Senior Family Worker Eating Disorders

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Senior Clinician – Eating Disorders Team

Exciting new opportunity to join Orygen Specialist Program Eating Disorders team
Part Time (0.5) ongoing
Multidisciplinary role – OT3, SW3, P3 and RPN4
Based in Sunshine with satellite services covering Werribee and Melton

Your new team

Orygen eating disorders is an emerging stream within the evolving Orygen service system. This program will partner with young people, families/carers and the Orygen workforce to provide evidence-based best practice eating disorder assessments and interventions. The eating disorders stream will have clinicians providing secondary and primary consultation and assist in the management of eating disorders across Orygen services.

Care will be in partnership with ongoing care providers and enable opportunities for targeted interventions that can be completed within the home, sub-acute and acute environments. The Eating Disorders stream will also develop key partnerships with external stakeholders representing Orygen within Eating Disorder networks and utilising these relationships to support collaborative care and to young people to engage with those agencies should they require their supports.

Applicants will be offered training and supervision in cognitive analytic therapy while in this role.

About Your New Role

Provide high-quality family-inclusive integrated consultations, based on clinical experience working with young people with eating disorders and other serious mental illness and substance use
The Senior Family Work Clinician is expected to function autonomously as well as work collaboratively with the Continuing Care Teams, the Continuing Care Team Coordinator, the Clinical Stream Leaders, and the Lead Family Work Clinician to plan and develop services for young people and their families that are consistent with best practice standards and evidence-based care and are in line with the strategic direction and vision for Orygen.
Participate in the development of a framework for eating disorders care across Orygen, engaging and collaborating with Orygen Primary, Specialist and Research programs
Participate in collaboratively designing, develop and deliver eating disorder training packages across primary and tertiary care

About You

Qualifications in a relevant area of practice
A post graduate level qualification in Family/Systems Therapy
A minimum of 5 years’ experience in provision of mental health treatment, including with young people
Knowledge of the rationale and evidence for early intervention in mental illness.

Our Commitment to you

Here at The RMH we strive for excellence with a strong purpose that defines the work we do for our community – Advancing health for everyone, every day. This is the Melbourne Way.

We believe our success comes from our people. We’re committed to the RMH being a great place to work and a great place to receive care.

Interested?

For a confidential discussion please connect via the details below.

All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Record Check and a Working with Children Check.

Successful applicants will be required to provide evidence of an immunisation assessment prior to commencement.

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