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Senior Check In Clinician

Melbourne City Mission

About the organisation

We are a leading community support organisation working alongside people to live the life they aspire to, their way, providing a broad range of support in Homelessness, Justice, Disability, Palliative Care, Early Childhood Intervention Services (ECIS), and Early Years and Education service areas. A career with us means you are part of an organisation making a real difference.

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About the program

Frontyard Youth Services is a specialist youth service providing a range of multidisciplinary programs to meet holistic programs to meet holistic needs of young people aged between 12 and 25 years who are at risk or experiencing homelessness.

The aim of the service is to support young people to meet their physical, emotional and social needs and to develop pathways out of homelessness.

About the role

The Senior Check In Clinician Role is responsible for supervising a team of clinicians to bridge the gap between the homelessness and Mental Health service system and provide recovery- oriented mental health triage and assessment, therapeutic intervention, case management and support to young people who display psychological distress and many present with challenging, at risk and suicidal behaviours.

The role works closely with the Frontyard Services leadership team to lead the coordination, training and development of the Frontyard team in best practice planning, case management and goal setting for young people experiencing homelessness. The role works collaboratively with leaders to ensure their teams are well trained and embrace the integrated service model.

  • Provide sound clinical advice to support the development and revision of guidelines, policies, procedures that are used across MCM and support MCM in its pursuits to inform legislative requirements and professional standards
  • Provide oversight and on occasion high clinical mental health assessments, discipline specific therapeutic treatments that are youth focused, developmentally informed, recovery oriented and trauma informed approach for young people accessing Frontyard Youth Services
  • Provide supervision and secondary consultation to employees at Frontyard working in clinical and therapeutic roles and ensure that interventions are delivered in collaboration with the integrated services of Frontyard
  • Develop and maintain strong working relationships with a wide range of services essential to providing whole of person care to young people in crisis

Skills and experience

Essential:

  • Bachelor qualification in human services or an allied health discipline, including social work, psychology and counselling, with membership with the appropriate professional body
  • Significant experience managing and supporting staff providing case management support for people with multiple complex needs
  • A comprehensive understanding on practice approaches when working with young people who are at risk or experiencing homelessness, with an in depth understanding of the factors that lead to homelessness
  • A comprehensive understanding of trauma informed practice and the necessary clinical skills to engage young people with multiple complex needs

For more information, including a position description, closing date and how to apply, please click “apply now” to be redirected to our website.

For more details or assistance with application submission please email: [email protected], using the subject line: Senior Check In Clinician enquiry via EthicalJobs.

Applicants will be required to undergo a pre-employment safety screening process as part of the MCM selection process. Appointments to MCM roles will be subject to the following safety screening checks (as applicable to the role): National (and International if applicable) Police Check (which includes Proof of Identity Check), Victorian Employee Working with Children Check, NDIS Worker Screening Check, Right to Work in Australia and current and valid driver licence. All costs associated with safety checks (except National Police Check) will be at applicants’ expense.

Our commitment to diversity

At MCM, we embrace differences in gender, age, ethnicity, race, cultural background, disability, religion and sexual orientation. We know that diversity and inclusion helps us to attract, recruit, engage and retain a team of talented people. If you require specific support to apply for this position, please email [email protected].

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