• Lead major mental health improvements in Victoria
• Opportunity to build and develop your own values driven team from the ground up
• Generous salary packaging

Help lead major mental health reform in Victoria to ensure that everyone is supported.

In this role you will be part of the launch of one of the first of 60 Mental Health Locals in Victoria.

This is an amazing opportunity to shape the future of peer and community-led mental health services.

This local support is a key recommendation of the recent Royal Commission into Victoria’s mental health system and promises to make our community a better place to live.

The Mental Health and Wellbeing Local

Wellways, Mentis Assist and Peninsula Health are working together to provide mental health and wellbeing supports in Frankston to ensure everyone can access treatment and care closer to home.

The new Frankston Mental Health Local will provide welcoming and inclusive support for people aged 26 years and over who are experiencing mental health challenges, including people with co-occurring alcohol and drug addiction treatment and care needs.

We are working with the local community and people who have a personal experience of mental health issues and recovery to build these services so they are the best they can be. Our services will be led by lived experience and coproduced with the local community so they are the best they can be.

The Frankston Mental Health Local is committed to reconciliation, lived experience and inclusivity. We strongly encourage and warmly welcome people from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, people with a lived experience of mental health and disability and people who identify as LGBTIQA+ to apply. Even if you only meet some of the criteria, we’d love to hear from you.

About the role

Reporting to the Clinical Lead the Senior Occupational Therapist Grade 3 will be responsible for providing comprehensive bio-psycho-social assessments, and therapeutic interventions to consumers, in addition to providing OT specific assessments and interventions for consumers requiring specialist OT input. Interventions may be on an individual or group basis and include all areas of occupational performance relevant to the consumers identified goals. The Senior OT will lead the social prescribing approach across the service.

The senior OT will play a significant role within the multidisciplinary team in both the clinical care for consumers and in providing support and leadership to the broader team. This will include applying a high level of clinical knowledge and skills in direct client work and through secondary consultation with team members, participating and working collaboratively on quality and safety initiatives and projects, providing clinical supervision and operational support to the Clinical Lead.

About you

• Bachelor/Master of Allied Health (Occupational Therapy)
• Current APHRA Registration

Requirements

• A least 5 years’ experience in the mental health field including acute inpatient services and/or community mental health care and clinical knowledge and skills commensurate with experience. Demonstrated leadership experience including clinical leadership, participation in quality initiatives
• Demonstrated clinical mental health and OT skills and knowledge commensurate with experience.
• Demonstrated commitment to delivering high quality outcomes for consumers.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Demonstrated working knowledge of the Victorian Mental Health Act 2014 and other relevant legislation
• Ability to work both autonomously and as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
• Competency in using computer technology
• A current Victorian Drivers Licence
• Working knowledge of the Occupational Health and Safety Act (2004)
• Qualified/trained in specific therapeutic interventions e.g. Single Session Family Therapy, other family therapy qualifications, ACT, CBT, Mindfulness, etc

Benefits

• Flexible working arrangements
• Access to salary packaging and leave loading
• Ongoing learning and development opportunities

The Mental Health Locals teams will have an amazing opportunity to drive much-needed mental health improvements for our communities.

For a confidential discussion about the role contact Michael Loh on 0403 826 493.

What Next

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Additional Requirements

Peninsula Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We encourage applications from individuals from all cultural backgrounds including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. We also provide a safe and supportive workplace for people with disabilities.

To find out more about our recruitment processes, compliance obligations and to prepare your application to join our team please visit: www.peninsulahealth.org.au/careers/working-preparing-employment

This role must be fully vaccinated for Covid-19 and meet the requirements of the Peninsula Health immunisation policy.

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