Mental Health Clinician (Eating Disorders)

Anglicare NT | headspace; Darwin; Vor Ort; AUD 90.000 - 120.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Competitive Above Award Salary

Generous Leave Entitlements

Professional Growth; paid study days

Positive Team Culture

Wellbeing Support; Employee Assistance

Long service leave eligibility

Salary packaging options

Zusammenfassung

Anglicare NT is seeking a Clinician to provide assessment, treatment and care coordination for young people with eating disorders, working with families and service providers to achieve positive outcomes.

Working with Royal Darwin Hospital Child and Adolescent Eating Disorder Service, GPs, families and community partners, you will deliver Family Based Treatment (FBT), CBT-E, and other best-practice therapies within a multidisciplinary team.

Qualifikationen

• A relevant tertiary qualification (Allied Health) and professional registration or membership (such as AHPRA or AASW).
• Experience delivering mental health interventions and care coordination.
• Experience working with eating disorders, or strong mental health clinical skills and a willingness to undertake specialist training.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.
• The ability to work collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams and across service systems.
• Ability to work respectfully and collaboratively with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people, their families, communities, staff, and Aboriginal controlled organisations.

Aufgaben

• Provide assessment, treatment and care coordination for young people experiencing eating disorders and severe disordered eating
• Deliver evidence-based interventions including Family Based Treatment (FBT), CBT-E, or other best-practice approaches
• Work collaboratively with young people, families and support networks to promote recovery
• Coordinate care across multiple services to ensure integrated and effective treatment
• Provide secondary consultation and support to clinicians and other service providers
• Contribute to service development, quality improvement initiatives and evidence-based practice
• Support positive outcomes for young Aboriginal people and their families through culturally responsive practice

Kenntnisse

Mental health interventions

Care coordination

Eating disorders

Communication skills

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Cultural capability

Ausbildung

Allied Health qualification

Professional registration (AHPRA/AASW)

Jobbeschreibung

About Anglicare NT

Anglicare NT is a respected provider of quality human services across urban, regional, and remote areas. Anglicare NT offers a range of career opportunities in the community and social services sector in a diverse range of fields such as children and youth, family relationships and counselling, refugee and migrant, corporate services, financial counselling, mental health, disability and home care, social enterprises, and specialist homelessness services

About headspace

headspace are a busy and innovative youth mental health service providing a variety of mental health, medical, sexual and other health related services as well as vocational, functional groups and social services to young people aged 12 to 25 years and their families.

At headspace, we offer great benefits, including

• Competitive Above Award Salary
• Generous Leave Entitlements: enjoy five (5) weeks annual leave plus twelve (12) weeks paid parental leave to balance work and life.
• Professional Growth; access evidence-based therapeutic training, ongoing learning opportunities, and five paid study days each year.
• Positive Team Culture; work within a positive team culture with like-minded staff all striving to support young people and families in our communities
• Wellbeing Support; benefit from our Employee Assistance Program for confidential guidance and care.
• Early access to long service leave from 7 years of continuous service

We also offer great salary packaging options that can significantly increase your take-home pay.

About the Opportunity

This specialist role provides assessment, evidence-based treatment and care coordination for young people experiencing eating disorders or severe disordered eating, while working closely with families and key service providers to achieve positive outcomes.

Working as part of a multidisciplinary team, you’ll collaborate closely with the Royal Darwin Hospital Child and Adolescent Eating Disorder Service, GPs, families and community partners to ensure young people receive the right support at the right time.

As Clinician you will:

• Provide assessment, treatment and care coordination for young people experiencing eating disorders and severe disordered eating
• Deliver evidence-based interventions including Family Based Treatment (FBT), CBT-E, or other best-practice approaches
• Work collaboratively with young people, families and support networks to promote recovery
• Coordinate care across multiple services to ensure integrated and effective treatment
• Provide secondary consultation and support to clinicians and other service providers
• Contribute to service development, quality improvement initiatives and evidence-based practice
• Support positive outcomes for young Aboriginal people and their families through culturally responsive practice

To be successful in this role you will have:

• A relevant tertiary qualification (Allied Health) and professional registration or membership (such as AHPRA or AASW)
• Experience delivering mental health interventions and care coordination
• Experience working with eating disorders, or strong mental health clinical skills and a willingness to undertake specialist training
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills
• The ability to work collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams and across service systems
• Ability to work respectfully and collaboratively with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people, their families, communities, staff, and Aboriginal controlled organisations.

Note: The filling of this position is intended to constitute a special/equal opportunity measure under section 8(1) of the Racial Discrimination Act 1975 (Cth), section 57 of the Antidiscrimination Act 1996 (NT) and section 12 of the Equal Opportunity Act 2010.

Special Measures vacancies are open to everyone including Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. However, Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander applicants will be granted priority consideration for this vacancy.

As part of the recruitment process, please address the key selection criteria using the online application on the Anglicare NT website.

For further information on this exciting opportunity, please contact the Program Manager Enhanced Care on [phone]or visit our careers page www.anglicare-nt.org.au/careers/

To request a full position description, please email our team at [e-mail]

Please note: It is a requirement that prior to commencing in this role, you must provide 100 points of identification to confirm Australian citizenship or eligibility to work in Australia; possess a Working with Children (Ochre Card), a current National Criminal History Check (within 3 months) and a valid NT driver’s licence.

Unfortunately, we aren’t able to sponsor candidate visas. If you don’t have the independent right to work in the country you’re applying for, we will not be able to progress your application

Experience of working closely with and having a strong understanding of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander culture would be considered an advantage.

Anglicare NT is a Child Safe, Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer and strongly encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to apply.

COVID-19 Vaccination Status

Anglicare NT is committed to providing a safe working environment and taking all reasonably practicable steps to ensure that its people and the community are protected against vaccine-preventable diseases. The Australian Immunisation Handbook lists the immunisations recommended for healthcare professionals. Aged Care Support workers are strongly recommended to follow COVID vaccination recommendations provided inAustralian Immunisation handbook (based on ATAGI advice).

Anglicare NT staff who do NOT work directly with vulnerable people will not be required to provide evidence of COVID 19 vaccination