Mental Health Clinician

Job Requisition ID: 1779- Legal Entity: Monash Health- Location: Clayton, VIC, AU, 3168- Employment Type: Part Time- Posting Date: 25 Sep 2024

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**About the Role**
The Monash Health CAMHS and Schools Early Action (CASEA) Program is a joint initiative of Early in Life Mental Health Service (ELMHS), the Department of Health, Department of Early Education and Childhood Development (DEECD) and Catholic Education Office of Melbourne (CEOM). Designed as an early intervention program, the CASEA program is conducted in school settings with children identified as being at risk of developing serious behaviour problems including Conduct Disorder. The focus of the program is to up skill teachers in child and parenting group programs that they will deliver in partnership with CASEA staff. The key components of the role include:

- Provision of group interventions to children and parents identified in collaboration with education staff and 4working in collaboration with education staff to deliver these interventions
- The identification and assessment of children and parents for suitability for group interventions, undertaken in collaboration with education staff.
- Provision of therapeutic support to the ‘system’ around the young person in a collaborative and reflective partnership with other involved agencies.
- Primary and Secondary Consultation
- Education and Training to education staff
- Facilitation and coordination of appropriate referrals following assessment to relevant mental health service providers (primary care, public or private mental health service sector), where CASEA group interventions are deemed inappropriate.
- Working collaboratively as a member of the CASEA multidisciplinary team and sharing team duties

**Key Result Areas**

The CASEA clinician will work across three large and quite different service systems - Early in Life Mental Health Service, Department of Education and Early Childhood Development (DEECD) and the Catholic Education Office Melbourne. It is an expectation that the role will also promote good working relationships and a greater understanding between the three agencies. The CASEA clinician will participate in the implementation of established and the development of further appropriate qualitative measures of satisfaction to establish outcomes in the following areas:

- Improve the social and behavioural functioning, the emotional regulation and educational engagement of identified DEECD/ CEOM students
- Improve the understanding and responsiveness of staff in DEECD/ CEOM to mental illness
- Improve the understanding and responsiveness of staff in mental health services to the needs of young people with social, emotional and behavioural difficulties in a school setting.

It is recognised that care coordination is not a core component of the CASEA intervention model, but that a capacity for a CASEA clinician to flexibly provide a care coordination service, if required, is essential.
**Responsibilities Include**:

- Displays courtesy and professionalism, is consumer focused and able to work collaboratively with consumers, their significant others and consumer and carer consultants
- Adheres to discipline specific guidelines of professional practice e.g. professional ethics, relevant legislation and codes of conduct
- Adheres to the Mental Health Act 1986 and other Acts/ legislation relevant to working with young people in a mental health setting
- Is aware of, and knowledgeable of, relevant documentation related to the Mental Health Services and other specific initiatives including strategic directions (E.g. National Standards for Mental Health Services, Health Outcomes, Treatment Plans)
- Adheres to all global and local Monash Health Policies and Procedures/ Protocols and Guidelines
- Adheres to ACHS documentation requirements and the relevant Protocol and Guideline requirements
- Maintains current knowledge through access to current literature, continuing education programs, seminars and conferences
- Attends team meetings, departmental staff meetings, discipline meetings and meetings of relevant specialised programs
- Identifies own personal values, attitudes and biases and is able to describe the way they may affect client relationships
- Receives regular supervision and provides supervision (as required)
- Undertakes staff development activities - participating in an annual Performance E