• Youth Justice Mental Health Clinician
• Orygen Youth Health (OYH)
• OT3, P3, SW3, RPN 4
• Fixed Term position until January 2020, Part Time or Full Time available

Life with Us:

 
OYH provides specialist and comprehensive mental health services to young people aged between 15 and 24 years of age who reside in the western and north-western regions of Melbourne. Clinical services are provided to young people with mental health disorders within the community, and within an inpatient setting for episodes of serious mental disorder.

The Youth Justice Mental Health Clinician (YJMHC) position is a specialist senior clinical role at Orygen Youth Health (OYH) focused on enhancing the ability of community-based Youth Justice clients to access appropriate and timely mental health services.

The YJMHC has a dual role as (1) Forensic Clinical Specialist equivalent at OYH and (2) In-reach mental health clinician across numerous Youth Justices (YJ) offices in the NWMH catchment. 

A Job to Be Proud Of:  

• Manage and undertake mental health and risk assessment, psychological treatment, crisis intervention, family work and systems containment, for the client/carers/system
• Provide high-quality clinical care based on clinical experience working with young people with serious mental illness
• Provision of case management or family work to selected clients and associated documentation
• Contribution to a culture of caring, teamwork, continuous improvement, constructive performance review, quality work standards and client service

Your Contribution: 

• Accredited and appropriate qualifications in the fields of Occupational Therapy, Clinical Psychology, Social Work or Psychiatric Nursing 
• A minimum of 5 years’ experience in clinical practice within the mental health field, including young people experiencing mental health disorders 
• capability to work independently and effectively within a multidisciplinary team  
• Knowledge of the rationale and evidence for early intervention in mental illness  
• Ability to work collaboratively and effectively with young people and their families

Our Commitment to You:  

• Values based organisation offering great prospects for career diversity and professional advancement, including training and research opportunities, and access to mentorship and leadership programs
• In addition to clinical support at Orygen, the role is externally supported through Forensicare and attracts access to specialist training and supervision and regular meetings with the other YJMHC across the state
• Comprehensive Health & Wellbeing Programs including; On-site staff gym, Staff Medical Service, Employee Assistance Program, Peer Support Program - run by our dedicated employees
• Salary packaging options
  

Connect With Us:
Get to know us at www.nwmh.org.au or click ‘Apply Now’.

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All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Record Check and a Working With Children Check. Successful applicants will be required to provide evidence of an immunisation assessment prior to commencement.