Mental Health Clinician – Team Lead

Role overview

1. Clinical

• Provides high quality specialised mental health services for children and adolescents.
• Conducts mental health assessment (including home and community based), intervention, management planning and evaluation
• Provides evidence based individual and group treatment interventions for clients with complex problems and their families.
• Provides guidance to the multidisciplinary team for risk assessment and safety planning, including for disclosures of risk and/or child safety concerns as necessary.
• Evaluates the effectiveness of the whole mental health service and therapy programs.
• Coordinates the mental health caseload, including allocation of referral, service planning and discharges.
• Manages all mental health referrals through the multidisciplinary intake process and triage system.
• Analyses client needs to provide individual, group and team interventions and the development of treatment programs using culturally appropriate and evidence-based practice.
• Implements safe and ethical evidence-based therapies.
• Engages in multidisciplinary discussions to ensure best practice and quality intervention planning.
• Functions as a member of a multidisciplinary team.
• Participates in ongoing evaluation of organisation level and individual clinical practice.

2. Management

• Contributes to the strategic planning, development and implementation and evaluation of an evidence-based, person-centred mental health service.

• Provides clinical supervision, facilitates performance management and mentors mental health team.
• Allocates workload and manages availability of human resources within the mental health team, including line management duties for payroll and staff entitlements.
• Participates in the development of policies and procedures, documentation and evaluation of mental health services.
• Assists with feedback and complaints management
• Provides support in incident and risk management in collaboration with the Clinical Services Manager.

3. Administration

• Maintains own calendar and client database.
• Maintains client information in accordance with organisational, professional and the National Disability Insurance Scheme requirements.

• Develops, prepares and presents training for staff in relation to mental health interventions.
• Develops resources and programs for the use of other staff in areas of expertise.
• Assists with supervision and development of students and colleagues.
• Engages in continued professional development/education and ensures continued eligibility for membership with the appropriate professional association.
• Participates in performance planning and performance reviews.

5. Other

• Performs duties in accordance with organisational Policies and Procedures.
• Performs duties in line with the National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013 (NDIS Act) and Disability Services Act (1993).
• Performs duties in line with the organisation’s and National Disability Insurance Scheme’s Codes of Conduct.
• Performs duties in accordance with relevant Occupational Health and Safety and Equal Opportunity Legislation.
• Conducts duties in a manner that is ethical and promotes a positive image of Connect Paediatric Therapy Services.
• Delivers outreach services as required.