Senior Allied Health Professional - Y-HiTH (528206)

Job Description:

Youth Mental Health Hospital in the Home

Do you want to make a difference in the lives of young people and their families? Would you like to work in a dynamic multidisciplinary team, providing intensive mental health care within a young person’s home? Then come join our new Youth Mental Health Hospital in the Home (Y-HiTH) service!

The CAMHS Y-HiTH is a new service for the North West region, based in Devonport.

Our aim is to support young people (16–24-year-old) who maybe experiencing an acute episode of mental illness to receive treatment in their home and within the community, rather than being admitted to an inpatient mental health unit, or as part of a discharge plan from hospital.

The Y-HiTH team will work with the young person and their family/significant others to develop an individual treatment plan that supports their recovery. With multiple home visits occurring everyday and additional support via telephone and telehealth, young people will receive comparable treatment from Y-HiTH as they would from an inpatient admission.

The Role:

• Provide a high level of clinical knowledge and skill to ensure clinical standards and policies, protocols, and procedures are met to promote a patient focused model of care, according to best practice principles.
• Act as a role model and deliver intensive home-based care to young people and their families/significant others of the service, which includes comprehensive biopsychosocial assessments, therapeutic engagement, psychoeducation, monitoring and review of mental state and response to treatments, ongoing psychotherapeutic work using arrange of modalities and techniques, within a multidisciplinary team, with focus collaboration with family/significant others.
• Ensure the development and maintenance of effective relationships and communication channels with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders, to promote timely and seamless access to specialist services and transfer of care.
• Contribute to service development by assisting and supporting relevant senior staff with the development and review of protocols and guidelines, the development of strategies to meet current priorities, the promotion of an environment conducive to innovation and change and the positive progression of the service.

Note: - Please refer to the Statement of Duties for all the selection criteria of this position to address in your application.

Details of Appointment:

Permanent, full time, day worker position, working 76 hours per fortnight, commencing as soon as possible.

*notwithstanding hours to be negotiated with the successful applicant

• Applicants should note that, for a period of twelve months from the date of publication, this selection process may be used to fill subsequent or similar full time and part time vacancies.

Position Features:

• Hospital in the Home (HiTH) services are highly mobile outreach teams providing treatment in the consumer’s home

Location:

Devonport, Tasmania

Salary:

$116,616 - $124,147 per annum + 11% superannuation

• Salary range is in accordance with Allied Health Professionals Public Sector Unions Wages Agreement No. 2 of 2022

In addition, the following allowances calculated on the salaried incremental point may be available:

• Please note that access to salaries beyond $120,908 is subject to qualifications and/or application to the personal upgrade scheme.

Eligibility:

Successful applicants will be required to meet the essential criteria:

• Tertiary qualification/program of study approved by the Occupational Board of Australia and Registered with the Occupational Therapy Board of Australia; or
• Tertiary qualification/program of study approved by the Psychology Board of Australia and Registered with the Psychology Board of Australia; or
• Tertiary qualification/program of study approved by the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW) and is a full member of AASW or is eligible for membership with the AASW
• Current Driver’s License
• Current Working with Children Registration

Applicants should note the following criteria are desirable:

• Holds, or is working towards, relevant tertiary/postgraduate qualifications
• Training in relevant and appropriate therapeutic interventions such as Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) or Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
• Experience/expertise in child and adolescent mental health and/or Child Development.

The Head of the State Service has determined that the person nominated for this job is to satisfy a pre‑employment check before taking up the appointment, on promotion or transfer. The following checks are to be conducted:

1. Conviction checks in the following areas:

1. Crimes of violence
2. sex related offences
3. serious drug offences
4. crimes involving dishonesty
5. serious traffic offences

2. Identification check
3. Disciplinary action in previous employment check.

Download the Statement of Duties and any Associated Documents:

We encourage you to review the Applicant Guide, Statement of Duties, prior to applying for an overview of the duties, program, selection process and selection criteria.

Statement of Duties:

• 528206 Senior Allied Health Professional - Y-HiTH (July 2023) CSU.pdf
• 528206 Senior Allied Health Professional - Y-HiTH (July 2023) CSU.docx

Applicant Guide:

• Department of Health - Applicant Guide June 22.pdf
• Department of Health - Applicant Guide June 22.docx

How to Apply:

Apply Online. Please click the "Apply" button on this screen. This ensures important questions about you are answered.

You will be prompted to complete a 1-2 page application detailing your experience, skills and knowledge as they relate to the attached Statement of Duties.

Please Note:

• All attachments must be in Microsoft Word or PDF format.
• Referee details are submitted as part of the online application so make sure you have the contact details of two referees before applying.

For More Information:

Dion Butler

Position: Team Leader
Phone: 0412 364 453
E-mail: dion.butler@ths.tas.gov.au

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