Team Leader

Ballarat Central, VIC, AU, 3350

**$61.17 to $73.58 per hour + salary packaging benefits**

**80 hours plus monthly ADO | Fixed term opportunity until mid 2025**
Up to $15,000 incentive payments may be available to support relocation

**About the Role**
We are seeking a skilled and compassionate Team Leader to guide and support our Youth Mental Health and Wellbeing Service (YMHWS). In this role, you will work closely with Consultant Psychiatrists to provide day-to-day leadership for a multidisciplinary team, including individuals with lived and living experience in mental health. As Team Leader, you will use your strong leadership abilities and clinical expertise to ensure the YMHWS team is well-supported, trained, and resourced. Your focus will be on delivering high-quality, person-centred mental health care for young people, and their families, with an emphasis on safety, recovery, and making a real difference in their lives. The team is spread across multiple locations in the Grampians region, so some regional travel is required.

**Key Responsibilities**
- Lead daily operations of the YMHWS team, ensuring services meet clinical needs and KPIs.
- Monitor and improve team performance by implementing effective strategies.
- Foster a supportive work environment, encouraging professional growth and training opportunities.
- Conduct annual performance reviews, offering feedback and guidance for development.
- Address incidents and feedback, driving continuous improvement in service quality.
- Actively engage in governance meetings and collaborate with stakeholders to enhance mental health services across the region.

**Skills & Experience**
**Essential**
- Current AHPRA Registration
- Post graduate qualification in Mental Health or have completed a specialist undergraduate Mental Health Nursing Program or a specialist post basic course of training; or
- Degree or Masters qualification in Social Work along with an Accredited Mental Health Social Work credential. Must be eligible for membership to the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW). Minimum of 10 years’ post graduate experience;or
- Degree or Masters qualification in Occupational Therapy and a minimum or 10 years’ experience post graduate experience; or
- Specialist endorsement from Psychology Board of Australia.

**Desirable**
- Post graduate qualifications in Child and Adolescent Mental Health
- Qualification and/or training in a management and/or leadership field

The Victorian Government has allocated funds to support rural and regional Area Mental Health Services (AMHS) to provide incentives to attract workers to roles that are difficult to fill.
The new workforce relocation and incentive grants program is being administered by Rural Agency Workforce Victoria (RWAV).
More information for eligibility requirement click here Area Mental Health Services - RWAV

**Interested?**
if you wish to discuss the role prior to applying, contact **Brae Murley, Deputy Operations Director** on **0419 755 798** for a confidential discussion.

**About Grampians Health**
Grampians Health provides healthcare to a large region at our campuses based in Ballarat, Dimboola, Edenhope, Horsham and Stawell. Our mission is to deliver sustainable healthcare tailored to evolving community and workforce needs. We strive to enhance services and careers, providing quality healthcare to rural and regional communities. Joining Grampians Health means being part of a diverse team, with a variety of career opportunities in acute, maternity, mental health, allied health, aged care and support services.

**Culture & Benefits**
- Flexible work arrangements and purchase leave opportunities
- Salary packaging for living expenses such as rent/mortgage plus meals, entertainment & holidays
- Access to Staff Fitness program
- Staff rewards and recognition programs

**Ballarat Region**
Ballarat is the largest centre in Western Victoria and the state’s fastest growing inland city. Dubbed Australia’s most liveable city in 2020, Ballarat is home to first class education, fine dining and boutique shopping. Uniquely located within easy access to Melbourne, Geelong, Bendigo and the Western district, Ballarat is blessed with some of Australia’s most significant heritage buildings and natural landscapes. To learn more about Ballarat click here - Visit Ballarat

**Diversity and Inclusion**

All employees must be willing and able to wear Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) when required, which at a minimum is a surgical mask. Additional PPE requirements are role-dependent.

Grampians Health is a child safe organisation, committed to the safety and wellbeing of all children and young people. Grampians Health is committed to providing a diverse and inclusive workforce.