Ahp2/3 School Mental Health Practitioner - Adelaide CBD, Australia - SA Government -DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION

SA Government -DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION

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Adelaide CBD, Australia

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Description

Department for Education

Job reference: 521591

Location:

ADELAIDE

Job status:
Long Term Contract

Eligibility:
Open to Everyone

Why work with us:

We're building a public education system which is genuinely recognised as world-class - where every preschool and school is great and where there is growth for every child and student.

We are one team, statewide.

Everyone in public education works together, united behind our vision because what we're doing today will improve the futures of children in South Australia.

We're making a difference so South Australia thrives.

The Department for Education is establishing a school mental health service to assist in the management of student mental health concerns.

The new school mental health service will provide appropriately credentialed mental health practitioners based in secondary schools with outreach to primary schools in some locations.

The School Mental Health Practitioner (SMHP) will provide assessment and time-limited interventions for students with mild to moderate mental health concerns.

The SMHP will provide services to one or more schools and will work in partnership with school leadership to provide support across the three waves of intervention, including:

Providing direct assessment and time-limited intervention to students identified with emerging or mild to moderate mental health concerns
Contributing to referral and case management processes for students with more complex mental health presentations
Building the mental health literacy of school communities

The SMHP must be appropriately credentialed in one of a range of discipline areas, including Psychology, Occupational Therapy, or Social Work and have direct experience providing therapuetic interventions with children and young people with mental health concerns.

Qualifications:

Essential:

A Bachelor qualification or specialist/post graduate qualification where applicable in:

Social Work
Occupational Therapy
Psychology
Full registration with the requisite professional body where applicable (ie AHPRA)
Social Work

applicants must be eligible for membership with the Australian Association of Social Workers

Approved supervisor with appropriate registration board
Social Work

- training and experience in the delivery of clinical supervision

Special Conditions:

The successful applicant is required to gain a Department for Human Services (DHS) working with children check (WWCC) prior to being employed which is required to be renewed every five years before expiry.

The incumbent will be required to undertake RRHAN -EC (Responding to Risks of Harm, Abuse and Neglect - Education Care) Facilitator Lead (Masterclass) extended course or the online (Fundamentals) course which will be required to be updated every three years.

For all other Special Conditions please refer to the attached Position Description.

Application Instructions:

Applicants are required to submit a CV, the Application Cover Sheet, Employment Declaration and a written statement of no more than 1500 words addressing the selection criteria in the attached document.

People of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent and/or those who have a disability are strongly encouraged to apply.

Remuneration:

AHP2:
$85,665 - $99,241

AHP3:
$101,124 - $108,467

Enquiries:

Applications should be made through the I Work For SA website.

Additional Note:

This is a Full-time contract role (1.0 FTE), initial 24-month term contract.

Applications close: 01/03/2023 6:00 PM