Mental Health Occupational Therapist

Geelong Careers; Ocean Grove; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging

Career supervision and professional发展

Job summary

Bellarine Community Health is seeking an experienced Mental Health Occupational Therapist to join the Youth Health and Wellbeing team. You will deliver evidence-based counselling and psychosocial support to young people aged 12–25 across BCH sites, schools and homes.

The role involves a dynamic, collaborative environment with a multidisciplinary team, flexible working arrangements, and opportunities for professional development and supervision.

Qualifications

• Tertiary qualifications in Occupational Therapy and post-graduate qualifications in Mental Health.
• Credentialed Mental Health Occupational Therapist through Occupational Therapy Australia with full AHPRA registration.
• Eligible for Medicare provider number for mental health care plan service delivery.
• Ability to work in a dynamic, challenging, changing environment within a multi-disciplinary team.
• Experience delivering evidence-based therapeutic interventions and counselling.
• Strong demand management, organisation, and time management skills.
• Understanding of community health principles and NDIS supports.

Responsibilities

• Provide mental health counselling and psychosocial support to a caseload of youth accessing BCH Youth services.
• Deliver evidence-based therapies, group programs and centre-based or outreach support as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• Collaborate with Youth Health and Wellbeing colleagues, nurses, and external providers to coordinate care.

Job description

Are you an experienced Mental Health Occupational Therapist looking for a new opportunity?Would you like to make a positive contribution and work with young people supporting positive mental health?Are you looking for an interesting and challenging role within a dedicated multi-disciplinary team? Bellarine Community Health is currently seeking a credentialled Mental Health Occupational Therapist to join our Mental Health team 3 days, 22.8 hours per week in a fixed term role until 30 September 20

We are looking for a clinician who can provide Community Health and NDIS services to an established client base and enhance our mental health team. BCH deliver evidence-based services across our sites, within schools and in client's homes. We are interested in hearing from experienced Mental Health Occupational Therapists who have an interest in working within a multidisciplinary dedicated youth health team and setting.

About the Team

The Youth Health and Wellbeing team provide a diverse range of primary health care services to the increasing population of the Bellarine Peninsula. Currently, we deliver services across our sites including headspace Ocean Grove, BCH youth services, Doctors in Secondary School clinic, within schools and community settings. The Youth team provide a multidisciplinary primary care services for young people primarily aged 12-25 years, comprised of a dynamic, collaborative, and friendly group of Mental Health Professional, Nurses, Mental Health Workers, Youth and Community Engagement Workers, Dietitian, and

General Practitioners. The team work alongside co-located external providers. BCH has built a passionate and friendly work environment, which provides generous support for professional development, clinical supervision, team meetings and flexible working arrangements.

About the role

The Mental Health Occupational Therapist is focused on the provision of mental health counselling and support for a case load of young people accessing BCH Youth services. This includes the provision of evidence based counselling and psychosocial support and may include the provision of short-medium term interventions including group programs and centre-based or outreach support. We would like to hear from you, if you have…Tertiary qualifications in Occupational Therapy and post-grad qualifications in Mental Health.

Credentialled Mental Health Occupational Therapist through Occupational Therapy Australia and full registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA). Eligibility for Medicare provider number to enable service provision through mental health care plans. Ability to work in a dynamic, challenging and changing environment and as part of a multi-disciplinary team.

Demonstrated experience in delivering evidence based therapeutic intervention and counselling. Excellent demand management skills. An understanding of the principles of community health.

Experience and/or understanding of NDIS supports. High levels of professionalism, positivity, confidentiality and discretion and ability to operate with a collaborative approach. Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills, with strong organisational and time management skills and the ability to prioritise a complex and competing workload.

What we offer

To support you to balance your work/life commitments, grow your skills and expertise, enjoy work and feel valued, we offer the following:Generous salary packaging benefits - you can access some of your annual salary tax free each year, hence you pay less tax each pay and take more pay home

Career advancement opportunities and frequent graded clinical supervision with senior professionalsA supportive positive workplace culture, including a professional Mental Health team for clinical support and training in the role

Generous leave arrangements including annual leave, parental leave, and professional development

Flexible work environment

Discounted gym membership at seven sites across the region

Employee assistance program: up to 5 counselling sessions per year

NDIS Worker Screening CheckWorking with Children CheckVictorian Driver's Licence100-point ID Check

Bellarine Community Health acknowledges the Wadawurrung People as the Traditional Custodians of the land, waters and skies of the Bellarine Peninsula. We acknowledge and respect Wadawurrung Elders and leaders, past, present and emerging and pay gratitude for their unique ability to care for Country and deep spiritual connection to it. We are proud to be an inclusive workplace and welcome people from all cultures and backgrounds to our service.

Bellarine Community Health is there for everyone - no matter where you come from, what you look like or how you identify. We are committed to play our part in building a more inclusive and equitable world - starting with our own organisation.