Mental Health Team Leader, Children's Health

Reference Number
- 65792
- Employment Type
- Full Time Ongoing
- Entity
- Monash Health
- Department
- Early in Life Mental Health Service
- Location
- Cranbourne Integrated Care Centre
- Position Summary
- Opportunity to lead a multidisciplinary team
- Great opportunity to work with young people and their families
- Full time position

**About Monash Health**

Monash Health is the largest public health service in Victoria, employing over 25,500 people across a range of specialities. Monash Health is an impressive organisation of seven public hospitals, 21 community health sites, five aged care facilities, university affiliated international research and tertiary education. Monash Health has been caring for, and providing healthcare and aged living solutions, to Victorians for over 100 years. We provide healthcare for the entire lifespan from pre-birth to palliative care and all stages in between.

**About ELMHS**

ELMHS provides a range of mental health services to pregnant mothers, infants, children and adolescents and their families within the Southern Region.

**About the Mental Health Children's Health & Wellbeing Local**

The Children's Health and Wellbeing Local is a new service that will provide therapy that considers all aspects of an infant's or child’s life. These services will provide wellbeing support, peer support and care coordination to help with different kinds of challenges including developmental, behavioural, and mental health concerns. This service has funding for community health, mental health, and family support services. The Infant, Child and Family Health and Wellbeing Hub will sit alongside ELHMS - Monash Childrens and the Child and Family Program - Monash Health Community. The ICFH team will provide mental health consultation, assessment, and treatment to infants, children and families.

The service will comprise a multi-disciplinary team.

**About the Role and You**
- **Permanent full time position (76 hours per fortnight)**

This role is for the Mental Health Team Leader within the Infant Child and Family Health and Wellbeing Hub. The Community Manager and the Mental Health Team Leader will be responsible for managing the Hub’s business within Monash Health supporting a multidisciplinary team to deliver high-quality care. The position will be a split role, consisting of shared operational governance and clinical load. This position is responsible for leading the current services, understanding the developmental and mental health landscape, and seeking to grow and remodel the service to meet population needs. This role will be required to build responsive policies, procedures, and processes for the service and to ensure staff are provided with high-quality supervision and professional development. This is a new service, as part of the recommendations of the Mental Health Royal Commission.

The position is primarily based across multiple sites within the catchment of Monash Health, working core business hours of 8.30am-5.00pm

The position is an Allied Health Grade 4, Psychologist Grade 4, RPN Grade 5 level.

**Our employees enjoy a range of benefits including**:

- salary packaging options that increase your take-home pay
- a comprehensive Health and Wellbeing program
- free flu vaccinations
- private health insurance at discounted rates
- health imaging services
- + more

We recognise the value of equal employment opportunity and is committed to patient safety and promoting fairness, equity and diversity in the workplace. At Monash Health we are relentless in our pursuit of excellence and work to our six guiding principles and ICare values.

**How to Apply**

**Applications are only accepted that are submitted via the Monash Health online Mercury System (e-recruit).