Manager of Metro and Southern Courts

**Employment Type**: Permanent Full Time
**Position Classification**: Health Mgr Lvl 4
**Remuneration**: $137,173 - $163,431 p.a plus superannuation
**Hours Per Week**: 38
**Requisition ID**: REQ519019
**Application Close: Tuesday 15 October 2024 at 11:59pm AEST**

**Position Title**:Manager of Metro and Southern Courts (HM4) - Statewide Community and Court Liaison Service - Permanent Full-Time**

If you are passionate about delivering healthcare with the greatest impact, then come and join us at the Justice Health and Forensic Mental Health Network (JHFMHN). We are **_Just the Place_** to grow your career and be part of a valued team delivering care where it's needed most

We are a challenging yet rewarding place to take your career even further. With industry-leading safety standards, you can focus on doing your best work alongside skilled colleagues while gaining job training to progress your career.

**For this role, we are looking for a health care professional with**:

- Qualifications in a health field with current registration and authority to practice with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) in their relevant field of practice.
- Relevant tertiary qualifications and/or postgraduate qualifications in mental health and/or management discipline.
- High level communication and interpersonal skills.
- Demonstrated experience in leadership as a manager in a mental health service.
- Experience working with mental health consumers who have had contact with the criminal justice system.
- Current Driver Licence and willingness to travel to various courts in NSW.

**The Role**

The Statewide Community and Court Liaison Service (SCCLS) aims to assist the court magistrate with the diversion of mentally ill, mentally disordered and/or cognitively impaired individuals from the courts into the community for treatment.

The SCCLS Manager of Metro and Southern Courts' primary responsibility is to support and assist the Service Director of Courts & Community Forensic Mental Health Service (CCFMHS) and the SCCLS Clinical Director with service development and operational management of SCCLS. The Manager of Metro and Southern Courts will coordinate operations, manage SCCLS resources and provide support to the Clinical Director and SCCLS clinicians to deliver a standardised and effective service.

This role will assist SCCLS to implement the Justice Health and Forensic Mental Health Network (JHFMHN) strategic plan and objectives. This position will work in partnership with the SCCLS management team to develop effective and collaborative working relationships with external agencies including, Corrective Services NSW (CSNSW), Department of Communities and Justice (DCJ), Aboriginal Support Unit (ASU), Local Health Districts (LHDs), community treatment providers, National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) and Non-Governmental organisations (NGOs).

**Our Team, and Service**

**The Statewide Community and Court Liaison Service (SCCLS)** offers mental health support in Local Courts across NSW. This service conducts thorough evaluations and, when suitable, offers suggestions to magistrates for diverting individuals away from custody and into suitable treatment options.

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**Salary & Benefits**

Your salary of **$137,173 - $163,431 p.a plus superannuation**, is just the beginning.

You will have access to a number of benefits:

- Eligibility for Fitness Passport, Salary Packaging, and Novated Leasing options.
- Allocated Days Off (ADOs) and leave loading.
- Genuine training, education, professional development, and career progression.
- Support from an enthusiastic and invested team of managers and colleagues

**Diversity & Inclusivity**

We are an equal-opportunity employer. We employ all ages and genders, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, culturally and linguistically diverse groups, the LGBTQIA+ community, veterans, refugees, and people with disability.

**READY TO APPLY?**

The first step is to **submit your resume **and **answers to the following targeted questions**:

- Provide an example of a time when you had to implement changes that you knew were beneficial for the service but signalled changes in practices for staff. Describe the situation, what you did, the response from staff and the service outcome.
- Describe leadership skills that enable you to embed continuous service improvements to service delivery and patient care? What are mechanisms you use to track performance and identify opportunities for improvement? Provide examples.
- Describe how you keep up to date with emerging technologies to support patient outcomes and negotiate associated costs i