Wellbeing Support Worker - Core Team Elm

Position DetailsReference Number 65870
Position Title Wellbeing Support Worker - Core Team ELMHS
Employment Type Part Time Ongoing
Entity Monash Health
Department Early in Life Mental Health Service
Location Various Facilities
Position Summary

• Opportunity to work in infant, child & adolescent mental health
• An exciting opportunity to join a thriving engaged multidisciplinary team
• Ongoing opportunities for learning and development

About ELMHSThe Early in Life Mental Health Services (ELMHS) provides assessment and treatment for infants, children, adolescents, young people and their families. We work with the 0-18 age group in the Southern Region. We provide a comprehensive assessment service and a range of treatment options including inpatient treatment in times of crisis, community (outpatient) treatment, group programs, family therapy, and specialist services. We work with families in addressing a number of complex issues that families may be experiencing including school refusal, parent/child relationship difficulties, anxiety, depression, trauma related issues, self-harm, suicidal thinking, eating disorders, neuro developmental presentations and psychosis.A Day in the LifeThe Core Community Treatment Team provides short to medium term treatment for infants, children, adolescents and their families in the City of Casey, City of Greater Dandenong, Shire of Cardinia and the Frankston and Mornington Peninsula area. In this role you will work across the infant and child stream and adolescent stream within a multidisciplinary team led by consultant psychiatrists.The Wellbeing Support Workers provide psychosocial support to young people and their families. This may include supporting engaging with friends, family, school, community programs, developing independent life skills, as well as liaising with and supporting referrals to other mental health supports and/or family support services. They work alongside the mental health clinicians and consultant psychiatrist in the provision of holistic mental health support for young people and their families.We have full time ongoing and part time ongoing opportunities available across our Casey and Frankston sites. No two days will be the same as you work within an established, friendly and supportive team environment, working closely together to care for clients along with providing opportunities for staff development and growth in areas that staff are passionate about. Taking a team focus on delivery of care, our primary focus is on a patient’s safe journey through theatre.We have a strong educational focus and encourage staff to further develop their skills, along with being a part of a friendly and social environment to work in. We are a tight-knit team who are collaborative and support one another and value all of our staff. We offer clinical education sessions, training on the job and career progression to enable you to further develop your Clinical and Leadership skills. This role will suit innovative candidates who strive to learn and embrace emerging practice directions. ELMHS attracts staff who believe that families and individuals have the capacity to change and are instrumental in supporting this process. We are highly driven by internal collaborative relationships and value enthusiastic work practices and enhancing team relationships.What you bringExperience in youth work, mental health support, and/or child and family welfare support. Strong values about inclusion and diversity. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills. Person centred focus, emphasis on providing choice and flexibility. Expected to be enthusiastic, compassionate & able to work collaboratively, able to prioritise and meet deadlines. Be autonomous in work organization and time management. Be adept in problem solving and is a solution focused person.On a personal level, you are:

• dedicated to safe best practice & quality care
• committed to delivering quality care, service & advocacy
• enthusiastic, compassionate & able to work collaboratively
• excited to be accountable for and manage specific portfolios in our relentless pursuit of excellence
• an advocate of Monash Health’s Strategic Guiding Principles

In returnOurs is a connected team with strong shared values and an unwavering commitment to excellence. Ours is also a highly skilled, collaborative and welcoming multidisciplinary team where the only limit in your career is you. As a valuable member of a wider team, we are committed to working with you to become your professional best. There is access to resources to support you in this position, we offer education sessions, on the job training and career progression to enable you to further develop your Clinical and Leadership skills whilst role modelling excellence and delivering a high standard of client(patient) centred care. There is no better time to join us and here’s just a few reasons why:

• access to Monash Health in-house learning portals to further expand your acute clinical skills and knowledge base
• avenues to further develop your leadership and project management skills
• mentorship and career guidance
• support to attend relevant forums and conferences
• a supportive learning environment, should you wish to undertake postgraduate studies

Monash Health is a great place to workTo learn more about our organisation visit monashhealth.org.To see first-hand what our colleagues think about working here, take a look at the following short videos: monashhealth.org/careers.Monash Health is Victoria’s largest and most comprehensive health service. For more than 170 years, Monash Health and its predecessors have provided safe, high-quality healthcare for people at every life stage. With 25,500 employees, we provide care to south-eastern metropolitan Melbourne and rural Victoria from over 40 locations, via telehealth, within local communities and in people’s homes.We recognise the value of equal employment opportunity. We are committed to patient safety, promoting fairness, equity and diversity in the workplace and to Child Safe Standards. At Monash Health we are relentless in our pursuit of excellence and work to our six guiding principles and our five ICare values.How to ApplyApplications are accepted via the Monash Health online Mercury System (e-recruit).For information including how to apply and probity check requirements, refer to attached ‘Application Guide’ located under Position DocumentsApplications will be screened upon receipt and selection activity may commence prior to the closing date.Respectfully, applications from recruitment agencies will not be accepted
Selection Criteria A current Victorian driver's licenseCertificate IV in Mental Health/Mental Health Peer Work/Welfare/Youth WorkA minimum of two years experience working with clients (with children, young people, families)
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