Mental Health Practitioner - Melbourne, Australia - Education and Training

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Location:
Melbourne | Western Metropolitan


Job type:
Part time / From 06/03/2023


Organisation:
Education and Training


Salary:
Salary not specified


Occupation:
Education and Training


Reference:

Selection Criteria:


1. Direct counselling experience
Demostrate your previous direct counselling experience, highlighting any previous experience with children and young people. What is/would be your approach to counselling secondary students with mental health concerns? How would you assess mental health and wellbeing issues for this cohort?


2. Implementing evidence based intervention strategies
Demonstrate a complex case you have managed. How did you manage this case? What evidence based intervention strategy/ies did you use? How do you know if you made an impact?


3. Health and wellbeing strategy and process development
The Mental Health Practitioner role will require input into school health and wellbeing strategies and processes. This may involve identifying whether a student referral for counselling is appropriate. Demostrate how you have worked within or contributed to an organisation's strategies and processes. How do you see yourself contributing to a school's health and wellbeing processes?


4. Communication skills


The Mental Health Practitioner role requires the ability to communicate with a range of stakeholders, including students, school staff, and Student Support Services staff, to help provide support to students.

Demonstrate how communication is important when working as a mental health practitioner in a school?


5. Leadership and professional learning


One of the responsibilities of the Mental Health Practitioner role will be to provide leadership and professional learning to others, such as teachers and other school wellbeing staff, to build the capacity of schools to improve students' learning and developmental outcomes.

This learning may include delivering presentations, providing one-to-one advice on certain issues, or other activities.
Deonstrate where you have used your professional expertise to build the capability of others in a work environment?


6. Understanding legislative requirements
Demonstrate how you have met relevant policies and legislative requirements in relation to student health information and privacy.


Role:


The Mental Health Practitioners (MHP) initiative provides for a suitably qualified mental health professional in all government secondary school campuses.

Operating in collaboration with the Department of Education and Training's Area-based multi-disciplinary teams, this role will have the following functions:
provide direct counselling support and other early intervention services for individual students and groups identified as at-risk and/or experiencing or demonstrating mild to moderate mental health needs;
coordinate supports for students with critical needs both within and external to the school, including proactively working with regions and other health professionals to engage further support as required; and

enhance promotion and prevention activities in the school by contributing to whole school health and wellbeing plans, building the capability of teaching staff and school leadership to manage student health and wellbeing, and helping to embed mental health promotion and prevention programs and strategies in the school.

Education Support Class Level 1 Range 4


The successful applicant will be an experienced professional who will carry out their duties and responsibilities, relative to their professional discipline, with a high level of autonomy and with mínimal reliance on professional supervision.

The successful applicant will be responsible for the development and implementation of professional support programs within an educational environment, including guidance to other professional staff.


As an education support class position, this role supports the educational services being provided to students, but will not include duties of teaching as defined in clause 2.6.1 of the _Education and Training Reform Act 2006_ (Vic).

For more information on the responsibilities of an Education support class level 1 range 4 employee, please visit:


Responsibilities:


  • Plan and implement evidence-based intervention strategies for students with complex needs including collaborating with families, other professionals and agencies when appropriate, and manage the associated risks.
  • Work collaboratively with the school to contribute to policies and operational practices that will guide the work of others, including other school wellbeing staff and teachers.
  • Demonstrate leadership and provide professional learning to others, such as teachers and other school wellbeing staff, to build the capacity of schools to improve students' learning and developmental outcomes.
  • Liaise with other Department areas (including secondary school nurses and Student Support Services staff) and external service provide
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