Coordinator - Families Where a Parent Has a Mental
1 week ago
Location: Melbourne | Western Metropolitan
Job type: Full time
Organisation: Western Health
**Salary**: Salary not specified
Occupation: Health and Allied Health, Nursing
Reference: 51595
The overall role of the FaPMI Coordinator is to coordinate service development across the Mental Health and Wellbeing Service (MH&WS) and across the LGA’s of Brimbank, Melton and the township of Sunbury to build capacity of services to respond effectively to families where a parent has a mental illness.
The successful incumbent will do this through workforce training and resource development, policy and procedure development, partnerships between sectors and services, group program development, implementation and evaluation, and community education.
We expect all our team members to lead with kindness, role modelling open communication and a desire to support and enhance clinical care across the team.
This role is available on a full-time basis to a qualified RPN5, OT4 or SW4.
**To Be Successful in the Role, you will have**:
- The ability to increase the capacity of the adult MH&WS to provide a family inclusive response to the parenting needs of consumers and the needs of their children.
- The ability to increase the capacity of the adult MH&WS network partners (such as family violence services, drug and alcohol services, services to aboriginal communities, housing services, child protection, youth and family services, maternity, infant and early childhood services, primary care and education) to recognise and respond appropriately to parental mental illness.
- Capacity to develop, maintain and strengthen service networks in partnership with consumers and carers to provide a coordinated and collaborative response to the needs of families where a parent has a mental illness.
**About Us**
Our workforce of over 11,000 employees are driven by our values of ‘Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Excellence and Safety’ (CARES). We value our people and provide them the opportunity to grow and develop. Our teams are friendly and supportive, ensuring we deliver a safe, person-centred and connected patient experience.
Western Health is in a period of rapid growth. Our services comprise of four acute public hospitals: Footscray Hospital, Sunshine Hospital (including Joan Kirner Women's and Children's), Williamstown Hospital and Bacchus Marsh & Melton Hospital. We also operate Sunbury Day Hospital, Hazeldean, Grant Lodge Residential Aged Care, as well as community health centres in Melton, Caroline Springs and Bacchus Marsh and a range of community-based services. We care for a diverse community of more than 1 million people with complex care needs ranging from Neonates to Geriatrics.
Our employees enjoy a wide range of benefits such as:
- Professional development support
- Career advancement opportunities
- Salary packaging including novated vehicle leasing
- Work-life balance
Western Health is committed to providing a safe environment for the children and young people who are involved in our services, sites and operations. We follow and abide by all legislative requirements to keep children and young people safe.
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