Work Type: Part-time
Salary: Salary not specified
Grade: Grade not specified
Occupation: Health and allied health
Location: Melbourne - Northern suburbs
Reference: 5176
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Austin Health is the major provider of tertiary health services, health professional education and research across three campuses in the north-east of Melbourne and statewide. We have a highly engaged, diverse and collaborative workforce that is unified by our goal to help people live healthy and fulfilled lives.
About ICYMHS
The Child and Youth Mental Health Service (ICYMHS) sits within the Mental Health Division and provides tertiary mental health services to the north-eastern catchment of Melbourne (currently the local government areas of Banyule, Boroondara, Darebin, Nillumbik, Whittlesea, and Yarra). Young people eligible for the service are aged 0-25 years. Lived and Living Experience Workforce is also embedded with the ICYMHS Directorate.
Austin Health ICYMHS have two inpatient units (a child and an adolescent one), a Child and Family Centre called Booboop Narrkwarren Nagarra-Jarra-noun and a Youth Prevention and Recovery Centre (YPARC), along with a range of community teams.
The child and youth community teams work alongside specialist outreach teams, an Under 25 Crisis Assessment & Treatment Service (CATS) and a triage team. The work is supported by specialist roles: - Infant and Child Specialists, Carer and Consumer Consultants, Alcohol & Other Drug Specialists, Aboriginal Mental Health Liaison Officers, a group program coordinator and an Autism Spectrum Disorder Assessment Program.
About the role
CEP Senior Clinicians are part of a small group of senior clinicians who will support ICYMHS in the development and maintenance of robust community engagement and partnership activities and linkages.
This will include mental health promotion activities, including leading the development of local collaborative information exchanges and advising networks of professionals within north-eastern metropolitan Melbourne for infant child, youth, family services within north-eastern metropolitan Melbourne as well as primary health networks and education/vocation services.
This senior role will provide specialist child, adolescent and youth mental health consultation, education, and training about mental health issues for young people and families/carers. It will also facilitate the sharing of information between services to improve mental health outcomes for infant, children, young people and their families/carers. It has a strong external stakeholder, and partnerships focus as well as an important internal ICYMHS collaboration.
It's an exciting time to join us at Austin ICYMHS as we navigate partnership work with the community to better support young people needing to access mental health supports
About you
You will:
It is an exciting time to join Austin ICYMHS as we develop further partnership in line with the recommendations of the Royal Commission into Mental Health.
Our benefits
Working at Austin Health means enjoying a strong sense of purpose, engaging in meaningful work every day. Our people also receive a variety of rewarding benefits, including:
Work with us!
We are committed to cultural safety and health equity for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander People. We celebrate, value, and include people of all backgrounds, genders, identities, cultures, bodies, and abilities. We welcome and support applications from talented people identifying as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, people with disability, neurodiverse people, LGBTQIA+ and people of all ages and cultures.
If you feel this role is right for you, we encourage your early application. Even if you don’t meet every single requirement, we encourage you to apply. What matters most is your passion, your drive and your willingness to learn and contribute. Applications will be reviewed as they are received, and interviews may take place prior to the closing date. This means we reserve the right to close a job ad prior to the advertised closing date.
All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory National Police Check and if required, a Working With Children Check. If you require any reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process, you are welcome to reach out to the hiring manager: Nathan Hall, Program manager - Community Teams ICYMHS at [email protected]
Interested in finding out more about this opportunity? Read the position description for further details.
Application closing date: Sunday 3 May 2026