Senior Mental Health Clinician

at  Orygen The National Centre of Excellence in Youth Mental Health

Primary Clinical Services Melbourne Contract

4/6/2024

• Melton location | Close to public transport
• Part to full time contract available until Feb 2025 | 0.8-1 FTE
• Access to NFP salary packaging | Join a multidisciplinary team

Your new job
The Senior Mental Health Clinician will provide leadership, daily operational management support and supervision to Allied Health staff at headspace Melton. You will also be involved in service development and community awareness raising activities.

Reporting to the Clinical Services Manager, you will:

• Support the provision of youth-friendly early intervention services at the headspace centre and to ensure that all members of the Access Team operate within headspace philosophy and strategic directions, as well as local policy and procedure framework.
• Take a leadership role in the Access Team, overseeing and refining intake/assessment and clinical services and assisting in monitoring professional practice, workload management and welfare of Access Team staff.
• Provide comprehensive intake, assessment and consultation services to young people, their families/carers, and professionals seeking services.
• Promote coordination of intake and referral processes both within headspace and external services and assists other team members with this.
• Deliver evidence-based brief interventions, including group interventions, with young people and their families/carers.

Our headspace sites operate after 5pm multiple times a week, availability to work across rotating shifts required.
What you’ll need

You are passionate, energetic and determined to make a difference to health and wellbeing outcomes for young people. The following criteria must be met for consideration for this position:

• Approved tertiary qualifications in a relevant discipline. (Psychology, Social Work, Occupational Therapy, Mental Health Nursing) and have full registration with AHPRA or eligibility for registration with AASW.
• Previous experience in providing leadership and supervision.
• Extensive experience in the planning and provision of mental health care, including completion of mental health assessments, crisis intervention, psychoeducation and short-term treatment interventions to young people experiencing mental health and/or substance use, and/or other social difficulties, including current evidence-based approaches.
• Knowledge of the common mental health, substance use, and social problems faced by young people and the indicated evidence-based treatment/support options for these.

What you’ll get in return

• Salary package between $95,457 - $116,201 pro rata commensurate with skills and experience + 11% super + access to $15,900 NFP salary packaging
• Ability to purchase additional leave; access to EAP; generous Parental Leave Scheme.
• Opportunity to contribute to the success of a purpose driven organisation.

Orygen – leading the revolution
Imagine a future with unlimited potential. A future where every young person enjoys optimal mental health as they grow into adulthood. At Orygen, this is our life’s work, because we passionately believe it’s what all young people deserve.
Every step of the way, young people and families are at the heart of everything we do. Always.
Through world-leading research that creates change. Through pioneering reform that delivers real-world practical solutions.
At Orygen, that’s the future we’re creating right now. To do it, we have revolution in mind.
Join the revolution
If you’re keen to join Orygen and be part of our team challenging the status quo and reshaping the future for young people, apply now.
For more information and to review the position description, please follow the link
https://www.orygen.org.au/getmedia/bdc1ad74-7c3a-411b-8163-23495b97c1d4/Senior-Access-Melton-May-24.pdf.aspx
Part to full time (0.8-1.0 FTE) contract until 24th February 2025.
Applications will close on 18th June 2024, unless a suitable candidate is found sooner.
Orygen is committed to providing diverse, equitable and inclusive environments for Staff and anyone connected to Orygen. We strive to continue building a culturally safe workplace where our values underpin the way we work and our commitment to First Nations people of Australia, young people and their families, people with disabilities, LGBTIQA+ people and CALD communities. We strongly encourage applications from the First Nations people.
Orygen is a child-safe organisation and is committed to promoting and protecting the safety and well-being of all young people and embedding safeguarding practices into all our programs and services.
All employment appointments are subject to holding a valid working with children check, successful police check and having at least three COVID-19 vaccinations.

Please refer the Job description for details