• Part time 0.6FTE position
• First Nations People, LGBTIQA+ people, people with
  disability, people of color, public housing residents or people with a lived
  experience are encouraged to apply.
• DSS is committed to child safety and strictly adheres to the
  Reportable Conduct Scheme for organisations. The safeguarding and wellbeing of
  our clients is our core focus. All staff must undergo thorough recruitment
  process including screening and providing evidence of current Working With
  Children Check and National Police Check.

About the role

Drummond Street Services (DS) is
working in partnership with Neami National and Uniting to establish a Mental
Health and Wellbeing Service (MH&WS) in the Latrobe region. The Service is
an innovative solution to deliver on the compelling vision outlined through the
recommendations of the Royal Commission into Victoria’s Mental Health System.
Offering a ‘no wrong door’ approach, the service will support members of the
community to be connected to the right support, providing a holistic approach
to care, addressing a range of social, physical, and emotional needs. The
service will have a strong focus on lived experience and will support a high
engagement, multi-disciplinary team model.

This role is responsible for providing high quality services
to LGBTIQA+ consumers experiencing mental health crisis presenting to the
Latrobe Local Mental Health & Wellbeing Service. As a qualified
practitioner you will draw on your discipline skills, engage with LGBTIQA+
consumers, other practitioners, the consumer’s treatment team, Lived Experience
staff and family/friends/carers to provide high quality assessments and
interventions aimed at improving mental health outcomes for consumers accessing
the Local Mental Health & Wellbeing Service. This position will have a strong
emphasis on preparing the consumer to transition home. This work will focus on clinical
assessment and collaborative care planning. 

Your responsibilities

• Engage LGBTIQA+ consumers and develop trusting and professional
  relationships
• Provide brief and detailed assessment and collaborative care
  plans to consumers. The objective of Exit Planning is to minimise the risk of
  relapse of the consumers following leaving
• Engage consumers, using a strengths-based approach to complete
  a mental health status measurement and a needs assessment.
• Providing support through a range of means, including the
  provision of outreach and centre-based activities.
• Work within a holistic framework taking into account the needs
  of the consumers, family, carers and other members of the community in order to
  ensure tangible outcomes

About you 

• Demonstrated ability to provide counselling and therapeutic
  interventions with positive outcomes for LGBTIQA+ individuals and families
• Highly skilled and experienced counsellor/ practitioner
• Demonstrated capacity to work creatively, show initiative,
  contribute ideas and be active in a supportive team environment in an agency
  working to support individual and family relationships
• Cultural and diversity humility
• Identify as belonging to LGBTIQA+ communities, as well as
  other communities with whom DS assertively engages 

Selection Criteria, all of the following must be addressed in your application
to be considered.

Essential

• Tertiary qualification in Social Work, Family Therapy or
  Psychology and further training in relation to families work
• A minimum of three years’ experience in the family services
  and/or mental health sectors
• Demonstrated knowledge and application of a range of
  therapeutic approaches for individuals, couples, families
• Demonstrated experience with providing supportive counselling
  and case work that supports LGBTIQA+ families with multiple and complex needs
  such as mental health, family violence, AOD issues
• Demonstrated understanding of the needs, issues and
  sensitivities of people from diverse backgrounds including Aboriginal, LGBTIQ
  and culturally and linguistically diverse people and communities
• Identify as belonging to LGBTIQA+ communities
• A valid and current Australian Driver License and access to personal
  vehicle

Application process

• Applications close at midnight on Sunday 27th November 2022
• All applications will be directed to our careers portal – LGBTIQA+
  Mental Health & Wellbeing Practitioner – Latrobe
• All applicants must include a resume with a cover letter
  addressing all the key selection criteria for the position

Please contact Paula Fernandez Arias on 03 9663 6733 or [email protected] to
discuss your application.