Senior Youth Mental Health Clinician – KEYS out of home care initiative

• Providing mental health assessment, consultation and intervention as part of the KEYS initiative: a new approach to supporting highly vulnerable young people in the out-of-home care system.

• Three year fixed term (with possibility of extension)
• part-time role | 8 days per fortnight (will consider smaller EFT fractions)
• Based in Sunshine (and outposted to St Albans)

Your new team

Orygen Specialist Programs (OSP), a program of The Royal Melbourne Hospital, provides mental health services to young people aged 15-25 (soon to be 12-25) and their families/carers in Melbourne’s northwest and western suburbs.

The KEYS (Keep Embracing Your Success) initiative is a cooperative of providers, including Anglicare Victoria, YSAS and VACCA, and Orygen, delivering a ‘treatment’ residential care model to young people in out-of-home residential care facility in St Albans.  At Orygen, the KEYS senior mental health clinician sits within the HYPE program.

 Your new role

 A multidisciplinary role open to Grade 3 Registered Psychiatric Nurses and Grade 2 Occupational Therapists, Social Workers and Psychologists. In this role, you will:

• provide mental health consultation, assessment and recommendations for the young people in the KEYS program, as well as treatment to those who may benefit from direct treatment;

• In collaboration with a HYPE Clinical Specialist, support the facilitation of a group reflective practice for the interdisciplinary team;
• Provide inclusive and sensitive practice to young people and their families/carers from Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander, CALD and LGBTQIA backgrounds.

The KEYS mental health approach will draw on several frameworks – including ERIC (Emotional Regulation Impulse Control) and TCI (Therapeutic Crisis Intervention), integrated with HYPE’s model of Relational Clinical Care.

About You:

• Registration and qualifications in a relevant area of practice (see position description for details);
• A minimum of 5 years’ experience in clinical practice within the mental health field, including young people experiencing mental health disorders;
• Experience providing mental health assessment, risk assessments, diagnostic formulations and treatment with young people who experience complex emotional, relational and behavioural difficulties and their families and carers;
• Ability to work collaboratively and effectively with young people and their families;
• Capacity to develop effective working relationships, collaborations and partnerships with a range of services such as primary care, child protection, family services and AOD agencies;
• Demonstrated interpersonal and communication skills (written and verbal) as well as abilities in problem solving and negotiation.

Benefits of working with Orygen Specialist Program:

• You will enjoy excellent work-life balance. We want you to stay long term!
• Join us during this inspiring time of growth and change – career progression opportunities to suit your professional development goals.
• Salary packaging, onsite car parking and close to public transport.
• Comprehensive Health & Wellbeing Programs including; Staff Medical Service, Employee Assistance Program, Peer Support Program – run by our dedicated employees

The RMH is proud to be a workplace that champions diversity, inclusion and equality for our staff and our community. Our goal is for our people to feel safe, included and supported so that they can be at their best every single day. We encourage talented people from all backgrounds, abilities and identities to apply to our vacancies, and will consider adjustments to support such applications.

Interested?

If you are looking for a varied and interesting role with scope to develop a range of skills, and you can demonstrate the above capabilities, connect with us for a confidential discussion.

Please note: recruitment is ongoing, with interviews commencing as soon as suitable applications are received. Advertising may cease prior to the closing date.

All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Record Check and a Working with Children Check. Successful applicants will be required to provide evidence of an immunisation assessment and COVID-19 Vaccination prior to commencement.