-Location: Melbourne | Parkville
Job type: Full time
Organisation: The Royal Melbourne Hospital
Salary: Salary not specified
Occupation: Administration/Secretarial, Health and Allied Health, Research, Family Violence Workers, Medical, Nursing
Reference: 67966
**Clinical Specialist - Community Development**
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Excellent opportunity for a Senior Clinician to take the next step in their career**:
- ** Full Time - Fixed Term (2-year) contract | Business hours Monday - Friday**:
- ** Based in Parkville
**Your new team**
- Orygen Specialist Program provides mental health services to young people aged 15-25 and their families/carers in Melbourne's northwest and western suburbs.
- Our Community Development team aims to build community capacity to identify and respond to mental ill-health and improve collaboration and inter-agency care.
- The Putting Families First (PFF) program is a joint initiative between the Department of Families, Fairness and Housing, and the Department of Justice and Community Safety.**Your new role**:
- You will be part of an innovative, interagency and interdisciplinary team who work together to improve outcomes for families/carers in contact with the child welfare and justice systems. You will:
- Collaborate with interdisciplinary and interagency team to plan and assess families/carers needs
- Provide mental health consultation to family practitioners
- Provide primary consultation and assessment to young people aged 12-25 years
- Support engagement with further mental healthcare for young people and their families/carers
- Develop and implement strategies for improving the organisations capacity to respond to people from diverse communities, including Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander, refugee, migrant communities, LGBTIQ+ people, and people with disabilities
**About you**:
- Relevant qualification in Occupational Therapy, Social Work, Clinical Psychology or Registered Psychiatric Nurse
- Comprehensive experience in clinical practice within the mental health field, working directly with young people and families, in multidisciplinary teams
- Previous experience in provision of supervision and leadership
- You have an interest and commitment to work with marginalised communities and developing partnerships with other services and agencies
**Benefit of working with Orygen Specialist Programs**:
- Career progression opportunities to suit your professional development goals + internal and external training programs
- Reimbursements for the cost of obtaining required pre-employment checks (Police Check and Serology test)
- Enjoy excellent work-life balance working in a supportive and collaborative team
- Salary packaging, onsite car parking and, close to public transport
**Interested?**
If you are looking for a challenging role and can demonstrate the above capabilities, connect with us.