- Women’s and Children’s Health Network, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) – Multiple locations (Metro Northern, Central Metro and Southern Country)
- Salary
- Classification – AHP1 – Allied Health Professional L1 – $67,466 to $82,359
- Employment Full time – Term Contract (temporary 12-month contract)
Overview
The Women’s & Children’s Health Network provides state of the art health care for women, babies, children and young people across South Australia. We are the state’s leading provider of specialist care for children with acute and chronic conditions as well as being SA’s largest maternity and obstetric service.
Our community-based services also reach hundreds of thousands of babies, children and young people, their families and communities across South Australia through our various services and programs in areas such as our Mental Health, Child & Family Health services, Youth Health and Aboriginal Health services.
Join our team and contribute to providing South Australia’s women, babies, children and young people with the best health care through both within our hospital or via our many and varied community services and programs.
Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS)
The Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) is a free community-based tertiary mental health service provided through the WCHN across South Australia, providing care to those with severe and/or complex mental health needs. CAMHS provides services to: infants / children / young people up to 18 (16 in some areas) for community, state-wide and hospital-based services for perinatal women.
Our services include:
- Triage of mental health difficulties
- Comprehensive mental health assessment
- Individual and family therapy
- Group programmes
- Information provision to parents/carers and key partners such as schools, GPs, hospitals, government and nongovernment organisations
Our multi-disciplinary teams include:
- Aboriginal Mental Health Workers
- Administration Workers
- Lived Experience and peer workers
- Nurses
- Occupational Therapists
- Psychologists
- Psychiatrists
- Speech Pathologists
- Social Workers
The Opportunity
Exciting opportunities exist within CAMHS to join us as a Social Worker or Occupational Therapist and be a part of our AHP1 Graduate Program.
What to expect from the CAMHS AHP1 Graduate Program:
- Structured support and networking for new graduate allied health professionals
- Shared learning and positive organisational culture
- A development program that enables participants to build their knowledge and skills in child adolescent mental health
- Structured reflective learning days
- Coordinated learning of CAMHS Competencies and application to clinical practice
- Experience working within multidisciplinary team environments and with different consumer population groups
About You
To be successful in this role, you will have:
- Strong written and verbal communication skills as well as the ability to work with other professionals as a team member
- Demonstrated commitment to the development of personal and professional skills
- Knowledge of a variety of assessment and intervention models for working with children, adolescents and families
- The ability to work with a high degree of responsibility
To find out the specifics, including the key selection criteria and special conditions, please go to the attached role description as well as the Information Sheet and Frequently Asked Questions.
Benefits of Joining us
Not only will you be able to use your skills and abilities in a both a challenging and rewarding role contributing to some of South Australia’s most vulnerable women, babies, children and young people, you will also receive and attractive annual salary package with employer superannuation contributions and leave loading as well as the opportunity to maximise your salary through salary sacrifice arrangements.
Application Instructions
You will be required to attach a 1-2 page cover letter addressing the key selection criteria of the role and a current résumé/curriculum vitae prior to clicking ‘Submit Application’. It is recommended to allow enough time to complete the whole application as the system times out after one hour of inactivity.
Other Important Information
The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working part-time.
Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.
Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check and appropriate immunisation requirements.
Check(s)
- DHS Working With Children Check (WWCC)
- National Police Certificate (NPC) for employment involving unsupervised contact with vulnerable groups required for this position (E.g. aged care employment or work involving vulnerable clients)
Immunisation Risk for this position is – Category B
SA Health Services are required to implement the Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and vaccination policy in the workplace.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply. Job ref: 851006
Enquiries
Social Work
Cheryl Lowe
Principal Social Worker
Phone: 8252 0133
E-mail: [email protected]
Occupational Therapy
Emily Lowe
Occupational Therapy Principal Lead
E-mail: [email protected]
Application Closing Date: Tuesday 2 January 2024 – 11.55PM
Attachments
AHP1 – Social Worker – CAMHS – 851006.pdf
AHP1 – Occupational Therapist – CAMHS – 851006.pdf
Information Sheet CAMHS AHP1 Graduate Program.pdf
Frequently Asked Questions CAMHS AHP1 Graduate Program .pdf
Australian applicant guidelines