Your new team

Orygen Specialist Programs (OSP), a program of The Royal Melbourne Hospital, provides mental health services to young people aged 15-25 (soon to be 12-25) and their families/carers in Melbourne's northwest and western suburbs.

The Bipolar sub-team forms part of our Youth Mood Clinic (YMC) and aims to improve access to early, effective evidence-based care for young people with Bipolar Disorders with or without a range of co-morbid mental health issues.

Your new role:

• Develop, deliver and evaluate group and individual interventions in collaboration with multidisciplinary team
• Support young people accessing YMC Bipolar services and the MOST platform
• Develop functional recovery and life-skill activities and relationship building activities
• Provide inclusive and sensitive practice to young people and their families/carers from Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander, CALD and LGBTQIA backgrounds

About you:

• Lived experience of accessing youth mental health services and ability to share experiences in a recovery focused way
• Experience in delivering peer work in mental health, ideally in a youth-specific setting
• Passion, energy and determination to make a difference to the health outcomes for young people
• Qualifications/training in mental health (desirable but not required)
• Lived experience of Bipolar Disorder (desirable but not required)

What you’ll get in return:

• Employed by The Royal Melbourne Hospital under Public Health EBAs + 11% super + salary packaging + monthly ADOs
• Join us during this incredibly exciting time of growth and change - career progression opportunities to suit your professional development goals.
• Enjoy excellent work-life balance working in a supportive and collaborative team

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.

Join the revolution

If you’re keen to join Orygen and be part of our team challenging the status quo and reshaping the future for young people, apply now.
For a confidential conversation, please contact Kate Wapling on 0383457400.

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Orygen is committed to providing diverse, equitable and inclusive environments for Staff and anyone connected to Orygen. We strive to continue building a culturally safe workplace where our values underpin the way we work and our commitment to First Nations people of Australia, young people and their families, people with disabilities, LGBTIQA+ people and CALD communities. We strongly encourage applications from the First Nations people.

Orygen is a child-safe organisation and is committed to promoting and protecting the safety and well-being of all young people and embedding safeguarding practices into all our programs and services.

All employment appointments are subject to holding a valid working with children check, successful police check and having at least three COVID-19 vaccinations.