Location: North East Region | Seymour
Job type: Full time
Organisation: Goulburn Valley Health
**Salary**: Salary not specified
Occupation: Nursing
Reference: 12452
**TOGETHER, WE CAN CREATE OUTSTANDING**
**Hiring: Community Mental Health Engagement Worker**
- ** Seymour Case Management Team**:
- ** Fixed Term Full Time**:
- ** 80 hours per fortnight **(including ADO every 4 weeks)
- ** Monday to Friday 0830-1700hrs**
**About Us**
At GV Health we are so much more than a regional health service. As the largest employer in the region, we work with purpose and pride and are committed to respecting and embracing diversity, inclusion and accessibility for our people and community.
Our skilled and committed team of Mental Health professionals provide an innovative range of services for individuals suffering from, or at risk of, serious mental health problems requiring short and long-term treatment and support. Our comprehensive service is offered across the municipalities of Mitchell, Murrindindi, Strathbogie, Greater Shepparton and Moira regions.
Our multidisciplinary professionals are from an array of backgrounds and disciplines and work across a range of settings and services including:
- ** Adult mental health**:
- ** Community mental health**:
- ** Acute Adult Inpatient Unit - Wanyarra**:
- **Aged Persons mental health**:
- ** Child and Youth mental health**
**About the role**
The Community Mental Health Engagement Worker is an exciting new position to enable graduates with a qualification appropriate to working in Mental Health to gain valuable experience in Community Mental Health to enable them to pursue a career in this field.
Community Mental Health Engagement Workers work alongside experienced Community Mental Health Clinicians to consolidate knowledge and gain on-the-job experience and skills.
**We are looking for**:
- Qualified Registered Nurses, Enrolled Nurses (with Diploma), Social Workers or Occupational Therapists
- Current Victorian Drivers license essential
- People with a passion for working in Community Mental Health
- Previous undergraduate or post-graduate experience in Mental Health
**Our offer to you**:
- Generous salary packaging, subsidised staff parking and discounted leisure memberships
- Flexible work practices and options to purchase additional leave to help create some important work/life balance
- Professional development and study leave to help reach your learning and career goals
- Social club membership offering a range of events, functions and local community discounts
- Our CREATE Outstanding reward and recognition program
- ** Community Connector Program** you will receive direct support from our local Community Connector to facilitate you and/or your partner's/family's relocation to the Goulburn Valley region and assimilation into our community as well as support to create meaningful opportunities to connect with others in the region so that you not only feel welcome but will eventually call Greater Shepparton home. To find out more visit: Community Connector Program | Greater Shepparton: Great Things Happen Here
**Great things happen here in Shepparton.** If you would like to learn more about what it is like to work, live and play in the Shepparton region please click here.
- Vaccination against COVID-19 is a mandatory requirement for this role._
- GV Health is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to attracting and retaining a diverse workforce that reflects the community we serve. Applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders are encouraged. _
**_Recruitment agencies should note that GV Health does not accept agency resumes. GV Health is not responsible for any fees related to any unsolicited resumes submitted by Recruitment Agencies._