Mental Health Clinician

**Employment Type**: Permanent Full Time
**Position Classification**: OT3, SW3, CNS2
**Remuneration**: dependent on grade classification plus superannuation
**Hours Per Week**: 38
**Requisition ID**: REQ568075

Applications close: Tuesday 29 April 2025 at 11:59pm AEST
**Position Title**:Mental Health Clinician (HP3) Aboriginal Identified, Adolescent Forensic Mental Health Safeguards (Multi Disc. Allied Health) Wagga
- Wagga - PFT**

We are **_Just the Place_** to grow your career and be part of a valued team delivering care where it's needed most

We are a challenging yet rewarding place to take your career even further. With industry-leading safety standards, you can focus on doing your best work alongside skilled colleagues while gaining job training to progress your career. For more information, please see links below:
About Justice Health NSW | NSW Government

Work with Justice Health NSW | NSW Government

**_ The Role_**

To provide a responsive community based assessment and intervention service for young people with complex mental health needs in contact with the criminal justice system and their families. Providing mental health assessment, intervention and care coordination by incorporating discipline specific recommendations to the identification and formulation for young people and their families who are experiencing crisis or mental health complexity.

The Safeguard Service team which is community based and will provide rapid, mobile, intensive and flexible short term delivery of skilled evidence based interventions to improve outcomes for young people in contact with the criminal justice system.

**Essential Requirements**:

- This position is identified for Aboriginal people and exemption is claimed under 14d of the Antidiscrimination Act 1977.
- Allied Health Staff (OT3; SW3) - Bachelor of Occupational Therapy registered with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) or relevant qualification in Social Work with eligibility for membership to Australian Association of Social Workers. To be appointed as a Level 3 Health Professional, evidence must be provided of three years' clinical experience and demonstrated experience of extensive specialist knowledge or a high level of broad generalist knowledge within the discipline as defined by the award definitions of a Level 3 practitioner.
- Nursing Staff (CNS2) - Qualified as a Registered Nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia with post-registration qualifications relevant to the position, with a minimum of at least 3 years' full time equivalent experience in the management of clients with mental health conditions.
- Valid unrestricted Driver Licence for use in NSW and Australia.
- Valid NSW Employee Working With Children Check.

**_ Salary and Benefits_**

Your annual salary plus superannuation is just the beginning. You will also have access to a number of benefits:

- Additional allowances and salary packaging options.
- Fitness Passport (if eligible).
- Genuine career progression and skill-set development.
- Support from an enthusiastic and invested team of managers and colleagues.

**_ Diversity and Inclusivity_**

We are an equal-opportunity employer. We employ all ages and genders, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, culturally and linguistically diverse groups, the LGBTQIA+ community, veterans, refugees and people with disability.

**_READY TO APPLY?_**

The first step is to submit your resume and answers to the following targeted questions:

- Describe a situation where you effectively utilise negotiation and influencing skills to secure resources from multi-disciplinary teams for the benefit of patient outcomes. Please outline the strategies you employed, and how you ensured successful collaboration, and identify the key factors that contributed to your success.
- Please share a specific example that highlights your proficiency in delivering high quality mental health care to vulnerable populations. How did you tailor your approach to meet the unique needs of these individuals, and what outcomes did you achieve as a result?
- Please provide an example of a time when you had to navigate challenging ethical or legal considerations in your clinical practice. How did you approach and resolve these challenges?

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**Applications Close: Tuesday 29 April 2025 at 11:59pm AEST