Senior AOD Clinician - Custodial Forensic Youth Mental Health Service

• Excellent opportunity for a Senior Clinician with mental health and AOD skills
• Ongoing Full-Time role | Monthly ADOs and Salary Packaging
• Based across Parkville and Cherry Creek Youth Justice Precincts
• Excellent team culture, training, supervision and prof dev opportunities
• Dynamic, multidisciplinary team providing collaborative recovery oriented mental health treatment and support to young people in custody

Your new team

Forming part of the Orygen Specialist Program (OSP), a program of The Royal Melbourne Hospital, the Custodial Forensic Youth Mental Health Service (FYMHS) team provides specialist youth mental health care in custodial settings (Parkville, Malmsbury and Cherry Creek sites) to young people and their families/carers. 

Your new role

This is a multidisciplinary role and is open to Registered Psychiatric Nurses, Occupational Therapists, Social Workers and Psychologists (Clinical, Forensic & Neuropsychology endorsed).

You will be joining a skilled and supportive team in a newly created AOD specialist role to help develop and support an enhanced model of care across Orygen's Custodial FYMHS team. In this role, you will:

• Support the development and expansion of custodial mental health services within Youth Justice settings across Parkville and Cherry Creek
• Assist and support young people in custody to address harmful behaviours resulting from problematic alcohol and the drug use
• Support the implementation of substance use evidence-based practice identification, assessment and interventions for young people in custody

About you:

• Relevant registration and qualifications (see attached position description)
• Passionate, creative, collaborative and compassionate team player
• Demonstrated experience in the application of clinical practice in the mental health field and specifically with vulnerable young people experiencing mental health difficulties
• Demonstrated understanding of interventions for reducing alcohol and drug related harm
• Knowledge of the youth justice and/or criminal justice system and other relevant sectors

Benefit of working with us:

• Join us during this incredibly exciting time of growth within an established and reputable organisation
• Excellent training, education and professional development support and opportunities 
• Enjoy a flexible work-life balance working in a supportive and collaborative team
• Salary packaging and monthly ADO's in full-time positions! 

Interested?

If you are ready to make a real and positive impact amongst the youth justice population by providing high quality assessment, evidence-based treatment, care team consultation / liaison and support / service linkages for young people within & exiting custody, we would love to discuss this exciting role with you in more detail. If you are looking for a challenging role and can demonstrate the above capabilities, connect with us via the details below.

Please note: recruitment is ongoing, with interviews commencing as soon as suitable applications are received. Advertising may cease prior to the closing date.

All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Record Check, and where applicable, Working With Children Check (WWCC). All RMH employees are required to provide evidence of an immunisation assessment including evidence of vaccination against COVID-19 (3 doses) prior to commencement. This is in accordance with the Victorian Minister of Health’s Mandatory Vaccination Orders for COVID-19.