Position overview

Mental Health, Justice Health and Alcohol & Drug Services (MHJHADS) provide health services directly and through partnerships with community organisations. The services provided range from prevention and treatment to recovery, maintenance and harm minimisation. Consumer and carer participation is encouraged in all aspects of service planning and delivery. The Division works in partnership with consumers, carers and a range of government and non-government service providers to ensure the best possible outcomes for clients.

The Division delivers services at a number of locations, including hospital inpatient and outpatient settings, community health centres, detention centres, other community settings including peoples’ homes.

These services include:

• Adult Community Mental Health Services
• Older Persons Mental Health Services
• Adult Inpatient Mental Health Services
• Alcohol & Drug Services
• Child & Adolescent Mental Health Services
• Justice Health Services

CAMHS provides assessment and treatment for young people up to the age of 18 years who are experiencing moderate to severe mental health issues. CAMHS also provides high quality tertiary mental health care for young people aged 14-25 experiencing first onset psychosis.

The CAMHS community teams are made up of multidisciplinary mental health professionals who provide assessment treatment and clinical management within a recovery framework.

CAMHS is seeking dynamic and experienced Health Professional Level 3’s  to undertake the role of Clinical Manager with CAMHS Community Teams.   Under the direction of the Clinical Team Manager, the HP3 will provide expertise in triage, referral management and mental health assessment, and therapeutic intervention, including risk assessments and provide clinical support to HP1 and HP2 clinicians.

The role will also require the team member to undertake professional development and supervision, participate in quality initiatives and contribute to the multidisciplinary team processes.

Key Responsibilities

Specific responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:

Under limited direction of the CAMHS Team manager, the clinical manager will:

1. Take the primary responsibility for triage, intake, conducting high quality mental health assessment and timely risk assessments, including the provision of brief evidence-based treatments and collaborative recovery and treatment planning with individuals with moderate to severe mental illness and their families/carers
2. Provide clinical expertise with regard to specific discipline skills within the multidisciplinary team in regard to case presentations and case reviews.
3. Liaise, consult and participate in the education of other agencies, families and carers in regard to mental health issues.
4. As an active team member, participate in the monitoring, research and evaluation of mental health care provision.
5. Undertake clinical supervision and professional development activities and provide clinical supervision as required.
6. Be involved in membership of committees and working parties.
7. Work within the Mental Health Act and other relevant legislation.
8. Undertake other duties appropriate to this level of classification which contribute to the operation of the organisation.

Competencies

Specific responsibilities include but are not limited to the following.

• Ability to work within a multi-disciplinary team and adapt quickly to a busy changing environment.
• Commitment to achieving positive outcomes for children and young people, their families and/or carers.
• Ability to respond to and prioritise competing demands in a calm and efficient manner while maintaining high work standards.
• Be flexible, adaptable, and comfortable with a changing working environment.

Qualifications

Essential

For Occupational Therapy:

• Be registered or eligible for registration with Occupational Therapy Board of Australia.
• Eligibility for professional membership of Occupational Therapy Australia.
• Must hold a current driver’s license.

For Social Work:

• Degree in Social Work.
• Eligibility for membership of the Australian Association of Social Workers.
• Registration or eligibility for registration under the Working with Vulnerable People Act 2011.
• Must hold a current driver’s license.

For Psychology:

• Be registered or be eligible for general registration with Psychology Board of Australia.
• Must hold a current driver’s license.

Desirable

• Have an understanding of how the National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) indicators align with this role.

Experience

Essential

• Applicants must have a minimum of 3 years (preferable 5 years) paid work experience, post qualification, in a related/relevant organisation/service.

Desirable

• Experience in working with children and young people with mental illness.
• Experience or knowledge of the CHS Exceptional Care Framework, and all other related frameworks.

Prior to commencement

Appointment to this position is conditional on being granted and retaining appropriate clearances:

• Pre-employment National Police Check.
• Current registration issued under the Working with Vulnerable People (Background Checking) Act 2011 is required.
• Comply with Canberra Health Services Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination policy.
• Comply with CHS credentialing and scope of clinical practice requirements for allied health professionals.

Important information

All employees are required to:

• Adhere to the Canberra Health Services Values and the ACT Public Service Code of Conduct.
• Act in accordance and comply with all relevant Safety and Quality policies and procedures.
• Comply with all relevant clinical and/or competency standards.

CHS is leading the drive to digitally transform health service delivery in Australia through the implementation of a territory wide Digital Health Record. Computer literacy skills are required which are relevant to this role as you will be responsible for completing required documentation and becoming a proficient user of the Digital Health Record and/or other Information Technology systems; once proficient, you will need to remain current with changes, updates, and contingencies.

What you Require (Key Selection Criteria)

These are the key selection criteria for how you will be assessed in conjunction with your resumé and experience.

1. Demonstrates high level mental health knowledge, skills and experience in clinical assessment, and therapeutic intervention, including group work program development and facilitation, to young people experiencing mental health difficulties, utilising evidence-based practice.
2. Proven high level ability to assertively engage with young people, including those who are reluctant to engage with services.
3. Demonstrated experience in and commitment to working collaboratively with young people and their families and carers, the multidisciplinary team and other health and community service providers to develop and implement cohesive, recovery-oriented responses to the needs of young people and their families and carers.
4. Demonstrated previous experience and participation in clinical research, quality improvement activities, training, teaching and clinical supervision.
5. Demonstrates understanding of, and adherence to, safety and quality standards, Work Health and Safety and the positive patient experience. Displays behaviour consistent with CHS’s values of reliable, progressive, respectful, and kind.

Work environment description

The following work environment description outlines the inherent requirements of the role and indicates how frequently each of these requirements would need to be performed. Please note that the ACT Public Service is committed to providing reasonable adjustments and ensuring all individuals have equal opportunities in the workplace.