Youth Wellbeing Discipline Lead – YPARC

• Ability to purchase additional leave
•  Pay less tax – NFP Salary Packaging up to $15,900 
• Fixed-term contract until June 2024; 4 days/wk. 

Your new job

The Youth Wellbeing Discipline Lead will provide leadership and management, regarding the recruiting, developing, maintaining and sustaining of the youth wellbeing worker workforce within the Orygen Youth Prevention and Recovery Care (YPARC) mental health and wellbeing psychosocial services.  

You will:

• Lead and manage psychosocial services to young people, carers, significant others and families as through Recovery Oriented Practice and related guidelines.
• Lead and manage the youth wellbeing workers (YWW) in line with organisation quality processes and policies, agreed priorities and strategies.
• Implement agreed approaches to service review and evaluation and promote the sharing of knowledge in the service.

What you’ll need

You are passionate, energetic and determined to make a difference to health and wellbeing outcomes for young people. In addition, you will bring:

• Minimum qualifications of certificate IV in mental health and/or alcohol and other drugs or equivalent and qualifications in nursing, psychology, social work or occupational therapy is desirable for this non-clinical role.  
• Extensive experience working in youth mental health services.
• Experience in working in multi-disciplinary teams and leading teams/ management of youth mental health services and bed-based services is desirable.
• Previous working knowledge of the common mental health and substance use issues faced by young people, and evidence-based treatments for major adolescent health issues.

To view the FULL selection criteria and learn more about this opportunity, please go to www.orygen.org.au/About/Work-with-Us to view the Position Description or contact David McMaster on 0409 866 536 for a confidential discussion.

What you’ll get in return

• $100,520 – $104,728 pro rata + 10% super + NFP salary packaging up to $15,900
• Ability to purchase additional leave; access to EAP; generous Parental Leave Scheme.
• Flexible work to suit your lifestyle and access to policies and tools that support this
• Opportunity to contribute to service design and growth within youth mental health services.
• Further develop your leadership and skills. 
• Be part of leading the revolution in youth mental health.

Orygen – leading the revolution

Imagine a future with unlimited potential. A future where every young person enjoys optimal mental health as they grow into adulthood. At Orygen, this is our life’s work, because we passionately believe it’s what all young people deserve.

Every step of the way, young people and families are at the heart of everything we do. Always.

Through world-leading research that creates change. Through pioneering reform that delivers real-world practical solutions.

At Orygen, that’s the future we’re creating right now. To do it, we have revolution in mind.