Hospital Outreach Post suicidal Engagement Clinician

Reference Number: 37341: Hospital Outreach Post suicidal Engagement Clinician
Employment Type: Fixed Term Part Time (PT)
Location: Northern Health (All Campuses)
About Northern Health:
As an organisation we have a clear focus on how we service and partner with our community, including our strategy of helping the community stay well when at home. Our reputation of community minded, inclusive and progressive is matched to none.
Northern Health is located in the rapidly growing northern suburbs with projected growth the biggest in the state. With a booming, culturally rich and diverse community, and less than an hour's drive from the CBD, Melbourne's North is fast becoming the place to be!
In keeping with the goals of the Victorian suicide prevention framework 2016-25, the Northern HOPE service aims to build resilience in individuals who have made a suicide attempt by providing intensive and individualised therapeutic care and psychosocial support.
The Opportunity:
An exciting opportunity exists for a Mental Health Clinician (Grade 2 Occupational Therapist/Social Worker/Psychologist or Grade 3 Registered Psychiatric Nurse) to join the Hospital Outreach Post-Suicidal Engagement (HOPE) team at Northern Health part time 3 days a week until 15/4/2024. Please note, there is potential for permanent appointment for interested applicants.
The Northern HOPE service is a multidisciplinary team and each client will be allocated a Psychosocial Support Worker and Mental Health Clinician to deliver practical support and evidence based therapeutic interventions to address the unique social, economic, historical and environmental factors that have contributed to, or continue to contribute to, a person's suicidality.
This role requires support to clients for a period of 12 weeks, providing assertive and coordinated care post-discharge. Engagement will take place via both outreach and clinic based therapeutic interventions to reduce the risk of suicide re-attempts and deaths by suicide.
To be successful in this role you will have:

• Experience working as part of a multidisciplinary team with the ability to effectively communicate with senior clinicians, community development workers and lived experience workers cohesively.
• Skills in therapeutic engagement with people with complex mental health disorders using evidence-based approaches (motivational interviewing/ narrative therapy/CBT/ solution focused interventions).
• Skills in psychosocial assessments, integrated casework service and Wellness and Recovery Planning with consumers and their families.
• Expertise in identifying and engaging with key welfare, health and other support agencies and working collaboratively to improve consumer's outcomes and recovery.
• Skills in working with -cultural and linguistic diversity.

Desirable

• Skills in risk assessment, and safety planning for vulnerable and risk children and young persons and people experiencing family violence.
• Skills in family sensitive and inclusive practices such as Single Session Family Consultation and family / carer support and counselling.

Next Steps . . .
If this opportunity sounds like the next step in your career, then we would love to hear from you. Please click on the 'Apply' button and follow the prompts.
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For further details, please contact:
Jimm Castro, Northern HOPE manager on 0417588702
Applications close 11th February 2024
Why work at the Northern Health?
We offer a range of benefits to support and reward staff both personally and professionally, which includes:

• Health and Wellbeing programs, including our 'Thrive' program
• Flexibility in the workplace and extra leave options and support
• An inclusive and culturally safe space
• State of the art facilities and campus partnerships
• A commitment to ongoing professional development through our 'Learning Labs'
• Access to salary packaging, EAP and our online library

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Work with us! Northern Health is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to attracting and retaining a diverse workforce which reflects the community we serve. Applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, as well as applicants who are LGBTIQ+, who have different abilities, or are from culturally and Linguistically Diverse Backgrounds are encouraged.
All employees of Northern Health must comply with the health service's Staff Health / Workforce Immunisation procedure (as amended from time to time) together with any relevant State Government and Departmental directives. This requires all employees to be vaccinated for various diseases such as, but not limited to influenza and Covid-19.