Hiring - Mental Health Practitioner
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Are you a Melbourne-based Psychologist or Mental Health Social Worker with experience delivering Employee Assistance and other workplace service programs? Looking to join a well-established, friendly team of mental healthcare professionals?
We deliver therapeutic services to empower individuals, organisations, and communities to not just survive, but thrive, and we are looking for practitioners who have an understanding of Employee Assistance Program (EAP) requirements and are committed to industry best practices.
The ideal candidate will have at least three years of experience providing individual psychology services to adults, ideally within a private practice or EAP setting. This role is a mix of client facing psychological service provision (approx. 55%) and clinical/client administration (approx. 20%) and other professional development, project and administration work (approx. 25%).
You’ll be a great fit if you:
- Enjoy working within a connected and committed team of professionals to deliver mental health workplace services.
- Have experience delivering EAP or workplace services and an understanding of contributing factors to workplace mental health such as, stress, burnout, bullying, workplace relationships and communication, neurodivergence, performance management, and organisational factors.
- Want to grow and develop your skills alongside peers by attending, hosting, and/or facilitating peer supervision sessions.
- Are organised and dedicated to completing daily client administration accurately, in a timely manner and to professional standards.
- Have excellent communication and interpersonal skills and use them to build and manage professional relationships in a warm and engaging manner.
- Possess a high level of accountability and integrity, this role requires management of sensitive information and an ability to act ethically and with professional competence.
- Have training and experience assessing and managing risk in adults with mental ill health.
About Us
The Mind Room is a mental health, wellbeing, and performance psychology practice based in Collingwood Victoria and established in 2012 by Dr Jo Mitchell and Michael Inglis. Our underpinning philosophy and values are outlined here.
We offer therapy and coaching to individuals and couples who come to The Mind Room for mental health and wellbeing support. We also provide services to organisations including Employee Assistance Programs (EAP), training, coaching and consulting. We work with values-driven businesses, especially those operating within the health, sports, creative, and for-purpose sectors. We aim to achieve one million client engagement hours by 2035.
Located in a purpose-built venue that includes 14 consulting rooms, three telehealth pods, a studio for workshops, and multiple shared and individual spaces to accommodate connection and quiet work as required.Our reception, intake, and administration teams support the smooth running of daily clinic operations. A regular peer supervision program and professional development opportunities are available to employees.
How We’ll Support You
- Connection and community: work with like-minded peers in a collaborative setting with regular team-training and a peer-supervision program
- Clinical Autonomy: we value your clinical judgement and provide support to empower you to determine how you work with your clients
- Training & Development: Annual professional development budget allocated per employee
- Remuneration and progression: we pay above award rate salaries, with additional increases for endorsements and clear advancement opportunities
- Front of House Support: Our friendly and competent reception and intake teams support the smoothing running of daily clinic operations ensuring clients are well managed and directed.
- Purpose built venue that provides a supported, friendly, social learning environment for all team members
- Flexibility to work remotely (position dependant)
- Technology provided i.e. computer and software
The Job Basics
- Full-Time Employee
- Works at: Collingwood Victoria office (open Monday to Saturday)
- Part of Team: Partnerships: EAP & Workplace Services
- Reports To: Partnerships Lead: EAP & Workplace
- Works With: Partnerships Team, Practice Manager, Front of House & Intake Team, Clinical Manager
- Remuneration: Per the Health Professionals and Support Services Award [MA000027] as a Health Professional Level 2-4 / Pay Point 1 – 5 (dependent on experience); we pay above award rate salaries, with additional increases for endorsements.
How You’ll Contribute
We’re looking for individuals who have a genuine interest and motivation to learn, grow, and apply psychological knowledge and experience as a means of improving the lives of others. You’ll be responsible for;
- Supporting Clients: Assess, treat and refer clients experiencing psychological disorders, adjustment to life events, enhancing wellbeing.
- Caseload Management & Administration: Manage client engagement, retention, and discharge/archive clients as appropriate and ensure that daily client administration is done accurately and promptly. Understanding of and compliance with Employee Assistance Program (EAP) requirements and best practice.
- Team Player: Providing project and administration support to your Team Lead or Manager, as delegated.
- Learning, Growing, and Contributing: Meet registration requirements for ongoing professional development and supervision. Attend, host and/or facilitate as part of the in-house peer supervision program.
To see a full version of the position description visit our website.
How To Apply
Apply by: 25-Aug-2024 (midnight)
Include: Your CV and a one-page cover letter that relates your experience to the key responsibilities, qualifications, skills and experience outlined in the full position description.
Send by: Email us with the subject line: Partnerships Clinician July 2024.
Send to: hr@themindroom.com.au
Recruitment Process Notes:
- Interviews will be held on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday after 2pm or Wednesday morning.
- As part of our commitment to thorough HR practices, we will notify all applicants of the outcome of their application.
- Applications will be reviewed as received and we reserve the right to close the selection process at any time.
- At this time we can only consider applications from psychologists who have obtained their full AHPRA registration or Mental Health Social Workers registered with AASW and who are registered for billing with Medicare.
- Only applicants with current rights to work in Australia will be considered.