Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services > Mental Health Inpatient Ward 5A
Work Type: Fixed Term - Full Time
Closing Date: 2025-01-17 4:00 PM
About Our Team:
At our Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services, our Social Workers are part of a collaborative, multi-disciplinary team providing compassionate assessment, support and treatment to infants, children and young people experiencing moderate to severe mental health challenges and their families. We adopt a recovery oriented, child-centered approach that assists our clients to establish practical and attainable goals that improves their wellbeing and functioning and engagement in everyday activities (school, family life, relationships, recreation, play).
Our multi-disciplinary team of healthcare professionals includes psychiatrists, speech therapists, clinical psychologists, occupational therapists, clinical nurses, Aboriginal mental health workers and lived experience staff. We offer a comprehensive range of services including mental health assessment and specialist counselling, crisis intervention, advocacy, psychoeducation, case management, family support and liaison with other services. Our work includes developing external stakeholder partnerships with local schools and service providers.
About the Role:
As a Social Worker with our Acute IPU, you will provide mental health assessment and multi-disciplinary intervention for children, young people, and families. You will work closely with a multi-disciplinary team under a leading Consultant Psychiatrist. This is a great opportunity to develop your skills in a supportive learning environment. You will leverage the skills and knowledge of Senior Social Workers and other health professionals to provide a sound comprehensive service, encompassing assessment, treatment, advocacy, prevention, and collaboration.
You will help children, adolescents, and their families navigate the challenges that can arise from complex and diverse needs and mental health concerns, you will play a vital role in helping young people establish practical and attainable goals, promoting the highest level of function in various aspects of their lives and improving overall well-being.
What you’ll be doing
- Conduct bio-psychosocial assessments and mental state assessments to determine the unique needs of young people.
- Provide social work service including mental health assessments, risk assessments and evidence-based therapeutic interventions to individuals, families, and groups.
- Advocate for clients' rights and needs within the community and the healthcare system.
- Liaise with families, carers, health professionals, community agencies and others to coordinate care, intervention and discharge planning, report on client progress and outcomes, and initiate referrals.
Please note a tertiary qualification in Social Work and eligibility for full membership of the Australian Association of Social Workers is a requirement for this role.
Eligibility to Apply: Australian citizenship or permanent residency is an essential requirement for applicants to be considered for permanent positions in the public sector. Visa sponsorship for eligible international applicants that meet immigration requirements may also be considered.
