Clinical Lead Secasa East Bentleigh - Melbourne, Australia - Monash Health

Monash Health

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Melbourne, Australia

1 week ago

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Olivia Brown

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Description

Location:
Melbourne | Eastern Metropolitan

Job type:
Full time

Organisation:
Monash Health

Salary:
Salary not specified

Occupation:
Health and Allied Health, Medical

Reference: 62135

Working in Healthcare has never been more important or meaningful.

Our Journey
The South Eastern Centre Against Sexual Assault and Family Violence (SECASA), is a program of Monash Health and has the responsibility in the Southern Region of the Department of Families Fairness and Housing for:

The provision and development of effective services to victim/survivors and associated people affected by sexual assault and family violence
The provision and development of effective services for adolescents exhibiting sexually abusive behaviours
The provision of public education and professional training on sexual assault and antiviolence issues
Social planning and processes related to reducing societal violence

A Day in the Life

As a Grade 3 Clinical lead you will use use highly specialised knowledge of theories and evidence to assist patients/consumers, families and/or carers/significant others with psychosocial support and advocacy through psychosocial assessment, intervention, counselling, discharge planning, information provision and facilitates access to community services.

What you bring:

An ability to ork independently within approved scope of practice to provide safe, evidencebased assessment, outcome measures, therapeutic care and/or discharge planning according to organisational policies and procedures in order to achieve optimal care
Provide high levels of specialist knowledge, advice or guidance to other clinicians to support safe and effective consumercentred care
Lead/oversee highperforming clinical teams, and provide expert advice on clinical issues as required
Work collaboratively with consumers, their families and/or significant others and other stakeholders to establish a patient/client focused multidisciplinary management plan, consistent with currently accepted professional standards of practice and evidenced based practice
Work collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team to deliver safe consumerfocused care, providing high levels of specialist knowledge
Using high levels of specialist clinical reasoning, lead others to prioritise and fairly distribute workloads in collaboration with the team as required
Evaluates the distribution of workloads, developing systems that respond to changes in clinical demands as required
Ensure timely and responsive management of fluctuating referrals and waitlists as required, liaising with stakeholders to facilitate seamless healthcare to consumers
Demonstrated extensive clinical experience working with and responding to complex trauma related to sexual assault and/or family violence
Crisis intervention skills necessary for supporting people who have experienced sexual assault and/or family violence
Experience working with clients with trauma related to sexual assault and/or family violence
Have worked collaboratively with other professionals and agencies to enhance wellbeing and safety for clients
Excellent verbal and written communication skills, and experience in preparing written reports for therapeutic and legal purposes
Excellent team work, interpersonal and communication skills, including building trust and rapport with colleagues and delivery of commitments

What you need:

Social Work

An Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW) accredited Bachelor Degree or entry level Master's Degree of Social Work that provides eligibility for membership of the AASW
Written evidence of eligibility of AASW membership for overseas qualifications
Minimum of seven years' experience as a qualified social worker
Accredited Social Worker: As approved by the AASW
Desirable_
Completion of a postgraduate qualification in a relevant field or working towards such a qualification

OR

Psychology

Current general registration as a psychologist with the Psychology Board of Australia (PsyBA) AHPRA
A minimum of five years' experience as a generally registered psychologist
Having or working towards supervisor endorsement with the Psychology Board of Australia (AHPRA)
Appropriate postgraduate qualifications (Masters or Doctoral Degree) in counselling, clinical or forensic psychology in an Australian Psychology Accreditation Council (APAC) accredited course.
Evidence of participation in clinical research activities
Desirable_
Post graduate qualifications in a relevant field or working towards same.

In Return:

You will be part of highly committed compassionate leadership team
Be part of a service that values you and all you bring to the clinical lead role
Strong focus on selfcare and professional development
Work in a team with a diverse range of experience for you to supervise and develop
Receive evidence based training providing you with the skills to be a competent clinical