The Royal Children's Hospital

Support Work - Community Mental Health & AOD Worker

The Royal Children's Hospital  •  Melbourne, AU (Onsite)  •  6 hours ago
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Job Description

  • Part Time, 0.8 FTE, Ongoing
  • Generous salary packaging options to increase your take home pay
  • Work for a multidisciplinary team with a diverse range of backgrounds

So why cohealth?

cohealth leads the way in reducing health and social inequity in partnership with people and the communities in which they live. Named Premier's Health Service of the Year (Primary) and the Supporting LGBTIQ+ Health Service at the Victorian Public Healthcare Awards, cohealth's 1000 staff demonstrate courage, leadership, innovation, and agility in their commitment to providing inclusive and culturally safe health services that protect the human rights of all people of all gender identities, sexualities, ages, cultural and linguistic backgrounds, faiths, and abilities.

Our inclusive workplace culture enables staff to bring their whole selves to work, where uniqueness is valued, and people experience a feeling of belonging. Our aim is for everyone to thrive in their role. Please click here to find out more.

About the role

Make a real difference. Join HOMHS, a collaborative outreach service supporting people experiencing mental illness and homelessness to achieve stable housing, improved wellbeing and lasting recovery through integrated, person-centred care.

Please refer to the Position Description to know more about the role.

Your duties include:

  • Develop and implement client-directed, strengths-based individual client service packages from entry to exit
  • Work collaboratively with clients and the HOMHS team to conduct comprehensive assessments, identifying needs, aspirations and goals of clients
  • Provide case management support and advocacy to consumers with a range of complex needs who are accessing HOMHS
  • Conduct risk assessments and manage risks responsibly and in line with program policy

What cohealth offers:

  • Generous salary packaging of up to $15,900, plus an additional $2,650 for meals and entertainment, to help increase your take-home pay. Find out more on salary packaging here: https://www.ato.gov.au/Individuals/Jobs-and-employment-types/Working-as-an-employee/Salary-sacrific…
  • Novated Leasing is available along with a significantly discounted fitness membership with unlimited access to over 290 facilities for you and your family. To find out more click here
  • cohealth offers primary carers 14 weeks paid parental leave upon completion of only 6 months of continuous service
  • Eligible co-workers will continue to receive superannuation on unpaid parental leave as well
  • Counselling services for you and your immediate family through our EAP-Access provider, along with mindfulness, resilience, and wellbeing programs
  • An inclusive workplace where diversity is valued and the work you do makes a meaningful difference

Our ideal candidate:

  • Relevant tertiary qualification and/or demonstrated experience in mental health, AOD, homelessness or related field
  • Demonstrated experience providing client-centred, strengths-based case management from intake to exit
  • Strong knowledge of mental health conditions, treatment interventions, AOD practice, harm minimisation principles, and the interface between community mental health, homelessness and broader health service systems
  • Ability to deliver recovery-oriented services that promote client choice and self-determination

Application Process

We will be conducting interviews for this role as applications are received.

If you have any questions regarding this role, please contact Alex Vowles Alexandra.Vowles@cohealth.org.au

All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check (NCCHC), a Working with Children Check (WWCC), complete a Pre-Employment Declaration Form, evidence of legal rights to work in Australia, and evidence of vaccination.

Successful applicants will be required to provide evidence of immunisation assessment including Influenza within 12 weeks of commencement [B]. This is in accordance with the Victorian Minister of Health Mandatory Vaccination Orders and legislated requirement for influenza vaccination.

The Royal Children's Hospital

About The Royal Children's Hospital

The Royal Children's Hospital (RCH) has been providing outstanding care for Victoria's children and their families for over 147 years.

We are the major specialist paediatric hospital in Victoria and our care extends to children from Tasmania, southern New South Wales and other states around Australia and overseas.

With a passionate, highly skilled and committed staff campus wide of over 5,000, we provide a full range of clinical services, tertiary care and health promotion and prevention programs for children and young people.

We are the designated state-wide major trauma centre for paediatrics in Victoria and a Nationally Funded Centre for cardiac and liver transplantation.

When it comes to training and research we partner with the very best. Our campus partners, the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute (MCRI) and The University of Melbourne Department of Paediatrics, along with the RCH Foundation, are on site with the hospital in Parkville. Together, we are committed to improving the health outcomes for children today and in the future.

In 2016–17, more than 85,654 children attended our Emergency Department, 322,291 specialist clinic appointments were held which was almost 70,000 more than the previous year, more than 17,000 surgeries were performed and more than 48,552 children were admitted to our wards.

Industry
Healthcare & Social Services
Company Size
1,001-5,000 employees
Headquarters
Parkville, AU
Year Founded
Unknown
Website
org.au
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