Mental Health Clinician

**Work in an environment that offers**:

- Join Loddon LHWL supporting kids' mental health (0-11 yrs)
- Flexible regional role with a focus on early intervention
- An ability to live and work in vibrant regional settings

**Job Reference**: 2970

**Position Title**:Mental Health Clinician - Loddon Child Health & Wellbeing Local
**Classification**: Registered Psych Nurse Grade 3, Social Worker Grade 2, Occupation Therapist Grade 2, Music Therapist Grade 2, Art Therapist Grade 2, Play Therapist Grade 2, Psychologist PK2-3
**Salary per hour (exc. super)**:dependent on classification
**Hours per fortnight**:Variable hours available _(80 hours includes an ADO every 4 weeks)_
**Employment Status**:Ongoing Part Time _(48hours+ per fortnight)_ or Full Time hours availabe
- Applications will be reviewed and interviews conducted on a rolling basis throughout the advertising period_

**The Position**

Seeking suitable qualified** Mental Health Practitioners** to join our team at the Loddon Child Health and Wellbeing Local. The Loddon LHWL provides a range of targeted health & wellbeing services to children up to 11years of age who may be experiencing challenges such as developmental, emotional, relational or behavioural. Services are available across the shires of Campaspe, Central Goldfields, Loddon, Macedon Ranges, Mt Alexander and Greater Bendigo. The innovative model co-designed with partners, paediatric service providers and people with lived experience provide services including paediatric health, mental health, parenting support, specialist assessment, allied health, family services and care coordination.

This position, employed by Bendigo Health will be based entirely within the Loddon Children's Health and Wellbeing Local.

The mental health clinicians will be required to work from regional offices on a regular basis in locations such as **Bendigo, Echuca, Castlemaine, Kyneton, Maryborough & Loddon.**

**Working with Bendigo Health**

Bendigo Health are a leader in regional health care, combining outstanding services with a strong education, training and personal development culture.

Created by our community in the 1850s, we have a long, proud history of delivering excellent care to our community.

Our organisation is diverse, welcoming and committed to delivering our vision of Excellent Care. Every Person, Every Time.

We offer a fantastic range of benefits for our staff, including:

- Staff health and wellbeing programs
- Career development and education opportunities
- Generous salary packaging opportunities, to increase your take-home pay each fortnight
- Flexible Working Arrangements
- Use of staff gym and pool and access to other fitness facilities through fitness passport program

If successful for a position at Bendigo Health you must provide evidence of your full immunisation record as part of the on boarding process.

**Your New Division**

The Mental Health Service provides psychiatric care and treatment across a large catchment area in Victoria stretching from Swan Hill in the north of the state to Gisborne in the south. Family sensitive practice is central to our models of mental health care and best practice ensures the identification, inclusion and support of families, carers and children.

**Bendigo Region**

Bendigo is one of Victoria’s largest regional cities making it a great city to live and work in. Bendigo provides services for the region’s population of over 320,000 and so the city offers excellent schools, shopping and cultural precincts, sporting facilities and various tertiary facilities. We can offer generous flexible working arrangements - giving you more time to enjoy the fantastic restaurants, beautiful parks, walking trails and wineries within our region.

**Interested?**

We’d love to hear from you Please ensure that you attach a cover letter and an up-to-date copy of your resume.

Need more information? Please contact **Belinda Crossley, Manager** on **5440 6507** for a confidential discussion.

**Diversity and Inclusion**

Bendigo Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We embrace diversity and social inclusion and encourage people from a diverse cultural background, people with disabilities and or Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people to apply.