Children / Youth Mental health – Social Worker, Mental Health Registered Nurse, OT or Psychologist

• ASAP start, contract up to February 2025
• Nursing level 5 / Allied Health Grade 3
• Join a collaborative multidisciplinary team 

 

ACM Healthcare is working on behalf of Government Health Service in Tasmania. Working within a Multidisciplinary Team, community setting primarily responsible for the role of Intake assessments focusing on brief interventions within the Emergency Department /Childrens Ward as required and follow up/risk assessment of clients referred to the service in the community setting. This role is based in Launceston.

 RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Offer discipline-specific clinical expertise, guidance, and support to the team, service users, their families and carers, and other community services.
• Provide evidence-based, trauma-informed assessments, specialised therapies, and treatment interventions for individuals with acute and complex mental health issues.
• Deliver targeted brief interventions, support, and psychoeducation to service users, families, carers, and other service providers to help identify strengths, formulate goals.
• Facilitate access to a range of appropriate community and inpatient services to ensure that individuals receive timely, suitable support, including providing thorough handovers and coordinating safe and effective transfer or discharge processes.
• Complete all necessary clinical documentation, including initial assessments and risk assessments, care transfers, relevant clinical correspondence, and data collection, within specified timeframes, primarily using electronic records systems.

MANDATORY QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:

• Appropriate Degree or equivalent qualification and registration with relevant professional organisation i.e. AHPRA
• Working with Children Check must be obtained prior to commencement
• A minimum of two years’ experience in Children and Youth (Adolescent) with priority in risk assessment and intake/triage work.
• Willingness to provide two references at time of submission

CONTACT:
Catherine to discuss this role further or inquire about our other positions available catherine@acmhealthcare.com.au
OR
Jess to discuss this role further or inquire about our other positions available jess@acmhealthcare.com.au