Camhs Clinical Manager

**Canberra Health Services**

**Mental Health, Justice Health, Alcohol and Drug Services**

**Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services**

**CAMHS Clinical Manager**

**Health Professional Level 2**

**Salary Range**:$70,679 - $97,028 (PN: 29031, several - 029IG)

**Our Vision**: creating exceptional health care together

**Our Role**: to be a health service that is trusted by our community

**Our Values**: Reliable, Progressive, Respectful and Kind

**POSITION OVERVIEW**

Mental Health, Justice Health, Alcohol & Drug Services (MHJHADS) provide health services directly and through partnerships with community organisations. The services provided a range from prevention and treatment to recovery, maintenance, and harm minimisation. Consumer and carer participation is encouraged in all aspects of service planning and delivery. The Division works in partnership with consumers, carers and a range of government and non-government service providers to ensure the best possible outcomes for clients.

The Division delivers services at a number of locations, including hospital inpatient and outpatient settings, community health centres, detention centres, other community settings including peoples’ homes.

These services include:

- Adult Community Mental Health Services (ACMHS)
- Adult Acute Mental Health Services (AAMHS)
- Alcohol & Drug Services (ADS)
- Child & Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS)
- Justice Health Services (JHS)
- Territory-wide Mental Health Services (TWMHS)

CAMHS provides assessment and treatment for young people up to the age of 18 years who are experiencing moderate to severe mental health issues. CAMHS also provides high quality tertiary mental health care for young people aged 14-25 experiencing first onset psychosis.

The CAMHS community teams are made up of multidisciplinary mental health professionals who provide assessment treatment and clinical management within a recovery framework to children and Young People up to the age of 18.

This role will be to conduct assessment and clinically manage children and young people with mental health issues, facilitate group work and to provide support to HP1 clinicians.

The role will also require the team member to undertake professional development and supervision, participate in quality initiatives and contribute to the multidisciplinary team processes.

**ABOUT YOU**

**Behavioural Capabilities**

To be successful in this position, you will have a demonstrated track record of working in a multi-disciplined team environment and supporting and contributing to a healthy workplace that embraces diversity, encourages collaborative teamwork, and complies with all the applicable regulatory and legislative requirements set out for such a role.
- Ability to work within a multi-disciplinary team and adapt quickly to a busy changing environment.
- Commitment to achieving positive outcomes for children and young people, their families and/or carers.
- Ability to respond to and prioritise competing demands in a calm and efficient manner while maintaining high work standards.
- Be flexible, adaptable, and comfortable with a changing working environment.

**Position Requirements/Qualifications**:
**Mandatory**:

- Relevant degree in social work/psychology/occupational therapy qualifications and a minimum of 1 years’ post-qualification experience working professionally in respective field.
- A current Driver’s Licence.

**For Occupational Therapy**:

- Be registered or eligible for registration with Occupational Therapy Board of Australia
- Eligibility for professional membership of Occupational Therapy Australia
- Applicants must have a minimum of 1 year paid work experience, post qualification, in a related/relevant organisation/service
- Must hold a current driver’s license.

**For Psychology**:

- Be registered or be eligible for general registration with Psychology Board of Australia
- Applicants must have a minimum of 1 year paid work experience, post qualification, in a related/relevant organisation/service
- Must hold a current driver’s license.

**For Social Work**:

- Degree in Social Work
- Applicants must have a minimum of 1 year paid work experience, post qualification, in a related/relevant organisation/service
- Eligibility for membership of the Australian Association of Social Workers
- Registration or eligibility for registration under the Working with Vulnerable People Act 2011
- Must hold a current driver’s license.

**For All**:

- CHS is leading the drive to digitally transform health service delivery in Australia through the implementation of a territory wide Digital Health Record. Computer literacy skills are required which are relevant to this role as you will be responsible for completing required documentation and becoming a proficient user of the Digital Health Record and/or other Information Technology systems; once proficient, you will need to remain current with changes, updates and contingencies.

**Highly desi