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EL 1 Assistant Director - Wodonga, Australia - Department of Veterans' Affairs
Description
Open Arms Veterans and Families Counselling is Australia's leading provider of mental health assessment and counselling for Australian veterans and their families. Assistant Directors leverage specialist knowledge and experience gained from a relevant clinical background to lead multidisciplinary teams in the provision of services to Veterans and their families.
The ideal candidate will have well established connections within Wodonga, and leverage their existing partnerships to support the delivery of a high quality mental health service for Australian veterans and their families.
They manage the clinical governance processes of Open Arms to develop, maintain, and improve therapeutic practice and services. They support the Regional Director in implementing the business and strategic plan in the region, including identification and application of quality improvement activities, regional application of Open Arms procedures, and evaluation of regional service delivery arrangements.
Duties
Open Arms Veterans and Families Counselling is Australia's leading provider of mental health assessment and counselling for Australian veterans and their families. Assistant Directors leverage specialist knowledge and experience gained from a relevant clinical background to lead multidisciplinary teams in the provision of services to Veterans and their families.
The ideal candidate will have well established connections within Wodonga, and leverage their existing partnerships to support the delivery of a high quality mental health service for Australian veterans and their families.
They manage the clinical governance processes of Open Arms to develop, maintain, and improve therapeutic practice and services. They support the Regional Director in implementing the business and strategic plan in the region, including identification and application of quality improvement activities, regional application of Open Arms procedures, and evaluation of regional service delivery arrangements.
Duties
Mandatory Requirements
One or more of the following:
Notes
This recruitment process is being used to fill ongoing and/or non-ongoing position/s. For more information about the role, please see the Candidate Information Pack.
Where a non-ongoing position is offered, the role will be filled for an initial specified term of up to18 months.
A merit pool of suitable applicants may be created which may be used to fill future ongoing and non-ongoing vacancies should they become available over the next 18 months.
Successful applicants engaged into the APS will be subject to a probation period.
DVA embraces and fosters a culture that supports diversity, inclusion and respect, where people are empowered to fulfil their potential. We welcome people with diverse skills, experiences, perspectives and backgrounds. We are dedicated and committed to attracting and recruiting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and encourage applications from people with disability, people that identify as LGBTQIA+ and people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. Take on a rewarding, varied, and broad career with an Australian Public Service Department that can bring balance and flexibility to your working life, while supporting you to stay connected to your community.
DVA is committed to improving the data skills and capability of our workforce to underpin our goal of becoming a leading data-driven organisation.
RecruitAbility applies to this vacancy. Under the RecruitAbility scheme you will be invited to participate in further assessment activity for the vacancy if you choose to apply under the scheme; declare you have a disability; and meet the minimum requirements for the job. For more information visit:
Candidate Information Pack