Rehabilitation Coordinator - Ashton House

SA Health
Job reference: 856082
Location: 5086 - OAKDEN
Job status: Short Term Contract
Eligibility: Open to Everyone

• Northern Adelaide Local Health Network - Northern Mental Health - Oakden
• Salary: AHP2 $86,950 - $100,729 p.a. (pro rata) / RN2C - $84,870 - $107,279 p.a. (pro rata)
• Temporary Part-Time, up until 28 June 2024

About Us:The Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN) provides care for more than 400,000 people living in the northern metropolitan area of Adelaide and boasts newly redeveloped wards and Emergency and Outpatient Departments, with plans for the addition of more brand-new facilities in the near future. NALHN provides a full range of high-quality medical, surgical, maternity, diagnostic, emergency and support services. NALHN offers a range of primary health care services across the northern metropolitan area of Adelaide, with a focus on providing preventive and health promoting programs in the community, and transition and hospital substitution and avoidance programs targeted at chronic disease and frail aged.With a workforce of almost 6,500 employees, NALHN works to ensure quality and timely delivery of health care, whilst building a highly skilled, engaged and resilient workforce based on a culture of collaboration, respect, integrity and accountability.Our core values of respect, integrity and accountability underpin our commitment to provide excellence in care, innovation, creativity, leadership and equity in service provision and health outcomes to the Northern area communities.At NALHN Everyone Has a Story, Everyone Matters, Everyone Contributes and Everyone Grows.Benefits of working at NALHN:From salary packaging to flexible working arrangements, a large range of opportunities for movement and career progression, you'll find there are lots of benefits of working with Northern Adelaide Local Health Network.Salary packaging is an option for saving money by paying for some of your everyday expenses from your salary before it is taxed.Across SA Health there are always opportunities for you to develop your skills and career at any of our metropolitan or regional sites.Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants from interstate or overseas.About You:Are you a dedicated, compassionate and enthusiastic Social Worker, Occupational Therapist, Psychologist or Registered Mental Health Nurse looking for an opportunity to join a dynamic, growing healthcare network where you will be part of a supportive team delivering high quality care to the community? If so, then this could be the opportunity for you. This position will offer you professional growth opportunities within a supportive and inclusive culture.In this role you will have strong interpersonal and communication skills which will enable you to successfully problem solve, resolve conflicts and negotiate, including the ability to engage in difficult conversations, whilst building and maintaining relationships. An ability to effectively manage multiple, diverse and competing priorities and demonstrated resilience within a stressful and complex environment is essential to this role.About the Role:An exciting opportunity is presented to work within the Northern Adelaide Local Health Network as a Rehabilitations Coordinator within the Forensic Mental Health Service.Ashton House provides a range of recovery orientated and treatment services, therapy and educative programs to forensic consumers during the period of transition from a secure inpatient setting and the community, or those consumers in the community requiring an intervention to reduce risk of a readmission to a secure unit. Ashton House works closely with the inpatient treating team, community mental health services and other community systems of support and care and across the justice system. The unit offers clinical case assessment and management, rehabilitation and preventative intervention services to consumers who are found Not Guilty By Reason of Mental Impairment under s269 of the Criminal Law Consolidation (Mental Impairment) Amendment Act 1995.The Rehabilitation Coordinator applies clinical experience to support the coordination of the clinical care for the consumers of Ashton House. The Rehabilitation Coordinator provides direction and support to clinical and non-clinical staff and students, provides a point of contact for external agencies such as Community Corrections, NGO's and Community Mental Health Teams and supports consumers, carers and staff with understanding of the complexity of supervision orders.In this role you will work in partnership with the Multi-Disciplinary team to provide evidence based clinical and case management service to consumers in Ashton House. The aim is to ensure that consumers who have been released on licence to Ashton House are supported with their recovery but at the same time managing risk and supporting compliance with supervision orders.To be eligible for this position at AHP2 classification, you must hold an appropriate degree or equivalent qualification for one of the following Allied Health disciplines working in the service, specifically:Must hold an appropriate degree or equivalent qualification which gives eligibility for full membership of the Australian Association of Social Workers.Must hold an appropriate degree or equivalent qualification which entitles registration as an Occupational Therapist with the Occupational Therapy Board of Australia.Must hold an appropriate degree (Master of Clinical or Forensic Psychology) or equivalent qualification as recognised by the PsyBA. Must hold general registration with the PsyBA.To be eligible for this position at RN2C classification, you must be registered as a Nurse by the Nursing/Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) and hold a current practising certificate. Must be enrolled in an approved mental health course or hold a qualification in mental health practice.Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check.Check(s)

• DHS Working With Children Check (WWCC)
• National Police Certificate (NPC) for employment involving unsupervised contact with vulnerable groups required for this position (E.g. aged care employment or work involving vulnerable clients)

Immunisation Risk for this position is - Category A (direct contact with blood or body substances)SA Health Services are required to implement the in the workplace.Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply. Job Ref: 856082EnquiriesAbby BonehamA/Team Leader Ashton HousePhone: (08) 7425 5222E-mail: abby.boneham@sa.gov.auApplication Closing Date5 April 2024 - 11.55PMAttachments

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Flexibility Statement
The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.