- Join the Youth Access Team (YAT)
- Multidisciplinary RPN3, OT2, SW2, P2
- Orygen Youth Health
- Full Time Fixed Term until March 2020 - 80 hours per fortnight
- Rotating Roster / includes weekends
A Job To Be Proud Of:
YAT is a 24 hour, seven day a week service. We aim to meet the needs of the community by providing effective and responsive mental health assessment and treatment to young people living in the Western metropolitan region of Melbourne. YAT provides a youth crisis, assessment and treatment team response to young people living in NWMH catchment aged between 15 – 24 years old.
A Job To Be Proud Of:
- Complete mental health assessments, crisis interventions and provide short term treatment interventions and psycho education to young people living in the West of Melbourne who are experiencing mental health difficulties and require acute psychiatric care
- Working with the young person, their carers / family and relevant service systems to respond appropriately to their mental psychiatric needs
- Consult and liaise with other mental health services and other services systems regarding the provision of acute psychiatric care.
- Partake in the coordination of IPU bed management
- This position will be based at Footscray but may be required to work from all Orygen Youth Health sites which include Parkville, Sunshine and Glenroy
Your Contribution
- A minimum of 3 years’ experience in the application of clinical practice in the mental health field and previous experience working with young people with mental health disorders / early intervention.
- Experience in working on crisis teams i.e. C.A.T.T / EMH / YEPS services
- Knowledge of the rationale and evidence for early intervention in youth mental health
- An advanced level of skill in assessment (including risk assessment), diagnostic formulation, and treatment interventions for young people with mental health disorders
- A commitment to, and experience with, working with families and carers
Our Commitment To You:
- NWMH boasts a sophisticated learning structure and we pride ourselves on supporting continuing professional development
- We are a values based organisation. A career with us is a rewarding experience, offering great prospects for career diversity and professional advancement
- Attractive salary and working conditions including annual and CPD leave, salary packaging
- Comprehensive Health & Wellbeing Programs including; staff health service, peer support program and EAP
- Reward & Recognition Programs
Connect with us:
Get to know us at www.nwmh.org.au or click ‘Apply Now’.
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