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Mental Health Clinician - Social Worker / Psychologist

Uniting (NSW.ACT)

The Uniting Adult Mental Health Service works with consumers with severe and complex mental health conditions aged from 18 years in the community

Working with the service provides benefits for professional development and career progression. These benefits include;

  • You will have the opportunity to train in focused acceptance and commitment therapy (FACT) by an international leader in this practice.
  • Access to board approved psychologists that add towards provisional psychology mandatory hours.
  • Discipline specific clinical supervision to help grow your identity and work from your specific lens.
  • A focus on building your family systems based therapeutic skills through training in specific family therapy treatment modalities.
  • Access to a clinical educator to help meet competencies and build skills in emerging and clinicians transitioning into the MH workforce.
  • Salary packaging entitlements
  • Mentorship during your first year of service
  • Project opportunities to build skills in implementing projects in the work environment.
  • Hybrid in office and WFH options
  • Small and supportive teams lead by a dedicated team Psychiatrist

The team provides assessment, intake, co-ordination and functional recovery-based therapy. The team also works closely with General Practices and private psychiatric practices to enhance engagement with appropriate services, acceptability among consumers, efficiency in the utilisation of existing services, and to achieve increased responsiveness and comprehensive identification of needs.

  • Psychologist or Mental Health Social Worker or Registered Nurse or Occupational Therapist
  • Full time position in Chatswood with option to Work from Home part time
  • Attractive rates +Super +Generous salary packaging benefits

Role Overview:

The Clinician role is responsible for working as part of a multidisciplinary team to provide comprehensive recovery focused, evidence-based clinical care coordination, assessment, and psychological interventions to clients.

Duties will include but are not limited to:

  • Work as a part of the multi-disciplinary team to ensure timely access for clients.
  • Manage a caseload of clients, which includes intake, assessment, engagement, psychoeducation, clinical intervention, attendance at psychiatric review appointments, liaison, with an over-arching focus on care co-ordination.
  • Provide comprehensive early intervention and care co-ordination to assist them in achieving the goals and actions outlined in their care/management plan.
  • Provide evidence-based psychological and psychosocial interventions tailored to meet the individual needs within a Recovery Framework.
  • Provide mental health assessments, including completion of mental state examination, risk assessment, case formulations and individual treatment planning.

Essential Criteria:

Qualifications:

  • Tertiary qualifications in a relevant discipline (such as Psychology, Social Work Registered Nursing or Occupational Therapy).
  • Full membership with the respective professional body (such as AHPRA), or eligibility for membership with or AASW.
  • Current Australian Driver’s Licence.

Experience:

  • Experience of two (2) years or more of clinical practice field, providing high quality triage, assessment and evidence based psychological interventions where required.
  • Demonstrated ability to collaboratively plan and coordinate a comprehensive bio-psychosocial approach and interventions to meet the needs of clients.
  • Demonstrated ability to work independently and ability to exercise independent judgment on routine as well as complex, or critical tasks specific to the discipline.
  • A high level of interpersonal skills, problem solving and demonstrated ability to consult, liaise and negotiate within a multidisciplinary team.
  • Ability to use relevant Information Technology and electronic recording systems and data management tools and commitment to comply with same.
  • Ability and willingness to maintain documentation of clinical care and actively contribute to clinical review processes and planning for clients within a recovery framework.
  • Demonstrated a commitment or willingness to continue professional development, contribute to workplace education through clinical supervision, training and education through the provision of seminars, lectures or in-services.
  • Knowledge of relevant legislation such as the Mental Health Act (2007).

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

Benefits & culture

As an organisation we celebrate our diversity and welcome all people regardless of ethnicity, faith, sexual orientation and gender identity. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and people from a diverse cultural background are encouraged to apply. 

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 to Talent Acquisition Specialist Rose Rivera on 0438 206 164 or [email protected] using the subject line: Mental Health Clinician - Social Worker / Psychologist enquiry via EthicalJobs.  Ref 499591

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