Aboriginal Mental Health and SEWB Professional - Trainee - REDC

• You are passionate about achieving success within YAMHS model of care to improve mental health for our mob that is sustainable and incorporates the social and emotional wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people located in your local community.
• You will be dedicated to create a culturally safe and supportive environment within the team and model self-care.
• You will be expected to be able to provide cultural knowledge and advice to our non-Aboriginal colleagues and stakeholders about local cultural protocols and the importance of incorporating holistic social and emotional wellbeing care.
• You will have the strength and passion to enhance Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander consumers’ engagement with Mental Health service by listening and learning from our communities lived experience.
• You will be a voice and work alongside our Elders & Aboriginal communities and work in partnership with Aboriginal organisations to improve culturally appropriate mental health service delivery.
• You will contribute to a new, supportive environment focused on treating eating disorders.
• You will integrate healing in collaboration with mob and community to improve mental health and social emotional wellbeing care for Aboriginal clients.

How you'll be supported:
You will be supported by a number of Deadly teams and managed by an Aboriginal service manager and day to day support from senior Aboriginal clinicians and non-clinical staff and of course your trainee colleagues! As an Aboriginal staff member you will have opportunities to attend Aboriginal mental health and networking forums and continue to network and work closely with local Aboriginal services and communities. YAMHS also offer Gayaa Dhuwi (Proud Spirit) Cultural clinical supervision framework to ensure your success in this position. Gayaa Dhuwi is one of our strategies in HNE mental health service to achieve sustainable employment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the public health sector. We know as Aboriginal people we need to work in a cultural responsiveness workplace which holds culture as central to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and wellbeing. The supervision framework allows ongoing reflective practice and life-long learning, it enables growth for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staff to become leaders, it is relationship focused and is person and community centred. It appreciates diversity between groups, families and communities and requires access to knowledge about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories, peoples and cultures. YAMHS value belonging, connection, respect, connectedness and the ability to embrace and to celebrate our Deadly culture which is an important factor when you come to work every day, you want to be happy and feel safe and supported.

Requirements:

• Holds or aspires to hold Certificate 4 in Mental Health, or other related field and ability to be accepted into a university degree.
• Ability to commit to a 3 year traineeship which includes successfully completing clinical record workload requirements, university degree through distance education, attendance to residential schools in Bathurst or Wagga Wagga and university clinical placements across HNELHD.
• Current licence to drive in NSW and the ability to travel as required.

Additional information:

• An eligibility list will be created for future temporary full or part time vacancies.

Hunter New England Local Health District is dedicated to fostering a child-safe environment that respects and upholds the rights of children and young people, aligned with NSW Health’s commitment to implementing the Child Safe Standards. We aim to ensure that children and young people feel safe, supported, and included in their care. All current and prospective staff are expected to prioritise the safety, welfare, and well-being of children and young people, actively working to protect them from harm and abuse.