About Us People with passion, connected by hope for a more compassionate, just and inclusive society is our story – what’s yours? Everyone has a story. And here at Wesley Mission Queensland, we feel privileged to stand alongside the families, children, couples and seniors that we support each year. We’re an innovative and responsive not-for-profit community service provider, helping people across Queensland build stronger and more inclusive communities since 1907. About the Role As a Mental Health Clinician, you are an experienced practitioner who will be a part of the Supporting Minds team. In this role you will deliver intervention as a part of a Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) which aligns with the strategic goals of Mental Health Services and Wesley Mission Queensland (WMQ). Whilst this role will be based at Arundel, as an employee of WMQ, you may be required to work across multiple community co-location sites and multiple customer groups. Key Role Accountabilities: Utilise discipline specific skills, professional mental health knowledge and clinical decision-making abilities to develop individual treatment and care plans for customers within the scope of the service. Provide evidence based therapeutic interventions offering a mix of modalities best suited to a person’s needs for total service duration of up to 12 weeks e.g. CBT, DBT, ACT coaching, psycho-education, self-management strategies, family therapy, narrative therapy, interpersonal/supportive psychotherapy. Provide a clinical mental health service for a wide range of activities to customer from various backgrounds and funding arrangements. Deliver both individual, up to 6 sessions, and group programs; face to face, telehealth, online or blended Provide holistic customer interventions that may include education to support networks and supervision to other disciplines. Facilitate reviews and comply with reporting requirements in accordance with relevant funding body. Facilitate reviews and comply with reporting requirements in accordance with relevant funding body. What we provide our Clinicians Access to 1-1 Clinical Supervision and wider Communities of Practice to support your learning, career growth and well being. Access to training for professional development and to support with maintain accreditation . About You Tertiary qualification in Psychology, Occupational Therapy, Social Work, Counselling or Nursing. Demonstrated experience building relationships with and supporting people experiencing mental illness and/or suicidal crisis, and their carers. Cultural competence working with LGBTIQAP community Demonstrated ability and proficiency in the timely receipting, appropriate documenting and accurate record keeping into computerised programs. Demonstrated high level of verbal and written communication skills particularly in establishing and maintaining rapport with staff, customers and their carers. Demonstrated ability to work effectively as a multi-disciplinary team member. Demonstrated ability to prioritise and manage individual caseload whilst meeting service and customer needs. Demonstrated ability to recognise other needs that WMQ can assist customers with and provide relevant and timely referrals. What makes a difference for us! Proof of Vaccination Status as required by Legislation, Health Directives or WMQ Policy throughout employment and prior to commencement. Relevant probity checks required by legislation and WMQ policy. Current Australian Driver’s Licence and willingness to drive in the course of work. Why WMQ? We value diversity, strive for inclusion, and come together to walk alongside those in need to provide hope and compassion. We are committed to working collaboratively to help you grow, support your wellbeing, and enable you to be your true self each day aligned to our mission and values. Along the journey, we will encourage you to find your story. We offer our team members: Support from our Employee Wellbeing Program – we are recognised as an Advanced Mental Health First Aid Skilled Workplace! Access to salary packaging benefits that enable you to increase your take-home pay Discounted allied health services such as nutrition, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, and remedial massage Access to discounts on private health insurance, gym memberships and travel WMQ's vision for reconciliation is for all people to stand unified in an equal and inclusive future. We commit to enhancing opportunities for Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander People and celebrating diversity. As part of our commitment to Reconciliation we encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.
