Well Being Support Workers

Reference Number
- 55629
- Employment Type
- Full Time Ongoing, Part Time Ongoing
- Entity
- Monash Health
- Department
- ELMHS
- Location
- Berwick, Frankston
- Position Summary
- Full Time Ongoing, Part Time Ongoing positions
- ELMHS
- Victoria’s largest public health service

Monash Health is excited to announce Wellbeing Support Worker positions in the Core Community Treatment Team with the Early in Life Mental Health Service. ELMHS provides a range of mental health services to pregnant mothers, infants, children, adolescents, and their families within the Southern Region.

The organisational and clinical model has been developed to provide mental health care that is flexible and responsive to the individual and developmental needs of the perinatal to adolescent populations and their families. As such, this model will support the provision of integrated mental health care for young people, guided by consistent, service-wide protocols and principles of care.

The Core Community Treatment Team within Early in Life Mental Health Service provides treatment to children, young people and families across the Southern region. Clinicians on this team will work across a range of sites including Casey, Dandenong and Frankston. Core Community Treatment is predominantly offered in a clinic
- based setting in session-limited packages of care that can comprise:

- Individual intervention
- Parent intervention
- Matrix treatment modalities

**About The Role**

The positions can be F/T or part-time ongoing roles, working across Monash Health sites and providing outreach support as required.

**About the Core Community Treatment Team**

ELMHS provides a range of mental health services to pregnant mothers, infants, children, adolescents, and their families within the Southern Region.

The Early in Life Mental Health Services (ELMHS) provides assessment and treatment for infants, children, adolescents, young people and their families. We work with the 0-18 age in the Southern Region. We provide a comprehensive assessment service and a range of treatment options including inpatient treatment in times of crisis, community (outpatient) treatment, group programs, family therapy, and specialist services.

The organisational and clinical model has been developed to provide mental health care that is flexible and responsive to the individual and developmental needs of the perinatal to adolescent populations and their families. As such, this model will support the provision of integrated mental health care for young people, guided by consistent, service-wide protocols and principles of care.

There is one Core Community Treatment Teams within Early in Life Mental Health Service that provides treatment to children, young people and families across the Southern region. Clinicians on this team will work across a range of sites including Casey, Dandenong and Frankston. Core Community Treatment is predominantly offered in a clinic
- based setting in session-limited packages of care that can comprise:

- Individual intervention
- Parent intervention
- Matrix treatment modalities

**About Monash Health**

**About You**
What we are looking for... Experienced in working in mental health support, and/or child and family welfare support. Strong values about the central role of the lived experience workforce and wellbeing support. Strong values about inclusion and diversity. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills. Person centred focus, emphasis on providing choice and flexibility. Expected to be enthusiastic, compassionate & able to work collaboratively, able to prioritise and meet deadlines. Be autonomous in work organization and time management. Be adept in problem solving and is a solution focused person.

**Monash Health will offer**:

- salary packaging
- friendly and supportive culture
- opportunity to experience various teams
- on-going supervision and professional development

**How to Apply**

Monash Health recognises the value of equal employment opportunity and is committed to patient safety and promoting fairness, equity, and diversity in the workplace. At Monash Health we are relentless in our pursuit of excellence and work to our six guiding principles.

Offers of employment can only be made once all required probity checks have been completed. These include:

- reference checks;
- a clear Police Check conducted within the last three months;
- a current Victorian Employee Working with Children’s Check (or proof of payment for same);and
- proof of immunisation.

A request to conduct probity checks does not guarantee that an offer of employment will be made.

Under the Victorian Public Health orders, all employees working within the Public Health system must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and Influenza and are required to provide acceptable evidence of their vaccination status. The current orders require evidence of three doses for COVID-19.
- Selection Criteria
- Certificate IV in Mental Health/Mental Health P