Senior Mental Health Clinician ICYMHS

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• Fantastic Opportunity to Join the Youth Brief Intervention Service (YBIS) team at Austin Health

Austin Health is the major provider of tertiary health services, health professional education and research across three campuses in the North East of Melbourne and state-wide.  We have a highly engaged, diverse and collaborative workforce that is unified by our purpose, which is to help people live healthy and fulfilled lives. 

About Infant, Child, and Youth Mental Health Services

ICYMHS provides tertiary mental health services to the north-eastern catchment of Melbourne (currently the local government areas of Banyule, Boroondara, Darebin, Nillumbik, Whittlesea, and Yarra).   

About the Role

The ICYMHS YBIS Team within Austin Health plays a crucial role in providing early, community-based, brief assessment and intervention sessions for young people 12-25 presenting with low to medium acuity mental health needs. As a team member you will work closely with community partners – headspace, schools etc, you will be an integral and highly valued member of the multidisciplinary team

Its an exciting time to join us a Austin ICYMHS as we navigate partnership work with the community to better support young people needing to access mental health supports

You will:

• Display a clear understanding of and practice in the principles of recovery-orientated, trauma-informed and family-centred, collaborative practice and expertise in engaging young people and their families within a range of settings
• Provide high quality, evidence-based clinical at an individual or family-system level as indicated by clinical need within available resources
• Work closely and collaboratively with ICYMHS teams and lead partnerships with community agencies and headspaces.

About You

You will bring:

• A strong passion and background in supporting mental health and wellbeing of young people and their families.
• An extensive understanding of recovery-focused care and an ability to work from a strengths-based approach.
• Willingness to participate in ongoing training and supervision as part of your role.
• Strong understanding of and connections with community supports and agencies working with young people, their families and communities
• A commitment to ensuring safe, best-practice care that puts consumers at the heart of the decision-making process.

If you're dedicated to delivering compassionate, patient-centred care and want to make a real difference in the lives of young people, we encourage you to apply. Join us at Austin Health and be part of a dynamic multi-disciplinary team committed to transforming lives through mutual support, understanding, and recovery.

Our benefits

Working at Austin Health means enjoying a strong sense of purpose, engaging in meaningful work every day. Our people also receive a variety of rewarding benefits, including:

• Greater take-home pay through generous salary packaging benefits, for living expenses, meals and holiday accommodation
• A suite of wellness initiatives designed to support you, including discounts on fitness memberships and health insurance, and a comprehensive wellbeing program
• Mentoring and career development opportunities
• Onsite childcare, easy access via public transport, car parking and end of journey facilities for cyclists

Work with us!

We are committed to cultural safety and health equity for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander People. We celebrate, value, and include people of all backgrounds, genders, identities, cultures, bodies, and abilities. We welcome and support applications from talented people identifying as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, people with disability, neurodiverse people, LGBTQIA+ and people of all ages and cultures.

If you feel this role is right for you, we encourage your early application. Applications will be reviewed as they are received, and the interviews may take place prior to the closing date. This means we reserve the right to close a job ad prior to the advertised closing date.

All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory National Police Check and if required, a Working With Children Check. If you require any reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process, you are welcome to reach out to the hiring manager: Sue Wells at Sue.Wells@austin.org.au.

Interested in finding out more about this opportunity? Read the position description for further details.

Application closing date: 2 February 202