Children of Parents with a Mental Illness (COPMI) Clinician Northern Beaches Child and Youth Mental Health Service (CYMHS)
An exciting opportunity exists for a passionate and enthusiastic mental health clinician to join the multi-disciplinary team of the Northern Beaches Child and Youth Mental Health Service (NB CYMHS). NB CYMHS is a multi-disciplinary community mental health service providing specialist assessment and intervention to children and young people experiencing severe and complex mental health difficulties through a range of individual, family based and group therapy programs.
Employment Type: Permanent Part Time
Position Classification: Dependent on Qualification
Remuneration: Dependent on Qualification
Hours Per Week: 20
Requisition ID: REQ482866
Clinical Nurse Specialist (Grade 2): $55.54 - $57.27
Allied Health Professionals (Level 3): $54.77 - $56.54
Clinical Psychologist: $53.23 - $64.88
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.
The Northern Beaches Child & Youth Mental Health Service (NB CYMHS) COPMI clinician role is primarily based at Brookvale Community Health Centre. NB CYMHS also provide clinical services through the Mona Vale and Dalwood community health centre sites.
What you'll be doing
Each person's unique journey of recovery will be supported by mental health drug and alcohol services in a way that fosters hope, purpose and resilience.
MHDA Statement of Intention
The intention of the NSLHD MHDA is to provide recovery-oriented, trauma informed services that are guided by evidence based practices and collaboration.
- Enhancing consumer and family care through developing systems for improved communication between CYMHS, adult MHS and other service providers.
- Developing coordinated systems of care to improve outcomes for children and parents who are consumers of adult MHS or CYMHS.
- Providing staff in adult MHS and CYMHS with support in meeting their obligations in relation to child at risk legislation, policy directives and procedures in relation to COPMI families.
- Offering targeted collaborative clinical assessment and intervention in conjunction with CYMHS and/or adult MHS.
People of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander background encouraged to apply.
- Relevant tertiary qualification in Clinical Psychology, Social Work, Occupational Therapy or Nursing with current full registration with APRHA (or for Social Work membership of relevant professional body). Clinical Psychologists need to hold master’s degree or higher in Clinical Psychology. Clinical Nurse Specialists must have relevant post-registration qualifications and at least 3 years' experience working in the clinical area of their specified post-graduate qualification or such other qualifications or relevant equivalent experience. Social Workers and Occupational Therapists require relevant clinical experience with minimum at Level 2.
- Demonstrated clinical experience in adult mental health and/or child and youth mental health.
- Demonstrated understanding of the issues for children and adolescents living in families affected by mental illness and family sensitive practice and partnerships for COPMI.
- Experience in working with children and young people and their families individually and within a group setting.
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For role related queries or questions contact Ruth White on Ruth.White1@health.nsw.gov.au or 02 9388 5150.
This is a NSW Health Category A position which requires immunisation and screening for certain diseases including COVID-19. 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: 2 May 2024
