• Applications close: by COB on Wednesday 14/09/2022
• Generous Salary Packaging
• Employee Assistance Program available
   
• Fixed term until 30/06/2023
• Full time (76 hours per fortnight)
• Remuneration SCHCADS level 5 dependent on qualifications and experience  + 10.5 % Employer superannuation
   

About us 

Youth Support + Advocacy Service (YSAS) is one of Australia’s largest and most comprehensive, youth specific community service organisation that enables young people experiencing serious disadvantage to access the resources and support they require to lead healthy and fulfilling lives.

YSAS is a Child Safe organisation. We actively promote the safety and wellbeing of young people, and are committed to protecting young people from harm or abuse who come into contact with and/or access our service. Applicants must undergo rigorous screening and recruitment processes, including providing evidence of current WWCC and National Police Check.      

About the position

The BounceBack Program is commissioned through the SEMPHN, and supports young people (12-25 years) with severe mental illness who have complex needs and will benefit from a flexible and responsive service offering therapy, case management and coordination of their care over an extended period of time.  This role will ensure that the care delivered to young people is of the highest possible standard and that young people and their families/carers receive timely, responsive and appropriate services to meet their presenting and emerging needs. 

This role will conduct assessments, provide evidence based mental health interventions and psychosocial interventions, case management, coordination of multidisciplinary care, develop service linkages, and provide co-delivery of groups and services with other clinicians. 

Some of your key responsibilities will be 

1. Ensuring appropriate triaging and monitoring of young people coming through the intake process, via phone, face to face and young people who ‘drop in’
2. Promote coordination of intake and referral processes both within headspace and external services particularly the Emergency Departments and GP’s and assist other team members with this.
3. Provide secondary consultation to other staff regarding the initial screening of young people to identify those with mental health or drug and alcohol problems, or young people who may be at risk.
4. Provide relevant mental health related information, psycho-education for mental health and drug and alcohol problems, information on services available and how to access these to young people, families and the wider community.
5. Work in partnership with other headspace senior clinicians to support young people accessing the Emergency Department and assist in the identification and support of those young people at increased risk of self-harm and suicide.
6. Manage a case load of complex and higher risk young people which may include:

• Providing community outreach, provide assertive monitoring where clinically indicated and undertake shared care.
• Delivering brief psychosocial interventions, using evidence- based approaches, to young people and their families.
• Liaising with and advocate with external stakeholders within the community, particularly for family support for referral and shared care for young people and their families.

For full details of the position, please visit our website www.ysas.org.au

Please note:

1. YSAS is a safe workplace and requires staff to be fully vaccinated (two doses plus booster) or a valid medical exemption to prevent the spread of COVID-19. YSAS will request evidence in the pre-employment stage.
2. Service delivery aspects of the role may be modified in order to comply with Victorian Government COVID-19 guidelines.
3. As part of our Employment screening process you will be required to undertake a National Criminal History check and have a current Working with Children Check.
4. You must have Australian work rights to apply for this position
    

If you have the skills, experience and share our passion this is your opportunity to contribute to make a difference to the lives of seriously disadvantaged young people. 

Please apply via our employment page, by clicking the Apply button below.

Further Enquiries

For a confidential discussion about the position, please contact Sharon Schneider-Loos, Clinical Manager, on 97696419 regarding the position of Recovery Clinician – 082_2022.

• YSAS is an equal opportunity employer and we welcome applications from all sectors of the community.
• YSAS has a zero tolerance for child abuse and is committed to the provision of a child-safe organisation.