Clinical Cadet, Medicare Mental Health Centre, Port Pirie SA

For all people in Australia living with mental health and wellbeing challenges to live a life that is meaningful to them.

Position Details

• Full Time Maximum Term Contract until 31 July 2025
• Classification: Health Professional Level 1 with a salary range of $72,084 - $91,231 per annum (pro rata) + Superannuation
• Salary packaging arrangements providing tax benefits available for living and entertainment expenses increasing your take home income where part of your wage is paid tax free each pay, savings thousands in tax each year
• Generous above-award pay and entitlements (see details below)
• Location: Medicare Mental Health Centre, Port Pirie SA

About your new role

The Medicare Mental Health Centre offers a transdisciplinary approach in supporting people. Peer Support Workers and clinical staff collaborate to come alongside guests and make sense of what is important in responding to needs and connecting in the community.

Mental Health Clinicians come alongside guests in offering needs assessments and interventions using different discipline skills, to support mental health outcomes for guests accessing the service. Mental Health Clinicians offer short to medium term supports in supporting the guest transition from the satellite service to holistic and integrated care in the community. This support will include clinical needs assessment, collaborative care planning and group facilitation where required.

Clinical Cadet Secondment is an exciting secondment opportunity to support a student (either internal or external) enrolled in an Allied Health Bachelors or Master of Social Work to become a fully qualified clinician. The Clinical Cadet will be able to complete their final placement during this 6-month cadetship to commence in January 2025.

The Clinical cadet will draw upon their developing skills to engage with guests, clinicians, Lived Experience staff and family/friends/carers to provide high quality supports. The cadet will be working closely with qualified clinicians to develop clinical learning goals, skills, and knowledge. The Clinical Cadet reports to the Service Manager, who will provide regular supervision and clinical guidance.

External supervision will be arranged as required.

About Neami National

We're Neami. We're big believers in everyone having the opportunity to live a full life - and we give our all to support people to achieve wellbeing and mental health outcomes that matter to them.

For some people, this means having a stronger sense of self. For others, it may mean nurturing relationships or building the confidence to tackle tomorrow. Everyone has different life goals, and at Neami, we walk alongside people to help improve their quality of life on their terms.

We're proud to support 30,000+ people living with mental health challenges each year across Australia and offer services over 40 different Indigenous lands. These services include mental health and wellbeing, housing and homelessness, and suicide prevention.

Values

Together with our vision and purpose, our values define who we are and guide the way we operate. They are fundamental to our identity, and we align all our actions with them.

• Connecting
• Collaborating
• Learning
• Belonging

What will Neami offer

• Generous additional leave entitlements including 16 weeks Paid Parental Leave, 6 weeks Paid Partner Leave, 2 days Wellness Leave, 2 days additional Carer's Leave and 3 days Compassionate Leave per occasion
• Access to paid study leave and discipline-specific paid external supervision
• Professional development through regular practice development sessions and coaching with your supervisor
• Ongoing extensive in-house Learning and Development programs to encourage learning and skill-building
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) through TELUS - providing holistic health and wellness supports and resources to Neami staff and their immediate family
• Flexible work arrangements are available for maintaining your work-life balance
• 17.5% Annual Leave Loading

What you will bring to the role

Essential

• Evidence of current enrolment in tertiary qualification Social Work or Occupational Therapy in an approved institution that will enable APHRA registration once completed. The cadet must be in their final year of their qualification.
• A valid and current Australian Driver License and access to personal vehicle

Desirable

• Experience working within a mental health setting.
• Knowledge of local services particularly relevant to designated program area.
• Knowledge of Occupational Health, Safety and Welfare Act, policies and practices with the ability to assess and manage clinical, work health and safety, quality & organisational risk.
• Knowledge of Equal Opportunities Legislation, policies and practices
• Knowledge of Professional Codes of Conduct and Ethics: aware of and practicing within relevant Federal and State Legislation and the relevant Professional Code of Practice, Conduct and Ethics

What the role requires

• National Criminal History Check (police check) - disclosable outcomes considered
• Current Working with Children Check - required before commencement of work
• Australian working rights

How to Apply

The terms and conditions of the role are listed in the position description which can be found on the Neami Job Vacancy portal (select paper clip icon).

To apply for this position, please:

• Click the 'Apply Now' button where you will need to create a username and password.
• Upload your resume and cover letter.

When applying for this position, you are asked to tell us about your previous work experience, your suitability for this role and your answers to any target questions (where asked).

Please include in your application how you would prefer to be contacted (whether via email, text or phone call).

If you have any further questions not addressed in the job advertisement or position description, or if you require any adjustments to participate in the recruitment process, please contact:
Jo Vanstone | Clinical Service Manager | [email protected] using the subject line: Clinical Cadet - Port Pirie SA enquiry via EthicalJobs.

If you are excited about this role, but only meet some of the requirements, we encourage you to call or email us to talk about this opportunity. We're passionate about creating opportunities and supporting professional development.

If your application is shortlisted:

• We may invite you to have an informal phone conversation to discuss the role and get to know more about your experience and interest and answer your questions.
• We may invite you to an interview (which may be in person or conducted online via Microsoft Teams) with up to three panel members from Neami.

Be Yourself - Neami values and celebrates diversity including multidisciplinary teams and the unique backgrounds, experiences and contributions that each person brings to our community. First Nations people, those identifying as LGBTQIA+, people with disabilities and culturally and linguistically diverse people are encouraged to apply. Our aim is to create a workforce that is accessible, inclusive and reflects the community in which we live.

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