On behalf of our client in South Australia, we are seeking a Mental Health Clinician to join the Integrated Mental Health Service working across both Inpatients and Community. Offering Social Work generalist services across Inpatients and managing a complex community caseload. As a member of a multidisciplinary team, the Social Worker utilises a combination of preventative, early intervention, therapeutic or intervention and evaluation approaches including individual and family therapeutic approaches and group programs.

Key Responsibilities

• Utilise core mental health skills and knowledge to offer a quality and safe mental health service to consumers with a severe and enduring mental illness within a multidisciplinary context
• Contribute to the coordination and delivery of high quality, comprehensive and integrated Social Work services to eligible mental health consumers
• Apply clinical skills to a broad scope of practice, delivering services which promote self-determination and connectedness, and are appropriate to the local rural context
• Apply social work knowledge, skills and values in facilitating change and recovery with consumers and their families, supporters and communities
• Coordinate an increasingly complex mental health Social Work caseload and support other team members in managing the demands of the service
• Work as a member of the multi-disciplinary team with clinical and administrative duties
• Actively participate in regular team meetings, and in a duty roster system for intake of referrals
• From the Social Work professional stream, contribute actively and constructively to consumer care planning by offering a discipline perspective
• Work effectively with other agencies to ensure that consumers can access coordinated care appropriate to their needs
• Allocate and coordinate the delivery of individual psychosocial support package
• Contribute to the improvements in health outcomes by applying mental health care principles to the development and delivery of services to consumers
• Actively participate within the regional LHN’s Social Work Professional Network and regional LHN MH service professional development activities where these are offered
• Contribute to the supervision of students on clinical placement within the Social Work profession

About You

• Completed recognised qualification in Social Work and eligibility for membership with the AASW
• Minimum 2 years’ experience in relevant Mental Health Field, working in rural/remote context
• Demonstrated clinical skills and competency at AHP2 Level
• Well developed time-management, prioritisation, adaptability, resourcefulness and problem-solving skills
• Ability to work effectively within a multi-disciplinary team structure
• Current driver’s licence

Salary
– Excellent casual rates paying up to $58-67p/h plus super (based on experience)

If this sounds like something of interest please get in touch: Ross Jenkins | Executive Consultant, Social Care Team.
You can simply ‘Apply Now’ or Email: Your CV to ross.jenkins@cmr.com.au / Call: 0734975713