AddressHomelessness Youth Dual Diagnosis Initiative (HYDDI) Clinician
headspace Mildura
Full Time, Fixed Term to April 2025
About headspace:
headspace is Australia’s National Youth Mental Health Foundation.
headspace Mildura is a youth friendly centre providing a range of evidence based, early intervention services to young people aged 12-25 years across four core streams: primary health, mental health, alcohol and other drugs (AOD), and education/vocation.
The clear intention is to significantly increase the number of young people that are identified and responded to with integrated evidence-based interventions, at the earliest possible point when problems emerge.
About the opportunity:
headspace Mildura is seeking an experienced Mental Health Clinician to fulfil the Homelessness Youth Dual Diagnosis Initiative (HYDDI) role for a fixed term period to the 4th April 2025 (maternity leave replacement).
This position holds a special portfolio for young people who are more vulnerable to long-term homelessness due to co-existing mental health and substance use concerns. The HYDDI Clinician will hold primary responsibilities of:
- direct treatment, including comprehensive assessment, and evidence based therapeutic interventions, with young people whose needs are not adequately addressed by other youth services. This may include individual therapy, family therapy, and group programs;
- service liaison and facilitating service linkages/navigation and shared and integrated care;
- secondary consultation to support practitioners within youth specialist homeless service and/or clinicians within area mental health service;
- facilitation or organisation of education/training to practitioners within youth specialist homeless service and/or clinicians within area mental health service for capacity building;
- maintaining connection and engagement with the HYDDI network (Building Up Dual Diagnosis in Youth Services – BUDDYS), which may include shared education and program development as well as raising program issues at a statewide level
What we offer:
While working with some autonomy, the position will be supported by:
- clinical and team meetings
- supervision (individual and/or group)
- the availability of a senior staff member
- learning and development opportunities
- support from a passionate, knowledgeable, and skilled multidisciplinary team, and access to a range of services onsite, including mental health clinicians, AOD counsellors, vocation and education specialists
What we are looking for:
- All relevant current licenses, registrations, and memberships for legal practice as a qualified and registered professional within the state of Victoria:
- Fully registered Psychologist with AHPRA
- Accredited Mental Health Social Worker with AASW
- Occupational Therapist with Better Access Mental Health Endorsement with Occupational Therapy Australia
- Knowledge, skills, and experience in the provision of direct clinical care to young people with co-morbidity of mental illness and substance use, and/or (at risk) or homelessness.
- Highly developed clinical skills in triage, assessment, advice, planning and intervention including crisis management.
- Highly developed interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills.
- Current working with children check, national police check and driver's licence.
- Care that is respectful, non-judgemental and respects diversity.
- Evidence of healthcare worker immunisation or immunity to communicable vaccine-preventable diseases.
The Mildura Base Public Hospital is an organisation driven by a genuine focus on patient centred care, delivering exceptional care for our consumer base of over 80,000. With this focus guiding the functioning of our organisation on a day to day basis in line with our HEART values we have established a work environment in which there are greater levels of employee engagement and professional development than ever seen before. Our workforce of over 1200 employees are committed to providing a service to our community 24/7 which will have long lasting positive outcomes.
Our People, Our H.E.A.R.T:
Our H E A R T values (Happy Empathetic Accountable Respectful Team Based) are so much more than words; they are the driving force behind what we do every day. These values are lived throughout the organisation across each department, role and location.
What MBPH has to offer you:
- Internal Professional Development– including but not limited to the opportunity for eligible employees to access scholarships for postgraduate studies as well as specifically designed programs within MBPH for skill development
- An environment where external professional development is supported and encouraged
- A location centre of town reducing travel times
- Free parking on site for all employees
- Salary Packaging – Pay less tax
- On-site Café
- Employee Assistance Programs
- Employee Intervention Programs – Free Remedial Therapy and Physiotherapy
- Free employee events and celebrations (check out our Facebook page @MilduraBasePublicHospital to see what we have been up to this past year)
- At MBPH, we continue to strengthen our focus on diversity, equity and inclusion practices. This is supported through our internal network of LGBTQIA+ Allies and organisational membership with ACON Pride in Diversity.
- Our membership with ACON Pride in Diversity shows our commitment to building an inclusive workplace.
How we model our values:
- MBPH employees are 3% more satisfied compared to other health services, a 7.8% increase from 2022
- 7:10 employees live and breathe our MBPH HEART Values
- 86% of employees feel a sense of accomplishment from their work
- 94% say they can use their skills and knowledge in their job
- 79% of employees feel included, which is a 1.3% increase above the Victorian Public Sector
- 9.8% increase in satisfaction with work/life balance since 2022
Priority on learning and development of staff has increased by 10% since 2022
Further information:
This position is employed by Mildura Base Public Hospital who operates headspace Mildura and will be based onsite at the headspace centre.
The successful applicant will work under the direction of headspace Centre Manager, and the Director of Child & Youth Mental Health Services, Mildura Base Public Hospital, ensuring all activities are in accordance with the Grant Agreement and direction provided by headspace National, Murray Primary Health Network, and Department of Health.
For any further enquiries, please contact:
Teresa Cavallo, headspace Mildura Centre Manager
Phone: (03) 5021 2***
Email: **************@headspacemildura.com.au
How to Apply:
All applications must be lodged online by clicking on the ‘apply now’ button.
For a position description and to find out more about our wonderful Hospital, visit https://www.mbph.org.au/careers/job-vacancies
For further enquiries please contact our human resources team.
E: **************@mbph.org.au
Please note that the Department of Health requires all health care workers in Victorian public hospitals to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19. For those over the age of 18, this means 3 Covid-19 vaccinations are required. For those under the age of 18, 2 Covid-19 vaccinations are required. For further information, please visit the Department of Health website: Vaccination for healthcare workers | health.vic.gov.au
A valid Working with Children Check and a National Police Check (undertaken in the last three months) are required.
Applications close: 9 June 2024
