Organisation : Jesuit Social Services
Location : Melbourne (Collingwood and Sunshine)
Work type : Full-time
Sector : Children, Community Development, Community Engagement, Community Support Services, Drug, Alcohol & Addiction, Education & Training, Families, Mental Health, Youth & Young People
Salary type : Annual Package
Application closing date : 25 Jan, 2021
About the organisation
Jesuit Social Services is a social change organisation working to build a just society where all people can live to their full potential.
Since 1977, we’ve provided services in some of the most disadvantaged in our community.
We place a high priority on advocacy and are a leader in policy development and research.
About the role
About the program
Navigator
Navigator is a program funded by state government that aims to support disengaged learners aged 12 to 17 years of age and work with them around a return to education or alternative pathway. The program works closely with families and schools and uses assertive outreach, case management and restorative practice to re-engage children back into learning pathways.
Jesuit Social Services is the provider in the Brimbank Melton, Hume Moreland, North Eastern Melbourne and Inner Eastern Melbourne areas, working alongside local schools, services and the regional Department of Education and Training office.
Connexions
The Connexions program was founded in 1996, in response to the identified needs of marginalised young people experiencing high and complex needs. It seeks to engage young people in relationships of trust and understanding, providing a professional service of flexible therapeutic counselling, clinical assessment, assertive outreach, case management, suicide prevention, drug and alcohol interventions, clinical consultancy, advocacy, and information and referral.
About the role
The Mental Health Clinician will work closely with the Navigator Program Coordinators, to engage with and support the mental health needs of young people on the program, across Hume Moreland, Brimbank Melton and North Eastern Melbourne Navigator regions. Additionally the role is embedded in the Connexions team that will provide specialist support to each of the Navigator teams and program more broadly.
The Mental Health Clinician role will be integrated into the Navigator program model that consists of Active Hold Support (phone based), Targeted Case Management, long term Case Management and Mental Health specialist support through our Connexions Program.
This is a full time role and will working across both our Collingwood and Sunshine offices.
An attractive salary, plus superannuation and salary packaging is offered, together with ongoing professional and career development.
Candidate Requirements
To be successful in the role you will have:
- Relevant Tertiary qualifications and/or experience
- Ability to engage and work with young people who present with mental health concerns and disengaged from education
- Previous experience in completing assessments and providing therapeutic interventions
- Demonstrated capacity to manage programs and work with a team of professionals, across a range of disciplines and experience
- Build collaborative relationships with a diversity of stakeholders across the sector
- Excellent communication and organisational skills
What Jesuit Social Services can offer you:
- A comprehensive Induction and Orientation program
- Ongoing role related training and development
- An organisation that lives their values, through our day to day work
- A welcoming and supportive environment
- Employee assistance program
- A competitive salary plus salary packaging benefits
- Generous leave
How to apply
Applications not allowed for this job listing.
Please quote in application: Mental Health Clinician - Navigator Program via Pro Bono Australia.
Sector: #Children, #Community_Development, #Community_Engagement, #Community_Support_Services, #Drug_Alcohol_and_Addiction, #Education_and_Training, #Families, #Mental_Health, #Youth_and_Young_People
