Program Manager-youth Community Teams

Austin Health is the major provider of tertiary health services, health professional education and research across three campuses in the north-east of Melbourne and state-wide. We have a highly engaged, diverse and collaborative workforce that is unified by our purpose, which is to help people live healthy and fulfilled lives.

**About thethe infant Child and Youth Mental Health Service - ICYMHS**

**Austin Health Mental Health Division (MHD)** provides care and services through a comprehensive range of teams to meet the needs of mental health consumers and carers throughout Victoria. Services in the Mental Health Division are located across Austin Health and the community.

All mental health services work within a clinical framework that promotes recovery-oriented practice and supported decision-making. This approach to client wellbeing builds on the strengths of the individual working in partnership with their treating team. It encompasses the principles of self
- determination and individualised treatment and care.

The Infant Child and Youth Mealth Health directorate provides clinical and developmental inpatient and community mental health services through the following service units:

- **Child Inpatient Psychiatry Unit**:

- **Adolescent Inpatient Psychiatry Unit**:

- **Early Intervention Child and Family Residential Service
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- **Community infant child and youth teams**:

- **Outreach teams - Adolescent Intensive Mobile, Youth Early Psychosis and Youth Brief Intervention**:

- **Specialist clinicians and teams**

**About the role**

The Program manager Youth Community teams will provide strong and collaborative leadership supporting the service to improve and expand the community youth teams in the catchment as well as contribute to the service transformation. This currently incudes supporting the implementation of the Royal Commission into Victoria’s Mental Health System’s recommendations, the Mental Health and Wellbeing Act, and any other relevant projects.

A regular day will see you:

- **manage the operations of the community youth teams within ICYMHS, working together with other program managers in ICYMHS and th wider mental health division**:

- **Work with other managers and leaders on co-designing and implementing service improvement initiatives**:

- **Contribute to the engagement of strong community partnerships within the sector**:

- **Support the development of the lived experience workforce employees**

**About you**

Thrive in and environment of Teamwork and Collaboration

Demonstated passion for working with young people, their carers and the wider system to provide strong recovery focussed care

Energised in developing a strong and experienced workforce, including careers pathways for all disciplines
- **Relevant qualifications and experience**:

- **Significant work experience in public mental health systems**:

- **Excellent communication and experience in change management**

**Our benefits**

Working at Austin Health means enjoying a strong sense of purpose, engaging in meaningful work every day. Our people also receive a variety of rewarding benefits, including:

- **Greater take-home pay through generous salary packaging for living expenses, meals and holiday accommodation**:

- **A suite of wellness initiatives designed to support you, including discounted fitness memberships and special offers on health insurance, and a comprehensive wellbeing program**:

- **Mentoring, learning and career development opportunities**:

- **Four weeks annual leave (pro rata for part time), plus purchased leave options**:

- **Flexible, hybrid working arrangements**

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