Alfred Health
Alfred Health is a leader in health care delivery, improvement, research and education. We are the main provider of health services to people living in the inner southeast suburbs of Melbourne, from ambulatory to inpatient and home and community-based services.
1. 2 vacancies: Permanent, Full-time with flexible ADO and Fixed-term, Full-time to Jan 2026
2. Based in Bentleigh
3. Registered Psychiatric Nurse Grade 3, Social Worker/Occupational Therapist/Psychologist Grade 2
4. Frequent professional development opportunities and regular professional supervision
What's in it for you:
5. Great team culture and a supportive multi-disciplinary team environment
6. Be involved in an innovative youth mental health program that is making a real difference in the community!
About us:
Headspace Early Psychosis is an innovative and comprehensive youth early psychosis programs being delivered through one program in each Australian state. Through this initiative, young people and their families have timely access to comprehensive evidence-based early psychosis services. This program aims to intervene early with young people who have unusual sensory experiences and/or beliefs and their families and supporters. The service builds on strengths and resilience, uses the wisdom of lived experience and fosters hope, potential, and recovery.
We are a dynamic team, seeking work differently with young people and their families in the area. We value collaborative work and therapeutic interventions. We have a strong and inclusive team culture that seeks to develop staff and improve outcomes for the people we care for.
What you’ll be doing
As a CCT (Continuing Care Team) Clinician will provide clinical assessment, intervention, case-management and therapy to young people presenting with, or at risk of, developing early psychosis and facilitate a culture that emphasises family involvement. In addition, you will act as a resource demonstrating current theoretical knowledge and evidence base for discipline specific practice in mental health.
In this role, you will be well supported through an outcome orientated multi-disciplinary team structure with opportunities for professional development.
What we need from you
7. Approved tertiary qualifications and eligibility for membership with the relevant professional registering body (Nursing and Midwifery Board/Occupational Therapy Board/Psychology Board via AHPRA, or AASW)
8. Appropriate work visa
9. Full Covid-19 and 2023 Influenza vaccination
10. Current Victorian Driver's License
11. Current Working with Children Check and be willing to undergo a Background Check
Other benefits
12. Great employment benefits as part of Alfred Health - Wellbeing initiatives, access to salary packaging, novated leasing and discounted health insurance and banking
13. Portable long service leave from other public health services
14. Located close to public transport, shops and cafes