VICTIM REGISTER COORDINATOR - FORENSIC MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE

at  SA Government SA HEALTH

SA HEALTH

Job reference: 866910
Location: 5092 - MODBURY
Job status: Long Term Contract

Eligibility: Open to Everyone

• Northern Adelaide Local Health Network – Forensic Mental Health Services – Modbury
• Salary: $86,950 - $100,729 p.a. – AHP2; Temporary Part-Time – Part-time up until 30 June 2025

Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN) is eager to recruit an Victim Register Coordinator to work in our dynamic, growing and supportive team, to help us deliver exceptional care to our community.

ABOUT US:

Located on Kaurna Country, in the North and North-Eastern Suburbs of Adelaide, close to the world-famous Barossa Valley wine region, and within 30 minutes of the CBD, NALHN serves more than 400 000 people at the Lyell McEwin and Modbury Hospitals, along with our state-of-the-art Specialist Ambulatory Rehabilitation Centre and our community and home-based sites. The network boasts newly redeveloped wards and Emergency and Outpatient Departments, with plans for the addition of more brand-new facilities in the near future. Our 300-plus Allied Health professionals play an integral role in multidisciplinary teams delivering outstanding care to patients across our acute, subacute and hospital avoidance services.
At NALHN Everyone Has a Story, Everyone Matters, Everyone Contributes and Everyone Grows.
At NALHN, we have a strong commitment to providing a clinically interesting professional experience, with structured and supportive education and professional development, and career progression pathways.
Some feedback from current employees about working as Allied Health Professionals in NALHN includes:
“My favourite part about working in NALHN is the close working relationships we have across Allied Health to optimise patient care”
“I feel like I’m part of a growing and developing service”
“I love the great team dynamic and the culture of learning and support”

ABOUT YOU:

Are you a dedicated, compassionate and enthusiastic mental health clinician who is looking for an opportunity to join a dynamic, growing healthcare network where you will be part of a supportive team delivering high quality care to the community? If so, then this could be the opportunity for you to work as the Victim Register Coordinator. This position will offer you professional growth opportunities within a supportive and inclusive culture.
In this role you will have strong interpersonal and communication skills which will enable you to successfully problem solve, resolve conflicts and negotiate, including the ability to engage in difficult conversations, whilst building and maintaining relationships. An ability to effectively manage multiple, diverse and competing priorities and demonstrated resilience within a stressful and complex environment is essential to this role.

EDUCATIONAL/VOCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

• Appropriate Degree or equivalent qualification which gives eligibility for full membership of the Australian Association of Social Workers.
  Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check.

ABOUT THE ROLE:

An exciting opportunity is presented to work within the Northern Adelaide Local Health Network as a Victim Register Coordinator within the Forensic Court Service, located in the Forensic Mental Health Service.
Within the framework of the National Mental Health Policy and the National Standards for Mental Health Services 2010 and in a manner consistent with the stated Vision and Values of the Northern Adelaide Local Health Network, the Victim Register Coordinator is accountable to the Clinical Director and Service Manager of the Forensic Mental Health Service for the delivery of effective and high quality services to Victims and Next of Kin.
The Victim Register Coordinator will assist the Team Leader, Forensic Court Service to deliver a victim service to the States courts and agencies of the Criminal Justice System. The range of services will include an advisory and referral service for victims and next of kin of offenders, the maintenance of an electronic Victim / Next of Kin data base, information, counselling and support service to victims and next of kin. This position is office based at Modbury and mostly electronic and telephone based work.
To be eligible for this position, you must:

866910 - Victim Register Coordinator - Forensic Mental Health - AHP2 - Role Description.pdf

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