Are you passionate about supporting parents and caregivers to build healthy and secure relationships with their children? Be part of Australia's largest community-controlled Aboriginal Health Service and join our client as a Perinatal and Parenting Psychologist and make a difference in the lives of families. Their model of care offers a more holistic and culturally safe and supportive wrap around service. 

In this role, you will provide collaborative, integrated, and holistic perinatal emotional health and wellbeing services to a diverse client base in a supportive, community driven environment. Your goal is to enhance the emotional health and wellbeing of parents and caregivers, helping them navigate the challenges of pregnancy, birth and the postnatal period.

Key Responsibilities

• Demonstrate an understanding of mental health issues during pregnancy, birth, and the postnatal period, including maternal and infant health, and parenting.
• Participate in case conferencing, clinical reviews, treatment planning, and therapeutic interventions with multidisciplinary teams.
• Identify and support women and families impacted by trauma, working both individually and in groups to enhance parenting capacity.
• Case manage complex families, facilitating integration and linkages to appropriate services and supports.
• Develop and maintain comprehensive client files, including assessment documentation, treatment plans, therapeutic interventions and outcome measurements.
• Advocate for clients, ensuring they receive the best care and support.
• Conduct home and community visits as required.
• Maintain accurate client records and collate statistical information for reporting purposes.

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• A degree in Psychology with full AHPRA Registration
• Eligibility to obtain a Medicare Provider Number.
• A current C Class Drivers Licence (QLD) and the willingness to travel between clinics when required.

Desirable

• Experience in perinatal mental health
• Experience working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and communities.

Location

• Strathpine with one day in the Caboolture clinic

For you

• Full-time or part-time hours
• Salary sacrifice options including novated leasing, meal and entertainment cards +++
• Attend community events
• Ongoing training and development

To find out more about this role and what is on offer, please apply or call Mel Ireland on 07 3239 2500.

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DFP welcomes applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds and people with disability. In addition, DFP will provide reasonable adjustments for individuals with disability throughout the recruitment process. If you identify as a person with disability and require adjustments to the application, recruitment, selection and/or assessment process, please advise via [email protected] using the subject line: Psychologist enquiry via EthicalJobs or 1300 337 000 and indicate your preferred method of communication (email, phone, text) so we can keep in touch and meet your accessibility needs.
 
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