Occupational Therapy and Social Work Mental Health Graduates

**Title**:Occupational Therapy and Social Work Mental Health Graduates**:

- Requisition ID: 3515
- Location: Eastern Health, VIC, AU, 3128
- Job Posting Date: 22 May 2025

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**Occupational Therapy and Social Work - Graduate Positions - Mental Health & Wellbeing Program (MHWP)**
- Diverse rotational program | Culture of learning and improvement
- Multiple, 2 year - fixed term, full-time positions | Collaborative team environment
- Locations - Box Hill, Ringwood East & other MHWP sites across EH catchment
- Fully supported learning and development program in mental health

**Eastern Health**

Eastern Health is one of Melbourne’s largest public health services. We provide a range of emergency, surgical, medical and general healthcare services and have a proud history of serving a diverse community.

Our Employee Value Proposition is _“Being a part of Eastern Health means belonging to a welcoming team of healthcare experts”_.

This statement aligns with our promise to our communities, patients, consumers and staff that we will be HEALTHIER TOGETHER. Bolder than a vision for the future, our promise calls us to action. We know that working together is the only way we can achieve what is necessary for a healthier future.

**About the role**

The Mental Health & Wellbeing Program at Eastern Health and the learning and teaching directorate work in partnership to deliver an extensive range of highly regarded transition to practice programs including an allied health mental health transition to practice program. Eastern Health was the organization selected by the Department of Health to develop the state-wide model and implementation resources for allied health mental health graduates as part of the implementation of the recommendations from the Royal Commission into Victorian Mental Health Services. The learning and teaching directorate and the Mental Health & Wellbeing Program will continue to work in partnership to deliver this model based on the best available evidence and sector wide consultation for graduate allied health programs.

The Occupational Therapy and Social Work graduate positions in the allied health mental health transition to practice program at Eastern Health provide a unique opportunity for you. The positions are supported by a graduate program with a strong focus on growth learning, reflective practice, supervision and self-care.

Benefits of the program include:

- In the first year, you will have 2 x 6-month rotations, in diverse areas across the Mental Health & Wellbeing Program at Eastern Health with opportunities available in child and youth, adult and older adult mental health.
- Support from a more senior OT/SW on the team and an OT/SW educator to support your learning and development.
- Be part of a community of over 250 allied health staff in the Mental Health & Program at Eastern Health.
- Extensive professional development opportunities including a targeted internal formal learning and development program, individual and group supervision, individualised learning plans designed to meet the competencies required for an OT/SW to work in the mental health and wellbeing system.

**About you**

To be successful in this role you will possess:

- Registration as an Occupational Therapist with the Occupational Therapy Board of Australia, Australian Health Practitioners Registration Agency or Hold a degree qualification in Social Work that has been approved by the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW) for practising membership as a Social Worker.
- Relevant theoretical knowledge, skills and/or experience in the provision of evidence based occupational therapy/social work assessment and interventions in a mental health setting.
- Understanding of, and/or experience in delivering, recovery oriented mental health practice.
- Ability to engage consumers, families, carers and supporters in the development and implementation of individualised plans designed to promote, foster and sustain personal recovery.
- A commitment to working with consumers, families, carers and supporters from a wide range of cultural and social backgrounds and to providing services that are family and gender sensitive.
- Knowledge of the mental health sector, including roles and workings of mental health teams and relevant community resources and services to support people with mental illness.
- Ability and commitment to work collaboratively with consumers, carers, supporters the multidisciplinary team including the lived experience workforce and external agencies.
- Commitment to supervised and reflective practice, lifelong learning and further development.
- Computer literacy and embracing of health technologies and informatics.
- High level of self-awareness and emotional intelligence.
- Demonstrated high level interpersonal skills