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Form of work- 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
What you’ll be doing
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
Who we’re looking for
- 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.
About Uniting Mental health programs
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
For more information, please contact Rose Rivera, Talent Acquisition Specialist on 0438 206 *** or *******@uniting.org
