Job Description
About the Role:
Seeking a passionate psychiatrist with experience with Children and adolescents with some experience with adults too. The position is one day per week and it is a mix of working from home, home visits and working in the office. Your role involves working with children and adolescents aiming to preserve placement with families or care givers to avoid hospital admissions, being placed in out of home care or juvenile detention. This position also involves providing occasional evaluations of youth prior to clinical intake if indicated.
Key selection criteria
- Board certification or eligibility in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry; Be legally qualified practitioner, registered or registratable with AHPRA without conditions, undertakings or reprimands.
- Fellowship of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists
- Significant clinical experience in treating serious antisocial behavior in youth including research or training in diagnostic assessment, mental status examinations
- Demonstrated skills in building strong collaborative relationships across professional and organisational boundaries, as well as knowledge of relevant Community Service Organizations, local and State Government (DFFH) and the ability to network with these services
- Implementation of interventions within or between systems in the youth's natural ecology that affect or influence the behavior of youth (i.e., family, peer, school, and neighborhood)
- Availability one full day a week to provide services within an outreach model
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
- Excellent interpersonal skills, with a demonstrated capacity to work collaboratively with others and exercise influence in a diversity of contexts.
- Ability to participate collaboratively and constructively within teams of peers, staff and other stakeholders, as well as initiative and effective personal judgement when working alone.
Why work with Tradewind?
Tradewind Australia is Melbourne's fastest-growing agency recruiting for the Social Services sector. We pride ourselves on the strong and long-standing relationships we have formed with our clients and candidates.
How to apply:
To apply, follow the link provided or apply on our website
Alternatively, email your resume to Mel or Katie at teammh@twrecruitment.com.au
For any queries regarding the position or application process, contact the Mental Health Team on 03 9081 0559.
TRADEWIND AUSTRALIA IS PROUD TO BE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES EMPLOYER.
We welcome applications from people who reflect the diversity of the organisations we partner with, and the people they support. We encourage people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background and people with disability and lived experience to apply.
