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Access Team Clinician

Melbourne, Victoria Orygen

  • Join a leader in youth mental health, revolutionising services to our young people
  • Make a real difference in access to care for young people
  • Well regarded supervision and career development opportunities in clinical care and research
  • Access to generous NFP salary packaging and flexible work/life balance arrangements

​About Orygen
 
The why behind what we do is important. We believe that all young people deserve to grow into adulthood with optimal mental health. Everything we do is focused on this outcome. Orygen is leading and redefining what’s possible in global research, policy, education and clinical care. Find out more on our website.
 
The Opportunity
 
Be part of a supportive and inclusive multidisciplinary team that is passionate about delivering quality and safe primary clinical services to young people experiencing mental ill-health in the Werribee community. Pursue a career that is fulfilling and rewarding making a real difference to the lives of young people and their families.

If you have a passion for the field of youth mental health and share Orygen’s values of respect, accountability, teamwork, excellence and innovation, then please apply to be part of headspace Werribee and join the Orygen team to revolutionise youth mental health.
 
The role and your impact
 
Part-time (0.4 FTE) fixed term position until 28 February 2022, with potential for further employment. 

Working within a multidisciplinary team, the Access Team Clinician will be well supported operationally and clinically to provide high quality, early intervention intake and assessment services to young people, their families/carers and community professional/agencies. The Access Team Clinician will:

  • Have a direct role in the engagement, assessment and coordination of care for young people accessing services at headspace Werribee;
  • Assist in the referral of young people to appropriate programs (including research interventions) either within the headspace Werribee or other community agencies; and
  • Participate in community awareness raising activities that promote early help-seeking for mental health and substance use problems in young people.

 Your role as the Access Team Clinician aims to improve access to services and continuity of care for young people across four core streams of service: mental health; alcohol and other drugs; primary care; and social recovery/vocational services.
Source: Uniting News