Mental Health Clinician

Job Description

**Posting Start Date**:11/11/2024**Req ID**:1586**Job Title**:Mental Health Clinician - Infant, Child and Youth Program**Employment Status**:Permanent Full Time, Permanent Part Time**Job Location**:Frankston- **Exciting opportunity to be part of the expanding Infant, Child and Youth Program Stream**:

- **Grow your clinical and leadership skills in a supportive team with a positive and supportive culture**:

- **Open to Senior and Non-Senior Mental Health Clinicians**
- **Part Time or Full Time positions available**:

- **Classification: RPN GR 3-4 Year 1-3 (NP81-77), CLIN OCC THER GR 2-3 YR 1-4 (YB20-YB27), PSYCHOLOGIST GR 2-3 YR1-4 (PK1-PL4), CLIN S WKR GR 2-3 YR1-4 (YC42-YC49) **

**Who We Are and What We Stand For**

Peninsula Health is the major metropolitan health service caring for a community of 300,000 people. Our Vision is to provide exceptional health and community care. To realise this vision we need people who strive for a sense of achievement, take an interest in their individual growth, enjoy innovation and looking for ways to improve and have a passion for communicating and connecting with others.

In representing Peninsula Health, we expect all employees and volunteers to reflect our values**:Be the Best, Be a Role Model, Be Open and Honest, Be Compassionate and Respectful and Be Collaborative.** We are One Peninsula Health.

**What You Will Be Doing**
The Access, Assessment, Brief Intervention & Consultation Team, during business hours, Monday to Friday provides a welcoming initial point of contact for consumers, family members and service providers seeking services for infants, children and young people aged 0-25 years. These service functions include:

- Telephone triage of new referrals including initial screening, information gathering, initial mental health and risk assessment, service navigation and referral
- Comprehensive, holistic mental health and wellbeing assessments across a range of mediums including via clinic appointments, telehealth and / or outreach into the community
- Brief community treatment, utilising single session models, including family interventions (up to 3 months)
- Community consultation, service navigation and mental health promotion to a range of service providers either via individual or group sessions.

Senior Clinicians within the ABC, working either part time or full time, will support the Manager and the Clinical Head of the ICY to provide clinical leadership and supervision to the team and the service more broadly.

For a more in-depth view of the role, please refer to - Senior Mental Health Clinician - Position Description

**What You Need**

We anticipate you will have:

- AHPRA registration or AASW registration
- Experience in working in youth mental health &/or in a community mental health setting (CAMHS or Adult Services)
- Current Victorian Driver’s License
- Working with Children Check
- Experience of using outcome measures to inform practice

**What Next**


If you experience any issues signing in or registering, please feel welcome to contact us - the People Experience Team on (03) 9784 2700.
- Advertisement Closes: 26th November 2024_

**Additional Requirements**

We encourage you to talk to us about any adjustments or additional support you may require during the recruitment process.
- Please refer to salary circular for Victorian Public Mental Health Service Enterprise Agreement 2020-2024 or Medical Scientists, Pharmacists and Psychologists Victorian Public Sector (Single Interest Employers) Enterprise Agreement 2021 -2025 for salary range. Sub-grading will be based on years of experience. It is strongly recommended that this role is up to date with Covid-19 vaccination.

**Join Peninsula Health and help us to deliver safe, personal, effective & connected care to every person, every time.