• All our staff are supported by discipline and role specific supervision and professional development opportunities. 
• Our staff are passionate about participation in ongoing service development, and understand the value of best practice models of care. 
• Enhance your career at Victoria's leading regional health care service

About the facility

Barwon Health Mental Health and Drug & Alcohol Services (BHMDAS) provide intensive assessment, treatment and community support to the Barwon region for people experiencing, or at risk of experiencing, mental health and drug & alcohol issues.

Our staff members effectively assess and respond to their clients’ needs. They value building on their clients’ strengths and empower them in their decision-making. They understand the value of advocacy on behalf of our client group, many of whom are marginalised

About the role

For one of our teams, the Corio Adult Community Mental Health Team, we are currently looking to fill a upcoming contracted maternity leave position. We invite Occupational Therapist, Clinical Psychologist, Social Worker or Registered Nurse, with preferable post mental health qualifications, to apply.

Your role as a Community Mental Health Clinician is to provide assessment, treatment and recovery based interventions within a multidisciplinary team context to individuals and their families who experience a serious mental illness and live in the Barwon Region. The broader service delivery model of Mental Health, Drugs & Alcohol Services (MHDAS) includes provision of high quality interventions that are consumer centred, family/carer inclusive and are delivered in a timely and coordinated manner in line with the Victorian Mental health Act 2014.

About the culture

Our service values client centeredness, holistic care, accessibility, family inclusiveness, best practice, and ongoing professional development. We are fortunate to enjoy excellent internal relationships within our wide range of clinical programs. We have developed excellent partnerships with the local community that provide for seamless integrated care for our clients. 

Barwon Health staff benefits

• Flexible working arrangements
• Professional development
• Access to employee wellness facility
• Salary packaging
• Social club
• Centrally located at University Hospital, only minutes from the vibrant waterfront
• Our Commitment to Child Safety
• Be our future Barwon Health Strategic Plan
• Aboriginal Employment Plan

At Barwon Health we celebrate and harness diversity, and consider it a competitive advantage. We encourage applications from all diverse backgrounds. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders are encouraged to apply. Our organisation promotes the safety, wellbeing and appropriate rigorous reference and background checks will be undertaken. Barwon Health is proud to be Totally Smoke Free.