Health Professional Level 3: $2,081.22 - 2,148.66

**Who we are**:We are a health service that touches thousands of lives across the Northern Sydney Local Health District, together as a team of like-minded people. We are passionate, driven and have the skills and knowledge to care for our patients whilst creating the best services possible. Our teams have meaningful, interesting and rewarding work everyday. We challenge and nurture each other, sharing our knowledge and experience so that we can deliver better care for everyone There’s a real sense of belonging here because we value and respect our patients, employees, and teams’ voices. You’ll feel a real privilege being a trusted caregiver in our patients, their families, their carers, and our communities’ lives.
- NSLHD is proud of our diverse and inclusive workplaces, a place where health care professionals can thrive and feel they belong. We are committed to ensure that all our people feel respected and participate safely within a work environment without aggression, sexual harassment, discrimination, and racism._

**Where you'll be working**

This role sits with the Hornsby CYMHS team located at Hornsby Hospital.

**What you'll be doing**

The Child & Youth Mental Health Service (CYMHS) community service provides a comprehensive range of assessment and treatments for infants, children and adolescents affected by moderate to severe or complex mental health problems, or experiencing significant emotional and behavioural problems.
Working with the multidisciplinary team and in partnership with other service providers, the CYMHS clinician provides mental health assessment and therapy for children and adolescents with severe and complex mental health problems and their families. This involves evidence-based assessment and treatment through individual, family, parenting and group therapy programs.

**_ People of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander background encouraged to apply._**
- Relevant tertiary qualifications in Clinical Psychology, Social Work, Occupational Therapy, or Nursing and registration with AHPRA or membership with AASW for Social Workers. Clinical Psychologists must have a minimum postgraduate Masters or higher in Clinical Psychology. For Social Work and Occupational Therapy, experience as a Level 2 clinician. Clinical Nurse Specialist Grade 2 must have relevant post-registration qualifications and at least 3 years' experience working in the clinical area of their specified post-graduate qualification or such other qualifications or relevant equivalent experience.
- Relevant clinical mental health experience in a community setting which includes working with children and/or adolescents and their families.
- Demonstrated knowledge and skills in the assessment, formulation and treatment of infant, child and adolescent mental health problems and family relationship problems.
- Demonstrated comprehensive training/qualifications and experience in providing treatment for children and adolescents affected by mental health problems, their families/carers and broader system of care through evidenced-based individual, group and parent-focused therapies such as CBT, DBT, attachment-based therapies and family therapy.

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- NSW Health is committed to implementing the _Child Safe Standards_._

**Applications Close: 8 October 2024