Community Clinician Child and Youth Mental Health Safeguards program
An exciting opportunity exists for a Health Clinician to join the community-based Child and Youth Mental Health Safeguards team. The team provides rapid, mobile, intensive and flexible short-term delivery of skilled evidence-based therapeutic interventions. This may include individual and family therapy, parenting interventions, group work, and systemic intervention in collaboration with wider systems (e.g., educational, non-government, DJC, and private providers).
Safeguards services will operate a proportion of its services in extended hours (e.g., early evening, weekends) to improve access to intervention for children, young people, and their families after school or work (penalty rates applicable for after-hours).
Employment Type: Temporary Part Time until 30 June 2025 (with possibility of ongoing employment)
Remuneration: Dependent on Qualifications
Hours Per Week: 32
Requisition ID: REQ540868
Salary (per hour):
Allied Health Professionals: $56.69 - $58.52
Clinical Nurse Specialist (Grade 2): $57.11 - $58.99
Clinical Psychologist: $55.10 - $67.16
Who we are: We are a health service that touches thousands of lives across the Northern Sydney Local Health District, together as a team of like-minded people. We are passionate, driven and have the skills and knowledge to care for our patients whilst creating the best services possible. Our teams have meaningful, interesting and rewarding work everyday. We challenge and nurture each other, sharing our knowledge and experience so that we can deliver better care for everyone There’s a real sense of belonging here because we value and respect our patients, employees, and teams’ voices. You’ll feel a real privilege being a trusted caregiver in our patients, their families, their carers, and our communities’ lives.
NSLHD is proud of our diverse and inclusive workplaces, a place where health care professionals can thrive and feel they belong. We are committed to ensure that all our people feel respected and participate safely within a work environment without aggression, sexual harassment, discrimination, and racism.
Where you'll be working
Ryde & Lower North Shore Community CYMHS
What you'll be doing
- attachment informed brief therapy for young people experiencing suicidal thoughts and behaviour
- applied Dialectical Behaviour Therapy- A (DBT-A) and attachment based safety planning intervention; parenting and family therapy for emotion and behavioural problems
- assessment and brief systemic consultation for children and young people presenting with acute mental health problems.
NSLHD Child Youth Mental Health Service (CYMHS) has an excellent track record in developing and implementing innovative and strengths-based therapeutic interventions. The Safeguards program will work alongside and be integrated with our established programs to provide a new early and brief intervention program.
People of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander background encouraged to apply.
Candidates will need to meet the following criteria:
- Relevant tertiary qualifications in Clinical Psychology, Social Work, Occupational Therapy or Nursing. Clinical Psychologists must have minimum postgraduate Masters degree or higher in Clinical Psychology and current registration with AHPRA. For Social Work, experience as a Level 2 clinician and eligibility for membership of AASW. Occupational Therapist must have current AHPRA registration and experience as a Level 2 clinician. Clinical Nurse Specialist Grade 2 must have AHPRA registration as a registered nurse and relevant post-registration qualifications and at least 3 years’ experience working in the clinical area of their specified post-graduate qualification.
- Relevant clinical mental health experience in a community setting which includes working with children and/or adolescents and their families.
- Demonstrated knowledge and skills in the assessment, formulation and treatment of infant, child and adolescent mental health problems and family relationship problems.
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For role related queries or questions contact Karen Dawson on Karen.Dawson1@health.nsw.gov.au or 02 9485 6155
This is a NSW Health Category A position which requires immunisation and screening for certain diseases. The full list of requirements are outlined in the NSW Health OASV Policy (Page 11). You will be required to complete the OASV Undertaking/ Declaration Form and TB Assessment Tool during the recruitment process. Please upload this with your application along with any other vaccination evidence that you may have.
NSW Health is committed to implementing the Child Safe Standards.
Applications Close: 5 January 2025
Tentative Interview date: 16 January 2025
