Overview
Build your career with Victoria's largest regional health service. Join a tertiary mental health and AOD team delivering acute, community‐based intervention when it matters most. Make a measurable difference at the point of crisis.
About The Role
The Community Acute Intervention Service (AIS) operates 7 days a week, two shifts, as a multidisciplinary mental health and AOD service. The team acts as a critical interface between Emergency Department, Triage, and ongoing community mental health services.
AIS Provides
* Assessment of consumers triaged as Category B (CAT B) and Category C (CAT C).
* Brief tertiary intervention (up to 28 days) for consumers aged 16–65 experiencing an acute phase of mental illness and/or AOD use not currently engaged in community mental health services.
* Post‐Emergency Department follow‐up for consumers discharged without referral to other tertiary mental health services.
Key Responsibilities
* Deliver advanced psychosocial assessment and systems‐based intervention for consumers experiencing acute mental illness and/or AOD complexity, including risk formulation and crisis response.
* Provide family‐inclusive, recovery‐oriented practice, strengthening social systems and supporting safe stabilisation during acute care periods (up to 28 days).
* Lead clinical decision‐making and contribute discipline‐specific expertise within a multidisciplinary team, including secondary consultation and supervision support.
* Strengthen service integration and continuity of care, building partnerships across Emergency Department, community mental health teams, and external stakeholders to reduce avoidable re‐presentations.
What We Are Looking For
* Extensive experience in acute mental health and/or AOD settings, with demonstrated advanced risk assessment and crisis intervention capability.
* Highly developed systems‐based social work practice, including family work and complex psychosocial formulation.
* Proven clinical leadership capability, including contribution to service quality improvement and multidisciplinary collaboration.
* Strong understanding of recovery‐oriented, trauma‐informed, and culturally safe practice aligned with contemporary Victorian public mental health reform.
Benefits
* Excellent working conditions and a strong sense of job satisfaction.
* A vibrant staff wellbeing program and access to our 24/7 Employee Assistance Program.
* Extensive professional development opportunities.
* Attractive salary packaging benefits, including living expenses capped at $9,010 and meals and entertainment capped at $2,650.
Diversity and Inclusion
Barwon Health is an inclusive and welcoming employer, committed to reflecting the diverse communities we serve. We value and celebrate people of all genders, sexual orientations, cultural backgrounds, faiths, abilities, family structures, and identities, and encourage applications from Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability, culturally and linguistically diverse communities, and members of the LGBTIQA+ community.
Child Safety
We are strongly committed to the safety and wellbeing of all children and young people. Further information on the Victorian Government's Child Safe Standards can be found on the Victorian Government website.
Additional Information
All appointments are subject to satisfactory Police Record Check, Immunisation Status Clearance, and Working with Children Check (if applicable).
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