Youth Enhanced Support Services (YESS) of Uniting is an early intervention mental health outreach service for 12 – 25-year-olds who have, or are at risk of developing, a serious mental illness.  

YESS provides early intervention and wrap-around mental health services to young people with the aim of minimising the impact and distress caused by the experience of early onset severe or complex mental health conditions to young people and their families.  

• Social Worker, or Psychologist or Registered Nurse or Occupational Therapist
• Full time until December 2022 - with possible extension
• Attractive rates + Generous salary packaging benefits

Role Overview:

The Intake and Assessment Coordinator position provides intake, triage, assessment, collaborative care planning and clinical care coordination with the aim of improving an individual’s mental health. The clinician will also be responsible for working with external services in the South West Sydney region through liaison, collaboration and partnership to facilitate referral pathways.

Duties and Responsibilities include but are not limited to: 

1. Work as a part of the multidisciplinary team focusing on intake, triage and assessment to ensure timely access for clients. 
2. Participate in clinical review and supervision, ensuring service standards are met.
3. Develop relationships and partnerships with key partners to increase integration and collaboration between services

Essential Criteria:

• Approved tertiary qualifications in Nursing, Occupational Therapy, Psychology or Social Work with full registration with AHPRA or eligible for membership with the AASW. 
• Minimum 1-3 years’ experience of clinical practice field (excluding placements) within the mental health providing high quality triage, assessment and evidence based psychological interventions where required.
• Demonstrated ability to collaboratively plan and coordinate a comprehensive bio-psycho-social approach and interventions to meet the needs of clients.
• Demonstrated ability to engage and work collaboratively with clients. Demonstrated ability to be self-motivated and function autonomously while being able to effectively work in a multidisciplinary team
• Ability and willingness to maintain documentation of clinical care and actively contribute to clinical review processes and planning for clients within a recovery framework.
• Contribute to the evaluation and analysis of guidelines, policies and procedures applicable to their clinical/professional work and may be required to contribute to the supervision of discipline specific students.
• Knowledge of relevant legislation such as the Mental Health Act (2007) and other relevant legislation
• Current NSW Driver’s License

To Apply, click the Apply button & attach your Resume and Cover Letter addressing the Essential criteria.

What we offer:

An attractive salary with generous NFP salary packaging benefits, along with professional development and training opportunities in a friendly work environment.

At Uniting we believe vaccination to be the best way to keep our employees and clients safe from COVID-19.  We require all employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as a condition of employment.

Enquiries only to [email protected],  using the subject line: Intake and Assessment Coordinator / Social Worker - Youth Mental Health enquiry via EthicalJobs. To Apply do not email cv but click Apply button. Reference 497522