• Mental Health Nurse or Social Worker, or Psychologist or OT
• Attractive rates + Generous salary packaging benefits + WFH
• Apply now - Interviewing immediately

Youth Enhanced Support Service (YESS) of Uniting 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.  

Role Overview:

This role is responsible for the provision of comprehensive, evidence-based clinical care coordination, psychological and psychosocial interventions to clients facing forensic difficulties or/and young people accessing the service consistent with the model of care.

The Clinician will be responsible for individual and group-based therapy. 

As the Clinician, your role will include but not limited to:

• Work as a part of the multi-disciplinary team to ensure timely access for young people and families
• Provide comprehensive early intervention and care co-ordination to young people to assist them in achieving the goals and actions outlined in their care/management plan
• To participate in clinical review and supervision, ensuring service standards are met

Position Criteria

Qualifications:

Approved tertiary qualifications in Nursing, Occupational Therapy, Psychology or Social Work with full registration with AHPRA or eligible for membership with the AASW, or equivalent and relevant to the field of work.

Experience:

Typically this role will require 2-5 or more years’ experience of clinical practice field (excluding placements) within the mental health providing high quality triage, assessment and evidence based psychological interventions where required.

You will have excellent written and verbal communication skills, be organised, systematic, thorough, accurate and disciplined. You will be continuing to develop in your area of expertise and be expected to provide innovative ideas to solve problems in your discipline.

It is expected that you will possess good skills at navigating a complex organisation, forging relationships, and managing through influence rather than direct authority as required.

about you:

• Willingness to work independently or with professional supervision from more senior members of the profession or health team when performing novel, complex, or critical tasks
• Demonstrated ability to provide high quality assessment and evidence based functional recovery and psychological interventions, within a stress-vulnerability and recovery framework for young people
• 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
• Demonstrated ability to collaboratively plan and coordinate a comprehensive bio-psycho-social approach and interventions to meet the needs of clients.
• Demonstrated a commitment to continuing professional development and may have contributed 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) and the Children and Young Persons (Care and Protection) Act (1998) and other relevant legislation
• An understanding of recovery model principles and ability to implement these in clinical practice
• Demonstrated ability to collaboratively plan and deliver individualised psychological interventions to meet the needs of consumers based on a case formulation approach
• Current NSW Driver’s license and Current Working with Children’s Check

Even better:

• Experience in the not-for-profit sector

To Apply

Click the Apply Now button & submit your Resume and Cover Letter addressing the Position criteria.

Enquiries can be addressed to Talent Acquisition Specialist Rose Rivera on 0438 206 164, or [email protected] using the subject line: Mental Health Nurse / Clinician enquiry via EthicalJobs.  

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.

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