Work Type: Fixed-term - Part-time
Salary: $94,000 - $123,000
Grade: Grade not specified
Occupation: Health and allied health
Location: Melbourne - CBD and Inner Metro suburbs
Reference: 13361
Family Intervention Clincian/ Senior Family Intervention Clinician
Grade 2/3 Occupational Therapist, Psychologist, Social Worker or Speech Pathologist or Grade 3/4 Nurse.
About the Role
This is a fixed term (until June 30 2026) Part Time position at up to 45.6 hours per fortnight within the HOPE team within the Mental Health Department.
The Senior Family Intervention Clinician/Family Intervention Clinician will provide time limited, evidence-informed interventions to assist parents, and carers to learn strategies to help their children manage their mood and affect regulation difficulties, deliberate self-harm and suicidal feelings, as well as build distress tolerance and problem-solving skills. The role will involve providing family based or dyadic sessions with the child and parent or carer. The position will also involve the co-facilitation of parent and/or child groups. The successful applicant will work alongside other members of the HOPE program including the Program Clinical Lead, the Lived Experience Peer worker, and the Psychosocial Support Worker to best support families.
Classification for this position would depend on the applicants discipline, qualifications and experience, and will range from:
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Senior Family Intervention Clinician
About the Department
The RCH’s Infant, Child and Family Area Mental Health and Wellbeing Service (RCH Mental Health) Child Hospital Outreach Post-suicidal Engagement (C&Y HOPE) program is a new program which will provide tailored holistic support to children ages 5 to 11 years old who are experiencing deliberate self-harm, suicidal thoughts and attempts who reside within the North and West Metropolitan Area of Melbourne, as well as their families/ care systems. The program aims to provide psychosocial and clinical support to children, young people and their families/carers for up to 3 months to address factors that may have contributed to the child/young person presenting with deliberate self-harm and/or suicidal thoughts and attempts. The program would initially work closely and form partnerships with the RCH emergency department, the many departments and teams within RCH Mental Health as well as external mental health care providers.
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Application process
To apply, you will need a resume and a tailored cover letter outlining your skills, experience, and suitability for the position in line with the requirements of the position description.
Shortlisting for this position will commence immediately, we encourage you to apply promptly!
For more information about this position please contact Leah Dalton, A/HOPE Program co-ordinator Ph: 03 93456011 Email: [email protected]