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The Mental Health Clinician will provide direct care to families residing at the Centre. Working within a multidisciplinary team, the Mental Health Clinician will contribute to creating and maintaining a trauma informed, therapeutic milieu, identifying and promoting opportunities to improve parent-child / relational issues and family functioning and to increase the overall connectedness within the family and the community.
Job Responsibility:
Providing 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 your 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
Requirements:
Tertiary qualified in Nursing, Social work, Psychology, Occupational Therapy, or a related discipline
Demonstrated knowledge of the mental health, family and community sector service system
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
What we offer:
Greater take-home pay through generous salary packaging, for living expenses, meals, and holiday accommodation
A suite of wellness initiatives designed to support you, including discounted fitness memberships and special offers on health insurance, and a comprehensive wellbeing program