Job description
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The Senior Access Team Clinician/Clinical Educator will provide leadership, daily operational management support and supervision to Access Team staff at headspace Werribee alongside providing supervision and support for students and graduates and act as a key clinical mentor to newly qualified clinicians by helping them integrate learning into practice.
Reporting to the Clinical Services Manager, you will:
- Support the provision of youth-friendly early intervention services at the headspace centre and to ensure that all members of the Access Team operate within headspace philosophy and strategic directions, as well as local policy and procedure framework.
- Take a leadership role in the Access Team, overseeing and refining intake/assessment and clinical services and assisting in monitoring professional practice, workload management and welfare of Access Team staff.
- Provide comprehensive intake, assessment and consultation services to young people, their families/carers, and professionals seeking services.
- Provide regular clinical supervision to students and graduate clinicians and co-ordinate student placements and liaise with universities in accordance with the student placement programs.
Our headspace sites operate after 5pm multiple times a week, availability to work across rotating out of hours shifts required.
What you’ll need
You are passionate, energetic and determined to make a difference to health and wellbeing outcomes for young people. The following criteria must be met for consideration for this position:
- Approved tertiary qualifications in a relevant discipline. (Psychology, Social Work, Occupational Therapy, Mental Health Nursing) and full registration with AHPRA or AASW (or eligibility for).
- Previous experience in providing leadership and supervision.
- Ability to provide supervision to headspace students.
- Extensive experience in the planning and provision of mental health care, including completion of mental health assessments, crisis intervention, psychoeducation and short-term treatment interventions to young people experiencing mental health and/or substance use, and/or other social difficulties, including current evidence-based approaches.
- Knowledge of the common mental health, substance use, and social problems faced by young people and the indicated evidence-based treatment/support options for these.
What you’ll get in return
- Salary package between $95,457 – $116,202 pro rata commensurate with skills and experience + 11% super + NFP salary packaging up to $15,900 + $2,600 meals and entertainment card.
- Ability to purchase additional leave; access to EAP; generous Parental Leave Scheme.
- Flexible work to suit your lifestyle and access to policies and tools that support this.
Orygen – leading the revolution
Imagine a future with unlimited potential. A future where every young person enjoys optimal mental health as they grow into adulthood. At Orygen, this is our life’s work, because we passionately believe it’s what all young people deserve.
Every step of the way, young people and families are at the heart of everything we do. Always.
Through world-leading research that creates change. Through pioneering reform that delivers real-world practical solutions.
At Orygen, that’s the future we’re creating right now. To do it, we have revolution in mind.
Join the revolution
If you’re keen to join Orygen and be part of our team challenging the status quo and reshaping the future for young people, apply now.
For more information please review the position description attached.
This is a part time (0.4-1.0 FTE) position available for 12 months.
This role will be 2 days of Clinical Education and 3 days of Senior Access Clinician.
Orygen is committed to providing diverse, equitable and inclusive environments for Staff and anyone connected to Orygen. We strive to continue building a culturally safe workplace where our values underpin the way we work and our commitment to First Nations people of Australia, young people and their families, people with disabilities, LGBTIQA+ people and CALD communities. We strongly encourage applications from the First Nations people.
Orygen is a child-safe organisation and is committed to promoting and protecting the safety and well-being of all young people and embedding safeguarding practices into all our programs and services.
All employment appointments are subject to holding a valid working with children check, successful police check and having at least three COVID-19 vaccinations.