Employment Type: Permanent Part Time
Position Classification: Health Clinician Level 3
Remuneration: Depending Upon Qualifications
Hours Per Week: 32 hours per week
Requisition ID: REQ341909
This recruitment may be used to fill future positions via an eligibility list for permanent, full time, part time, temporary and casual positions.
Thank you for your interest in this multi-discipline position with Safeguards Child and Adolescent Mental Health Response Teams. We are currently only recruiting to a Social Worker Level 3, Clinical Psychologist or Senior Psychologist as we have been successful in filling the additional vacancy needs.
What you’ll be doing
Plan, coordinate, and implement clinical expertise and extensive specialised knowledge within nursing to provide evidence based, trauma informed and developmentally appropriate assessment and treatment to children and adolescents (0 to 17 years) in acute mental health distress, and their families.
The Safeguards Team is a new dedicated CAMHS resource designed to provide innovative and best practice care to children and adolescents aged 0-17 years experiencing acute mental health distress. The team is community based and provides rapid, mobile and flexible care to resolve mental health crisis, including assertive outreach, care coordination and time-limited therapeutic interventions.
The Safeguards Team operates 7 days/week with extended hours on weekdays, and will respond to young people in their schools, homes and communities and in hospital-based settings through face to face, phone and telehealth appointments.
This is a District role based at Tuggerah Business Park. The team hours are: Monday to Friday 12:00 to 20:30 and Saturday to Sunday 09:30 to 19:00. The team work on a rotating roster.
Where you’ll be working
Central Coast Local Health District is the largest employer and healthcare provider on the Central Coast. We are committed to providing our staff with a happy, healthy and rewarding workplace. We encourage and support professional development and community engagement. With two acute hospitals, two sub-acute hospitals and eight community health centres we provide the most comprehensive medical service in the region.
As an employer we offer our staff competitive benefits such as salary packaging, a monthly day off, paid maternity and parental leave, flexible work arrangements and professional development programs.
Our district covers a diverse landscape and demographic experience, from thriving urban centres to quiet beachside villages. The Central Coast can offer you a career unlike anywhere else as we straddle the line between metropolitan and rural, giving you a truly comprehensive and unique work experience that will serve you for your whole career.
Stepping Up Website
The ‘Stepping Up’ online resource aims to assist Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander job applicants understand how to apply for roles within NSW Health by clarifying the recruitment and onboarding process. For more information, please visit: https://www.steppingup.health.nsw.gov.au/Pages/Home.aspx
To hear from our team, what it’s like to work with us, you can read their stories on our LinkedIn page.
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For role related queries or questions contact Catherine Merillo on [email protected]
Applications Close: Monday 26 September at 11:59pm 2022
You are encouraged to complete applications on a week day where Technical Support is available Monday to Friday 8.30am to 4.30pm by phoning ROB Help Desk on 1300 679 367.