• Full time (up to 37.5 hrs per week)
• Position available located at headspace Adelaide – Wakefield St, Adelaide

We invite you to be part of an organisation in which 82% of staff have voted a 'TRULY GREAT PLACE TO WORK' by Best Practice Australia.

Do you want to be part of an exciting opportunity and on the cutting edge of service provision?

Thank you for your interest in applying for the position of headspace Adelaide Centre Manager.

The headspace Adelaide Centre Manager operates under broad direction and plays a pivotal role in the overall leadership, management and integration of the Early Psychosis, Primary Platform and Complex Care services. The Centre Manager works to ensure that all three service streams operate in accordance with the headspace model of care and in alignment with business and strategic plans.

The incumbent will develop, implement and oversee operations and clinical service delivery, along with undertaking strategic planning to address the future growth and development of headspace Adelaide (complex care and primary platform) and headspace Adelaide Early Psychosis. This position is primarily responsible for ensuring the provision of high quality mental health services to young people, that required outputs are achieved, and that awareness of headspace services are consistently promoted in local communities.

Along with overseeing the headspace Adelaide Primary Care Platform, and Complex Care the role will also involves the effective service provision and operation of Early Psychosis. The Early Psychosis service will ensure provision of early intervention, responsive, and recovery focused care for young people aged 12 – 25 years who are at risk of or experiencing a first episode of psychosis as based on the EPPIC model of care.

The overall aims of clinical care within the Early Psychosis service are:

• To detect early those young people who are experiencing, or at risk of, a first episode of psychosis.
• To reduce the duration of untreated psychosis in order to minimise the impact of a first episode of psychosis on the normal developmental trajectory of the young person.
• Intervene early and effectively with young people at risk of a first episode of psychosis to prevent the onset of psychotic illness.
• To provide a responsive and seamless access to service for young people and their family/significant others with Early Psychosis and first episode psychosis.
• Enable both symptomatic and functional recovery from a first episode of psychosis.

The Manager will be a highly motivated and dynamic person, who can facilitate excellence in integrated holistic health care, with the goal of improving outcomes for clients of the service and the wider community. The incumbent will be adept in leading allied health multidisciplinary teams and managing a range of stakeholder relationships. The Manager will be an innovative and experienced professional with a considerable understanding of health service operations and delivery. This position will work closely and collaboratively with other members of headspace Services, National Office, members of the headspace Adelaide and headspace Early Psychosis consortia, Youth Reference Group members, and other key stakeholders. This position holds line management responsibility for the staff located at the headspace Adelaide centre.

Competitive salaries are available to the right applicants commensurate with experience, plus Super. Additionally, you will be offered a range of outstanding benefits including generous salary packaging options, TOIL, meal & entertainment allowances and mileage allowance, all of which will significantly boost your overall package!

You will find within the information package:

• An overview of Sonder, Lead Agency for headspace Adelaide
• Position description and role requirements

Full position descriptions are available at http://sonder.net.au/careers/.