Austin Health is hiring a Mental Health Clinician to provide direct care to families residing at the Boooboop Narrkwarren Nagarra –jarra-noun (BNNJN) therapeutic residential service. You'll join a team dedicated to creating a trauma-informed therapeutic milieu, improving parent-child relationships, and increasing family and community connectedness for children up to age 12 with trauma-related difficulties.
What You'll Do
- Provide psychotherapeutic and psychosocial interventions to children and families residing at the Centre.
- Facilitate group programs within the Centre for children, parents/carers and siblings.
- Contribute knowledge and skill set within the multidisciplinary team at care meetings and within care systems.
- Coordinate referrals and admissions of children and families to the Centre.
- Liaise with relevant community agencies, provide secondary consultation, training and promote the service to wider community.
What We're Looking For
- Tertiary qualification in Nursing, Social Work, Psychology, Occupational Therapy, or a related discipline.
- Demonstrated experience and knowledge in working with children presenting with trauma-related mental health concerns, and their families.
- Experience in working therapeutically and systemically with children with mild to moderate mental health presentations.
- Demonstrated understanding of professional frameworks, theories, and practices as they relate to children and families and mental health.
- Demonstrated ability and knowledge of a range of psychotherapeutic interventions for both individuals and groups.
- Willingness and ability to work outside business hours and in an outreach capacity, including early morning and evening shifts, weekends, and possible overnight outreach.
Team & Environment
You'll be part of the Infant, Child, and Youth Mental Health Service (ICYMHS) within the Mental Health Division at Austin Health.
Benefits & Compensation
- Greater take-home pay through generous salary packaging for living expenses, meals, and holiday accommodation.
- A suite of wellness initiatives including discounted fitness memberships and special offers on health insurance, and a comprehensive wellbeing program.
- Onsite childcare at Austin Hospital, easy access via public transport and car parking options.
- Mentoring and career development opportunities.
Work Mode
This role is onsite at our Macleod location.
Austin Health is an equal opportunity employer.
