The Youth Access Early Intervention Worker is responsible for the delivery of a range of evidence based interventions and youth friendly models that facilitate early help seeking behaviour and seamless access to early intervention mental health, Alcohol and Other Drugs (AoD) and wellbeing services across all relevant programs and services.
They will maintain a client caseload, and will deliver high quality early intervention services, within scope of practice, that are culturally appropriate and family inclusive and which support young people and their families and friends to build the knowledge and skills to improve and maintain their mental wellbeing and resilience.
The position is required to undertake training in psychosocial assessment, risk assessment and risk management, in addition to Brief Intervention models of psychological therapy, and to participate in regular supervision and multi-disciplinary case review meetings.
Key strategies to be employed will include:
- Undertake psycho-social assessments to identify presenting needs and formulate goals that are developmentally appropriate to young people’s needs.
- Facilitating seamless access to services through internal and external systems.
- Use creative and assertive approaches to engage young people in early help seeking behaviour including counselling, care coordination, family work, brief interventions and single session interventions, group work, use of digital supports and peer-led services.
- Provide interim support for those waiting for allocation for higher intensity interventions.
- Delivery of community awareness, mental health literacy and youth participation activities.
In this role, the position is expected to have a sound knowledge of the practice frameworks and principles and processes of relevant legislation pertaining to young people at risk.
BENEFITS
- Above Award Salary
- Attractive Not For Profit Salary Packaging benefits
- Monthly Wellbeing Day (Full time employees, pro rata for Part Time)
- Excellent Learning & development Opportunities
For further information please contact Julia Winstanley, Clinical Lead on 5561 8888 or via [email protected]
TO APPLY
Please use the Application Form https://app.smartsheet.com/b/form/a174b1d088854acb8f4fef272d74c704
ABOUT BROPHY
Brophy Family & Youth Services have been supporting children, young people, families and the south west Victorian community for almost 50 years. We live here; this is our community; we believe in people and in their ability to create the life they want.
At Brophy you will join a team of just over 180 employees delivering over 40 programs and services across areas including youth engagement, mental health, family violence, foster care, housing support, employment support and disability services.
At Brophy our Vision is not just focussed externally on our community – we feel just as passionate about our employees being meaningfully connected through their roles with us to create the life they want, and that as a workforce we achieve this together through innovation and relationships, creating new horizons towards an advantaged community.
APPLICATIONS CLOSE 14 NOVEMBER 2022