Devonport

Who we are: Cornerstone Youth Services Inc. (CYS) delivers a broad range of services to our community of young people aged 12 to 25 in North and North-West Tasmania. We focus on health promotion, prevention, education, early intervention and developing help-seeking behaviours. Our services to young people include access to ‘no charge’ GP's, Youth Health Nurses, Drug & Alcohol, Social and Youth Workers and Allied Health.  We also provide individual and group support and activities; school programs; advocacy to access many other services to improve general or specific health and well-being.

Where you’ll be working: This position will be based in Devonport, with some travel occasionally required to client locations and satellite sites in the North West region.

The position: The successful applicant will be based in our headspace Devonport office and will be an appropriately qualified Mental Health Clinician (Clinical Psychologist, Psychologist, Social Worker, Registered Mental Health Nurse or Occupational Therapist). The Clinician will form part of our mental health team and will provide focused psychological interventions with young people between the ages of 12-25. 

Pay and Conditions: Remuneration and hours of work are negotiable based on agreed duties, qualifications and experience. CYS negotiates individual employment packages within the framework of the Health Professionals and Services Award 2010. Mental Health Clinicians in this role also have access to excellent Salary Packaging benefits, professional development and training allowances, and flexible work arrangements.

Selection Criteria:

1. Knowledge and understanding of the evidence-based interventions and clinical theories and practices of youth mental health and drug and alcohol intervention, as well as demonstrated excellence in the practical application of such; including experience in delivering a range of contemporary, evidenced counselling frameworks.

2. Demonstrated knowledge of issues of clinical risk including self-harm, suicide and violence risk, and a demonstrated ability to deliver appropriate risk assessments and appropriate, clinically-indicated response to risk.

3. Demonstrated knowledge of health and social issues experienced by young people, the determinants of health outcomes, and the evidence-based ways of engaging with these issues.

4. Demonstrated ability to develop and deliver group based skills, education and/or support-based activities.

5. Demonstrated commitment to ongoing professional development as well as an understanding of clinical governance and ability and willingness to undertake clinical governance tasks including professional supervision, case review, quality auditing, compliance with internal and external policies, and continuous improvement activities.

6. Highly developed communication (including written) and interpersonal skills, and the ability to engage with young people, advocate on their behalf and establish and maintain effective relationships with staff, young people families/carers and stakeholders.

7. Initiative and the ability to be self-directed and to work with minimal supervision and manage time effectively.

8. Proven ability to build and establish partnerships with outside organisations.

Working Relationships: The position will work closely with staff in the CYS primary care team (general practitioners, psychologists, social workers, youth health nurses, youth workers and allied health workers) and a range of government and non-government service providers. 

Other key relationships include other service providers, school communities and collocated services.

Qualifications 

Essential

Degree in Nursing, Psychology, Social Work, Occupational Therapy or other similar Allied Health discipline with eligibility for relevant professional membership.

Desirable

Post graduate qualifications and/or previous experience working in the mental health sector.

How to Apply: To apply for this position please send your application to: careers@csys.com.au, including a Cover Letter, a copy of your CV and a statement against the Selection Criteria identifying examples of how you meet that criteria. Please do not exceed 3 x A4 pages in your criteria statement, maintaining a font of no less size than 11 Calibri or Times New Roman, at single spacing.

Applications are to be received no later than 5:00pm Friday, 29^th November 2019.

Contact: If you have any questions regarding this position or the application process please contact Wayne Frost, headspace Manager, on 03 6335 3100.

Working With Vulnerable People Precautions

This position is designated as child-related employment.  Child-related employment means any employment, where at least one of the responsibilities of the position involves direct contact with children where that contact is not directly supervised.  The Child Protection (Prohibited Employment) Act 1998 makes it an offence for a person convicted of a serious sex offence (a Prohibited Person) or a Registrable Person under the Child Protection (Offenders Registration) Act 2000, to apply for, undertake or remain in child-related employment. 

To apply for, undertake or remain in this position you are required to:

• Provide proof of identity (a current Drivers Licence, or birth certificate or passport)
• Undertake a criminal history check or provide a current National Police Records Check; and
• Provide a Working With Children Check