Team LeaderCommunity Team 1C – Senior Community Mental Health Key Clinician
- Adult Community Mental Health
- Team with homeless portfolio based in CBD of Melbourne
- Combination of assertive outreach in the community and clinic-based work
- Full Time or Part Time negotiable – Permanent
- Lead and role model the delivery of evidence-based treatment and interventions, ensuring the provision of high-quality assertive outreach and care coordination of services to adults experience mental health issues as well as homelessness.
- Contribute to team functions including coordination and allocation of referrals, new patient assessments, recovery planning, intake and rostered activities.
- Be responsible for developing partnerships and collaboration between relevant agencies and service.
- Work with a team of enthusiastic multidiscipline professionals providing assertive outreach and high-quality care to some of Melbourne’s most marginalised people.
- Develop and apply mental health interventions suitable for our consumer cohort that will assist with their recovery.
- Interested in working with homeless consumers directly in the community.
- Possess formal qualifications and registration as a Registered Psychiatric Nurse, Occupational Therapist, Psychologist or Social Worker.
- Able to work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team.
- Knowledge of effective evidence-based interventions appropriate to low prevalence disorders such as schizophrenia, bipolar affective disorder, personality disorder, relapse prevention and substance abuse.
- Leadership skills including initiative, advanced communication skills and the capacity and willingness to further develop these
- Demonstrate extensive experience in the provision of specialist services in public mental health settings with a strong focus on local communities and inter-agency specific knowledge.
- Career progression opportunities to suit your professional development goals.
- Enjoy excellent work-life balance working in a supportive and collaborative team
- Salary packaging, well serviced by public transport.
- Excellent training, education and development options.
- Interesting variety of work in a very welcoming team, in a unique setting and location.
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