Youth Mental Health Clinician

Location: Melbourne | Eastern Metropolitan

Job type: Full time

Organisation: Monash Health

**Salary**: Salary not specified

Occupation: Health and Allied Health, Medical, Nursing

Reference: 63641

**About Monash Health**

**About the Role**
- A fantastic opportunity in an expanding and growing youth mental health service
- High level of skill and professional clinical development
- A full time permanent position due to internal career progression
- Great Location based in Dandenong, flexible options to work from home

We have a fantastic full time opportunities due to internal career progression. Our team has undergone a make-over to become one of the best in its field. It is a friendly, vibrant and closely-nit team, which is in high demand internally and externally. Our Youth Consultation and Treatment Team (YCTT) works with young people and their families at the pointy end of clinical services. The roles in this very successful, vibrant and specialist team are very sought after. Our team members are highly successful in seeking internal and external career progression opportunities due to unique, comprehensive and high level blend of therapeutic, engagement and risk management skills and expertise they develop. This team operates from our community based clinic, which is located close to the award-winning Dandenong Hospital’s ART Building in the vibrant City of Dandenong. A great location if you live in South-Eastern and Bayside suburbs, Frankston and Mornington Peninsula or Gippsland, with excellent connections to Monash Freeway, East Link, Princess Hwy and public transport.

The Youth Mental Health clinician role is within the YCTT and works collaboratively with broader Young Person’s Mental Health Service and Monash Health Mental Health Program. The role is for mental health clinician (case management) with training, qualifications and experience in assessing and providing mental health interventions for young people who present with complex mental health problems and associated risk factors. The majority of the outpatient clinical work will be based between sites at Dandenong and Pakenham.

**About You**

You are dedicated and passionate about youth mental health. You enjoy working with people who face complex issues and have a strong commitment to family inclusive practice. You have great skills in care coordination, family work and therapeutic, evidence-based interventions. You are have a resilient personality and you are a person who lives our iCARE values of integrity, compassion, accountability, respect and excellence.We are looking for someone with:

- Qualifications and relevant registrations in at least one of the following: Psychology, Social Work, Occupational Therapy, Nursing (Div. 1), Speech Pathology.
- Capacity to work independently and within a team
- A friendly and professional attitude
- Excellent engagement, relationship and therapeutic skills.
- Resilience and strong work ethics

**This is a Mental Health Clinician position as follows**:

- Psychologist - Grade 2 year 1-4
- Social Worker - Grade 2 Year 1-4
- Nurse - RPN 3 Year 1-5
- OT - Grade 2 Year 1-4
- Speech pathologist Grade 2 (1-4)

**Monash Health is a great place to work**

In 2022 Monash Health was nominated by LinkedIn as one of the top 25 organisations in Australia to grow your career. Monash Health will offer:

- competitive salary
- salary packaging
- friendly and supportive culture
- opportunity to experience various teams
- on-going supervision and professional development

**Selection criteria**:

- Mental Health Clinician
- Community Case Management experience an advantage Post registration experience in mental health highly regarded

**How to Apply**

Monash Health recognises 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.

Offers of employment can only be made once all required probity checks have been completed. These include:

- reference checks;
- a clear Police Check conducted within the last three months;
- a current Victorian Employee Working with Children’s Check (or proof of payment for same);and
- proof of immunisation.