Team Leader

The Assertive Mobile Youth Outreach Service (AMYOS) team as part of a broader integrated continuum of care, provides ongoing recovery-oriented assessment and assertive treatment and care through intensive mobile assertive engagement and prevention-focused interventions in a community or residential setting. The AMYOS multidisciplinary team, aims to assist adolescents who are high risk and difficult to engage; to manage crisis situations; and to reduce the need for inpatient bed-based care.

About The Team
The
Assertive Mobile Youth Outreach Service (AMYOS)
team as part of a broader integrated continuum of care, provides ongoing recovery-oriented assessment and assertive treatment and care through intensive mobile assertive engagement and prevention-focused interventions in a community or residential setting. The AMYOS multidisciplinary team, aims to assist adolescents who are high risk and difficult to engage; to manage crisis situations; and to reduce the need for inpatient bed-based care. AMYOS works within a collaborative partnership model with other community service providers, including other health care providers, education, child safety, housing, police, and youth justice services. A range of individual, family, and group-based assessment, treatment, and rehabilitation programs are offered, aimed to treat mental illness, reduce emotional distress, and promote function within the community.

About The Role
The Team Leader, Child and Youth Mental Health Services role will be:

• Accountable for all operational and managerial aspects and leadership of the multidisciplinary team of child and youth mental health.
• Demonstrating a high level of clinical knowledge and skill to ensure effective service delivery within the speciality area of the child and youth mental health services.
• Provide expert clinical and operational leadership and expertise in strategic, operational, and human resource management utilising a well-developed level of clinical knowledge, problem solving skills and experience of complex contemporary clinical practice standards to ensure optimal clinical outcomes for consumers.

About Children's Health Queensland Hospital and Health Service (CHQ HHS)
Children's Health Queensland is a recognised leader in paediatric healthcare, teaching and research, delivering a full range of clinical services and training, tertiary and quaternary care and health promotion programs to children and young people from across Queensland and northern New South Wales.

Our interprofessional workforce of more than 5,000 people deliver responsive, integrated and internationally recognised person-centred care through a network of services and facilities, including the Queensland Children's Hospital , Jacaranda Place, Ellen Barron Family Centre, our Child and Youth Community Health Service , our Child and Youth Mental Health Service , and other statewide services and programs including specialist outreach and telehealth services.

Inclusion and diversity
To encourage inclusive practices in recruitment, we are committed to increasing our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workforce and building inclusive cultures that respect and promote human rights and Workforce Diversity and Inclusion. CHQ is an equal opportunity employer.

Some of the great benefits of working at CHQ HSS
Benefits
If you're looking for a rewarding career, and you're excited to contribute to the development of Australia's best paediatric health service, come and join the team at CHQ and enjoy a range of benefits including:

• Opportunities for professional growth and development
• Competitive renumeration
• Annual pay increases
• 12.75% employer superannuation contribution
• 17.5% annual leave loading
• Salary packaging
• Employee wellness and assistance program
• Work/life balance, variety, and flexibility

You can find out more about why it's so great to work at CHQ HHS here .

Occupational group
Health - Mental Health Clinicians