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SA Health
Job reference: 879325
Location: 0872 - AMATA
Job status: Ongoing
Eligibility: Open to Everyone

• Women's and Children's Health Network, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS), FIFO-DIDO in APY Lands

• Classification - ASO5 - Administrative Services Officer L5 - $85,790 to $95,413

• Full time - Ongoing Position

About the Opportunity
We currently have an exciting opportunity to join the CAMHS team as a Aboriginal Mental Health Wellbeing Worker, where you will be responsible for:

• Contribute to the delivery of programs for Aboriginal children and young people within the WCHN APY Lands Integrated Model of Care (IMOC).
• Provide cultural advice and guidance to both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal workforce within CAMHS.
• Support improvements in the quality and distribution of services across CAMHS and within the APY Lands team.
• Address the mental health and wellbeing needs of Aboriginal children, young people, and their families through running programs and supporting clinicians.
• Offer timely cultural advice to multidisciplinary staff to enhance care delivery.
• Ensure quality services for children, adolescents, and families experiencing complex social, emotional, and behavioural difficulties.
• Work effectively within a multidisciplinary and interagency team context.

About You
To be successful in this role, you will have:

• Knowledge of philosophy and practice particularly as it relates to the provision of social and emotional/mental health services to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander children, young people and their families
• Demonstrated ability to promote and understand cultural safety within APY IMo C team by raising awareness and understanding of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures as well as factors, such as government policies, that affect mental health/wellbeing outcomes for children, young people and families
• Ability to negotiate the boundaries of safe practice and know when to refer to other professional disciplines.
• Demonstrated experience in engaging and establishing relationships with Aboriginal children and young people to enable their needs to be met
• Experience in contributing to mental health assessment and therapeutic interventions for Aboriginal children and young people by providing cultural knowledge and advice.
• Demonstrated experience working in social and emotional/mental health services and/or other relevant community services, and as part of a multidisciplinary team
• Demonstrated experience running programs in social and emotional/mental health context.
• Have a Car license and be okay flying in planes.
• Willingness to drive in remote locations and for long distances.

What WCHN Can Offer You

• Salary package a range of benefits (including living expenses such as mortgage, rent, utility bills and groceries) up to $9,010 each FBT year + $2,650 for Meal Entertainment expenses each FBT year.
• Access to Fitness Passport (workplace health and fitness program that gives you and your family access to a wide choice of gyms and pools across South Australia.)
• Free Public Transport for SA Health Metropolitan Hospital Workers.
• Access to generous leave provisions and professional development opportunities
• Support for you and your family via our Employee Assistance Program
• Additional 30% on top of your base pay rate for working in a remote environment and Travel allowance each trip for this role.

You may be eligible for financial support if you are considering relocating from interstate or overseas. Please speak to the enquiries person of the role on offer to find out more.
About Us
The Women's & Children's Health Network is the state's leading provider of best practice health care for women, babies, children and young people across South Australia. We offer:

• specialist care for children with acute and chronic conditions
• state of the art maternity and obstetric care services
• community based services reaching hundreds of thousands of babies, children and young people, their families and communities across SA
• specialist programs including Mental Health, Child & Family Health services, Youth and Aboriginal Health services.

Join our patient centred team and contribute to providing South Australia's women, babies, children and young people with the best health care through both within our hospital or via our many and varied community services and programs.
Our values of Compassion, Respect, Equity, Accountability and working Together for Excellence or CREATE Together represent who we are as a Network.
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Special Conditions
To find out more about this role, including key selection criteria, all special conditions and minimum requirements, please click on the attached role description and also review our document checklists below.
Immunisation Requirements Checklist
Applicant Documents Checklist
Application Instructions
You will be required to attach a 1-2 page cover letter addressing the key selection criteria of the role and a current resume/curriculum vitae prior to clicking 'Submit Application'. It is recommended to allow enough time to complete the whole application as the system times out after one hour of inactivity.
Other Important Information
The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.
Want further information on applying and winning this role, go to our SA Health Careers Site for the Australian Applicant Guide or if you are an international applicant, check out the International Application Guide.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply.
Enquiries
Judy O'Sullivan
Phone: +61403245590
Position: CAMHS Community Operations Manager
E-mail: Judy.O'Sullivan@sa.gov.au
Application Closing Date: 24/10/2024 - 11:55pm
Useful Links
ASO5 - Aboriginal Mental Health Wellbeing Worker - CAMHS - Role Description - 879325.pdf

Flexibility Statement
The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.