AddressThis is a Permanent Full Time position.
About Our Team:
The Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) in Western Australia offer support, advice and treatment to children and adolescents from birth to 18 years who are experiencing mental health challenges.
As an integral part of the wider CAMHS Corporate team, the Learning and Development Team coordinates, creates, evaluates, and delivers Learning and Development programs to CAMHS employees, to enable the safe delivery of mental health services. The team also works collaboratively with the Child and Adolescent Health Services (CAHS) ‘Learning Academy’ to support access to mandatory training, and the development and growth of our staff through diverse Learning and Development programs.
About the Role:
As the Senior Coordinator, Learning and Development, you will oversee an experienced Learning and Development Team, manage internal and external stakeholder requests, and allocate team resources to meet individual, team and organisational need. You will have an excellent understanding of instructional design and education delivery within a complex, multi-disciplinary environment.
You will work across CAMHS to align education and training program delivery with strategic and operational goals, and bring your subject matter expertise in Learning and Development.
CAMHS is continually evolving our services with a focus on enabling safe and best practices in the way we deliver care; the Senior Coordinator, Learning and Development will be instrumental in enabling this. Come join our team and play a part in shaping the state of mental health service in WA!
Applied knowledge and/or relevant experience in CAMHS or population health services is desirable. Tertiary qualifications in management, education, training, health, social science or equivalent is desirable.
About our CAMHS Directorates
- Community CAMHS– Community CAMHS offers mental health assessment and multidisciplinary intervention for children and young people up to the age of 18 years.
- Specialist Services and Day Programs– The Specialist Services and Day Programs consists of Complex Attention and Hyperactivity Disorder Service, Multisystemic Therapy, Pathways and Touchstone. These programs support children and young people who have complex mental health needs.
- Acute CAMHS– Acute CAMHS, based at Perth Children’s Hospital has a mental health inpatient unit (Ward 5A), Paediatric Consultation Liaison, Eating Disorder Service and Gender Diversity Service.
CAHS values: To achieve our vision of healthy kids, healthy communities, CAHS is committed to providing a workplace culture that is driven and shaped by our values of Compassion, Collaboration, Equity, Respect, Excellence and Accountability. During the selection process you may be assessed on your ability to fulfil the responsibilities of this position in accordance with the values. For further information about the benefits of working for CAHS and our services please click here.
Our Values guide our work in every action, and that includes recruitment and employment! CAHS encourages Aboriginal people, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds or LGBTI communities, and people with disability to work with us. Whatever your age, race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, and family/carer responsibilities are, we ask that you consider bringing your expertise to our workforce.
Role related questions: We encourage you to contact Dr. Simon Davies, Director Specialised Services, at 08 6389 58***or with any specific questions related to this role.
Application Instructions: Applicants are requested to apply online (www.jobs.health.wa.gov.au).
