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Salary- Mental Health Social Worker or Registered Nurse or Occupational Therapist
- Join a multi-disciplinary team in community Mental Health
- Attractive salary + Generous salary packaging benefits (pay less tax)
- Avail of specialist clinical group supervision and continuous training
As a Mental Health Clinician you will provide evidence- based clinical case management, assessment, and psychological interventions to clients in the community with mental illness. You will work as part of a multidisciplinary team to provide comprehensive, therapeutic Mental Health services to clients.
Your role may include:
- Triage, intake and assessment
- Conduct biopsychosocial assessments and case formulations
- Provide evidence-based focused psychological and behavioural interventions
- Perform functional assessments
- Collaborate in shared care approaches, such as joint sessions with the referring Uniting team, case review discussions, and documentation/reports to share information and make recommendations
- Facilitate Mental Health service linkage and navigation, including care coordination
- Conduct individual and/or group sessions to support individuals' Mental Health and wellbeing
- You’ll have Tertiary qualifications in Occupational Therapy, Nursing or Social Work. Membership to AHPRA Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency, or eligibility for membership to AASW Australian Association of Social Workers
- 1-3 years’ experience of clinical practice field within the Mental Health providing high quality triage, assessment and evidence based psychological interventions
- Ability to collaboratively plan and coordinate a comprehensive bio-psychosocial approach and interventions to meet the needs of clients.
Uniting is the lead agency for LikeMind Seven Hills and Penrith. LikeMind's purpose is to provide wrap-around services to consumers with a variety of Mental Health, physical health and psycho-social needs. It will bring together existing community health services in an accessible, centralised and engaging community space. The four pillars of the service are - Mental Health, drug and alcohol, primary care, and vocational/ employment services.
headspace Penrith and Mount Druitt, run by Uniting, aims to reduce the burden of disease in young people aged 12-25 years caused by Mental Health and related substance use disorders through early identification and effective, evidence-based intervention.
Why work at Uniting?
To help you thrive in your work you’ll have access to a range of benefits that support you in your role and outside of work. Because when our people thrive, we have an even greater impact for the people we serve.
- Competitive salary and NFP salary packaging benefits (extra $18,550 tax free)
- Flexible working options
- Career development and progression opportunities
- A range of health and wellbeing support
- Genuinely make a positive impact on the lives of real people – our employees, our clients, and the communities we serve
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