Eating Disorder Day Program

**Employment Type**:

- Temporary Part Time**Hours per fortnight** - 64**Job Category**:

- Allied Health Professional (generic)**Req Id -** **2378**- Lead the development of an exciting new program
Work with a close-knit and supportive multi-disciplinary team
Temporary part time - 64 hours fortnight until 13/04/2025

**About Barwon Health**
- Barwon Health is one of the largest and most comprehensive regional health services in Australia, providing care at all stages of life and circumstance. Services available through Barwon Health cover the full spectrum from primary care, community services, aged care, rehabilitation, mental health, emergency and acute care. We serve more than 500,000 people through the efforts of more than 9000 staff and volunteers across more than 20 sites. Barwon Health is committed to developing a vibrant culture of education, training and research that advances health and wellbeing for all.- About Mental Health, Drug and Alcohol Services (MHDAS)- Barwon Health's Mental Health Drugs and Alcohol Services (MHDAS) provides integrated and recovery orientated mental health and drug and alcohol assessment, treatment, harm reduction and community and family support to people of all ages within the Barwon Region currently experiencing, or at risk of experiencing mental health and/or drug and alcohol issues.**About the facility**
- Our major sites include University Hospital Geelong in Geelong’s CBD, the McKellar Centre precinct in North Geelong, Barwon Health North in Norlane, and residential aged care facilities spanning the region. Comprehensive mental health, community health and dental services are delivered through various programs across the Barwon South West Region, including Torquay and Colac.**About Eating Disorder Service**
- The Barwon Health Eating Disorder Service is a specialist multidisciplinary team providing assessment and treatment to young people (0-25 years) and their families presenting with an eating disorder, or at risk of an eating disorder. The service is a leader in the delivery of evidence-based treatments for eating disorders and collaborative models of care including Family Based Treatment (FBT), Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
- Enhanced (CBT-E), Cognitive Analytic Therapy (CAT), Multi-family Therapy (MFT), and Motivational Interviewing. There is a strong focus on secondary consultation to the broader service, public and private sectors.- In the 2024-2025 State Budget, the Victorian Government announced $31 million of new funding for eating disorders prevention, treatment and care. Barwon Health have fortunately received three-year funding to establish a new regional Eating Disorders Day Program (EDDP), to provide an effective and accessible community-based treatment option for young people and adults living with eating disorders in the Barwon region.- The EDDP will be part of the Mental Health Drugs and Alcohol Service, Eating Disorder Service (EDS). This position, alongside the EDS Manager, will lead the development and implementation of the EDDP in its initial phase.**About You**- Experience in a child and adolescent mental health setting
High level clinical skills related to the assessment and management of children and young people experiencing eating disorders
Specialist training in assessment and evidence-based treatments for eating disorders
Sound conceptual knowledge of the principles of service integration and shared care
Experience working with individuals with eating disorders and their families
Current Victorian driver’s licence

**About the role**
- In collaboration with the EDS manager, lived experience team members, consumer and carer input you will support the development of the model of care for the Eating Disorder Day Program.-
- Identify treatment approaches that benefit people with eating disorders in a day program setting
Build and maintain working relationships with key internal and external stakeholders
Effectively communicate and facilitate referral pathways to the program

**About the culture**
- You will have the opportunity to be part of a highly skilled, professional and dedicated team who take pride in providing high quality services. We promote positive, respectful relationships and strong partnerships within the workplace. Grow and develop your capabilities with Barwon Health’s commitment to professional development.- Barwon Health staff benefits- Excellent working conditions with a high sense of job satisfaction.- A vibrant staff wellbeing program and access to our 24/7 Employee Assistance Program.- Wide-range of professional development opportunities to enhance your career.- Attractive salary packaging benefits. Living expenses capped at $9010 and meals and entertainment capped at $2650.- About Geelong- Derived from the local Wathaurong Aboriginal name for the region Djilang, Geelong is thought to mean ‘Tongue of Land’.- Geelong offers a range of lifestyle choices including inner city, coastal, suburban and rural