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Location: Melbourne | Northern Metropolitan
Job type: Part time
Organisation: Austin Health
Salary: Salary not specified
Occupation: Health and Allied Health, Nursing
Reference: 49581
Mental Health Senior Clinician, Youth Brief Intervention Service (YBIS), Austin Health ICYMHS (Infant, Child, and Youth Mental Health Services)
About the Youth Brief Intervention Service (YBIS)
The Youth Brief Intervention Service (YBIS) is part of Austin Health’s Infant, Child, and Youth Mental Health Service (ICYMHS). The team services young people aged 12 – 25 years (who may not require specialist mental health services but are experiencing psychological distress/mental health difficulties) and their families. These are young people who have been referred by community agencies (such as Headspace or school)for early, community-based, brief assessment and intervention sessions. Primary and secondary consultation with referring agencies also form part of the work the team offers.
All work is informed by a developmental and systemic framework and takes place via outreach/face-to-face sessions at the referring agency site, or via telehealth.
About the role
This Senior Mental Health Clinician provides high-quality, expert clinical care for young people aged 12 – 25 years experiencing psychological distress/mental health difficulties and their families. This role will collaboratively work with referring agencies to support young people referred for early, community-based, brief assessment and intervention sessions.
As a senior staff member, this role will also assist and support the multidisciplinary team and its leaders (Team Manager and Consultant Psychiatrist), contributing to a healthy, productive, and dynamic team culture.
The Senior Clinician will provide high quality professional supervision within their specific discipline and offer guidance and support to their immediate team and to the broader ICYMHS service. Contributions to staff learning and skill development and research are expected.
About you
You will be someone with excellent communication, interpersonal and collaboration skills, who takes a supportive team approach to their work. You'll have strong organisational and time management skills, as shown by a dynamic and flexible approach to time and caseload management.
To be successful in this role you will bring with you:
A career with Austin Health
Inclusion at Austin:
We celebrate, value, and include people of all backgrounds, genders, identities, cultures, bodies, and abilities. We welcome and support applications from anyone identifying as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, physically or culturally diverse, LGBTQIA+, and people of any age.
Work with us!
If you feel this role is right for you, we encourage your early application. All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory National Police Check and if required, a Working With Children Check. If you require any reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process, please feel free to reach out to the hiring manager.
Part time
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