CYMHS Senior Intake Clinician
Employment Type: Temporary Part Time until 29 June 2025 (with possibility of ongoing employment)
Position Classification: Allied Health Professional (Level 4)
Remuneration: $61.36 - $62.84 per hour
Hours Per Week: 24
Requisition ID: REQ557581
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.
Where you'll be working
Brookvale Community Health Centre, Child and Youth Mental Health Service
What you'll be doing
The Senior Social Worker will provide expert clinical leadership and supervision of the Social Work services within the Northern Beaches Child and Youth Mental Health Service (NB CYMHS). The position will also carry a clinical load and will be responsible for providing evidence-informed mental health assessment and therapeutic intervention to children and young people, their families and carers. The Senior Social Worker will be required to exercise independent clinical judgement, initiative, and problem-solving skills to provide senior clinical support to the multi-disciplinary clinicians, including Social Workers, within the CYMHS team and to other relevant stakeholders. The Senior Social Worker may be required to act up into the Clinical Lead position during absences where indicated and delegated by the Service Manager or Service Director. The Senior Social Worker will be expected to be active in the areas of service development, service evaluation, and staff and student teaching/supervision.
People of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander background are encouraged to apply.
Candidates will need to meet the following criteria:
- Relevant tertiary qualifications in Social Work and eligibility for membership with AASW. Allied Health Professional requires experience as a level 2 clinician.
- Demonstrated comprehensive training/qualifications and skills in assessment, formulation and providing treatment for children and adolescents affected by mental health problems, their families/carers and broader system of care through evidence-based individual, group and parent-focused therapies such as CBT, DBT, attachment-based therapies and family therapy.
- Demonstrated ability to contribute to the teaching and learning capacity of the team including student and staff supervision and training, and quality improvement.
- Demonstrated ability to provide clinical leadership, service coordination and support to a multi-disciplinary team.
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For role related queries or questions contact Noel Meredith on Noel.Meredith@health.nsw.gov.au
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 . 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: 11 March 2025
Tentative interview start date: Week beginning 17 March 2025
