Employment Type: Permanent Full Time
Position Classification: Occupational Therapist Level 4, Social Worker Level 4, Clinical Psychologist 
Remuneration: Dependant on Qualifications
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: REQ441206

Where you’ll be working
Western Sydney Local Health District (WSLHD) is responsible for providing primary and secondary health care for people living in the Auburn, Blacktown, and The Hills Shire, Holroyd and Parramatta Local Government Areas (LGAs) and tertiary care to residents of the Greater Western Region. We are committed to our vision of ‘better health services for the people of western Sydney and beyond’ and to the delivery of health care or related services in line with our core values of collaboration, openness, respect and empowerment.

What you’ll be doing

This primary purpose of the Towards Zero Suicide Service Manager is to manage and develop the Towards Zero Suicide (TZS) Services, namely Safe Haven and the Suicide Prevention Outreach Team (SPOT). Western Sydney Local Health District (WSLHD) delivers two TZS suicide prevention services, Safe Haven and SPOT. Both services aim to provide an alternative to presenting to Emergency Department for people experiencing suicidal distress or in suicidal crisis. Safe Haven is a non-clinical drop-in service operationalised by a team of Peer Workers with lived experience of suicide. SPOT provides mobile outreach by a team of Peer Workers and Senior Mental Health Clinicians (SMHC). Both services have been co-designed with people with lived experience and health professionals and adopt a compassionate care model to support consumer (also referred to as patients or clients) centric service provisions.

 

Benefits of working within Western Sydney Local Health District:

 

·       Paid Allocated Day Off (ADO) every month, in addition to your annual leave (For fulltime staff)

·       Salary Packaging – lowers your taxable income and increases your take-home pay. (Applicable for eligible employees)  http://wslhdintranet.wsahs.nsw.gov.au/salary-packaging-with-smartsalary 

·       Meal entertainment lowers your taxable income and increases your take-home pay.  (Applicable for eligible employees) http://wslhdintranet.wsahs.nsw.gov.au/salary-packaging-with-smartsalary

·       Employee Assistance Program (EAP) professional counselling and coaching service that offers confidential, short-term support for work-related and personal issues, which you and your immediate family can access

·       Managers Support – Employee Assistance Program (EAP) professional consultative service for all managers, HR or senior staff that is confidential and unlimited for people management support

·       Fitness Passport – permanent employees and their immediate family members can sign-up for this affordable membership which allows access to an extensive range of gyms, pools and fitness services from multiple providers across NSW, (not available for temp employees- remove if position temporary)

·       Generous leave conditions in accordance with NSW Health (State) awards

·       Recognition of prior relevant service may be considered toward commencing salary 

·       Leave may be transferrable from other public sector agencies in accordance with leave mobility provisions

 

People with disabilities who meet the selection criteria are encouraged to apply; and where required, WSLHD will implement reasonable adjustment consistent with industry standard.

 

Stepping Up aims to assist Aboriginal job applicants by providing information about applying for roles in NSW Health organisations.  For more information, please visit: https://www.steppingup.health.nsw.gov.au/  Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people are encouraged to apply.

 

Westmead and Blacktown hospital car parking allocation model is changing. There is a waitlist for parking for new staff commencing at Westmead Hospital. This does not apply for staff with disability.

 

Please note: To be eligible for permanent appointment you must hold current Australian work rights (I.E Australian citizen, permanent resident or NZ citizen with a current passport)

Essential Criteria:

Qualification: Tertiary qualification in relevant mental health related discipline. 

Registration: Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) Registration or with relevant governing body for Psychology and Occupational Therapy.

Selection Criteria:

1. Tertiary qualifications, professional registration/membership as follow, plus demonstrated minimum three years of clinical experience in mental health and/or suicide prevention: • Occupational Therapy – minimum bachelor’s degree and general registration with AHPRA, and extensive specialist knowledge or a high level of broad generalist knowledge. • Social Work – minimum bachelor’s degree and eligibility for membership of AASW, and extensive specialist knowledge or a high level of broad generalist knowledge • Senior Psychologist – a four-year degree in psychology, being a three-year degree with a fourth-year honours in psychology; or qualifications deemed equivalent by the employer, full registration with the Psychology Board of Australia and 9 years’ experience. • Clinical Psychology – master’s degree or higher in clinical psychology plus full registration as a psychologist and endorsement to practice as a clinical psychologist with AHPRA.
2. Demonstrated experience as a senior mental health clinician with proven clinical skills in community mental health triage, comprehensive assessments, evidence-based therapeutic interventions, provision of collaborative care and strong working knowledge of the NSW Mental Health Act (2007). Specifically reference any experience working in an Acute setting and/or with people at risk of suicide.
3. Demonstrated experience in working with lived experience workforce, including understanding of the voice of lived experience and the role of the Peer Work across the Towards Zero Suicide Initiative
4. Ability to initiate, lead, implement broad capacity building or quality improvement initiatives that enable service change to accomplish service goals and/or improve consumer care and outcomes.
5. Demonstrated recent experience in leading a multidisciplinary team and supporting a healthy workplace culture, including communication skills to negotiate, motivate change and navigate conflict (resolution) within the workplace.
6. Demonstrated exceptional interpersonal and communication skills both verbal and written, with the ability to give presentations, produce report and brief writing, liaise effectively with internal and external stakeholders across all levels of the organisation and community.
7. Demonstrated ability to work independently with minimum supervision with high level organisational skills, strong time management strategies, as well as problem solving and decision-making skills.
8. Self-sufficiency in computing including ability to work with the Microsoft Office suite, current NSW Driver’s License minimum P2.

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For role related queries or questions contact Rowena Saheb on [email protected]

Applications Close: 5th November 2023