Secu Diversion Outreach Clinician

The Opportunity:

The SECU Diversion Service provides intensive psychosocial recovery-focused support on an assertive outreach basis to consumers who have a psychosis and/or mood disorder, a consistent pattern of problematic engagement or significant treatment resistance, and who are currently assessed as high risk as a result of the impact of their mental disorder.

The service works collaboratively with the consumer’s clinical team, delivering social, occupational, psychological, psychoeducational, family and community recovery focused interventions. The overarching goal of SECU Diversion is to improve treatment engagement, care and social participation of high-risk/high-need consumers. The Secure Diversion Service aims to strengthen the capacity of community teams to more effectively manage clients with extremely severe symptomatology and associated high risk behaviours in the community. It enables the client to be adequately and safely supported in the community while they wait for admission, are working toward a discharge from a Secure Extended Care Unit (SECU) or as an alternative response to admission to a SECU.

We have two positions on offer for suitable candidates:

• Full Time, 80 hours per fortnight or
• Part Time, 64 hours per fortnight

To be successful in this role you will have:

• Experience and good working knowledge of working in mental health.
• Clinical expertise in assessment, risk management and decision making in the delivery of treatment and interventions to clients, maximizing participation in collaborative recovery and wellness planning.
• Specialist consultation and appropriate evidenced based interventions and intensive support to assist in better outcomes for clients and families/carers.
• An understanding of the philosophical foundations, processes and environments that support recovery;
• An ability to support and facilitate consumers’ use of resilience and strength so that they might experience positive self-image, hope and motivation, and be supported to live the lifestyle and the culture of their choice;
• Demonstrated skills in liaise and work collaboratively alongside IPU, ED, EMH, CL, PACER, CCU, PARC and Community Teams

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.

For detailed position information, please refer to the key result areas, major responsibilities and selection criteria within the Position Description here.

For further details, please contact:

Benny Sebastian Team Leader or

Fiona Jeal SECU Program Manager 7025 0800

Applications close 26th January 2024.