CAMHS Connect Multi-Discipline Clinician AHP2

• Women's and Children's Health Network, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS), CAMHS Connect – North Adelaide (5006)
• Salary
• Classification - AHP2 - Allied Health Professional L2 - $88,255 to $102,240 pro rata
• Employment Full time 1.0 FTE - Term contract (Temporary up to 26 Dec 2025)

Overview

The Women’s & Children’s Health Network provides state of the art health care for women, babies, children and young people across South Australia.  We are the state’s leading provider of specialist care for children with acute and chronic conditions as well as being SA’s largest maternity and obstetric service. 

Our community-based services also reach hundreds of thousands of babies, children and young people, their families and communities across South Australia through our various services and programs in areas such as our Mental Health, Child & Family Health services, Youth Health and Aboriginal Health services.

The Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) is a free community-based tertiary mental health service provided through the WCHN across South Australia, providing care to those with severe and/or complex mental health needs. CAMHS provides services to: infants / children / young people up to 18 (16 in some areas) for community, state-wide and hospital-based services for children and perinatal women.

Our services include:

• Triage of mental health difficulties
• Comprehensive mental health assessment
• Individual and family therapy
• Group programmes
• Information provision to parents/carers and key partners such as schools, GPs, hospitals, government and nongovernment organisations

Our multi-disciplinary teams include:

• Aboriginal Mental Health Workers
• Administration Workers
• Lived Experience and peer workers
• Nurses
• Occupational Therapists
• Psychologists
• Psychiatrists
• Speech Pathologists
• Social Workers

CAMHS Connect is the triage service for CAMHS in SA and provides a consistent phone entry point for consumers and standardised referral management across CAMHS. Connect staff will undertake phone triage and make recommendations for ongoing mental health support where appropriate, including to CAMHS teams and other mental health services.

Join our team and contribute to providing South Australia’s women, babies, children and young people with the best health care through both within our hospital or via our many and varied community services and programs.

The Opportunity

As a Clinician with mental health experience, you will strive toward a reflective, systemically and dynamically informed contribution to team activities. All activities will be undertaken with a common goal; offering a child, young person and family an experience of being understood, contained and supported to cope as they move into appropriate further mental health care.

You will have the day-to-day support of a Clinical Coordinator, Senior Clinicians and colleagues.  Work hours are across the Monday to Friday working week, shifts between the hours of 9 am and 5 pm .

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop comprehensive therapeutic assessments and collaborative treatment plans.
• Implement individual, family, and group therapies using various models and skills.
• Act as a consultant and resource person, providing information and education on child, adolescent, and family mental health.
• Contribute to research and evaluation programs to enhance clinical services.
• Foster positive team relationships, participate in the education and training of CAMHS staff, and provide supervision for students.
• Provide a safe, consistent and appropriate telephone triage function for CAMHS

To find out the specifics, including the key selection criteria and special conditions, please go to the attached role description.

About You

Essential Requirements:

• Educational Qualifications: Degree in Social Work (Australian Association of Social Workers full membership), Psychology (General registration and endorsement for clinical practice), or Occupational Therapy (Board registration).
• Personal Abilities: Strong communication skills, commitment to social justice principles, ability to work independently with limited supervision, and a dedication to personal and professional development.
• Experience: Extensive clinical experience in child and adolescent mental health, demonstrated ability in assessments and interventions, program development, and working in a multidisciplinary team.
• Knowledge: Thorough understanding of clinical work, developmental theory, assessment and intervention models, and government policies impacting child and family health.

Benefits of Joining us

Not only will you be able to use your skills and abilities in a both a challenging and rewarding role contributing to some of South Australia's most vulnerable women, babies, children and young people, you will also receive and attractive annual salary package with employer superannuation contributions and leave loading as well as the opportunity to maximise your salary through salary sacrifice arrangements. 

This position may attract additional financial support if you are considering relocating from interstate or overseas.  Please speak to the enquiries person of the role on offer to find out more.

Application Instructions

You will be required to attach a 1-2 page cover letter addressing the key selection criteria of the role and a current résumé/curriculum vitae prior to clicking 'Submit Application'. It is recommended to allow enough time to complete the whole application as the system times out after one hour of inactivity.

Other Important Information

The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working part-time.

Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.

Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check and appropriate immunisation requirements.

Check(s)

• DHS Working With Children Check (WWCC)
• National Police Certificate (NPC) for employment involving unsupervised contact with vulnerable groups required for this position (E.g. aged care employment or work involving vulnerable clients)

Immunisation Risk for this position is - Category B

SA Health Services are required to implement the Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and vaccination policy in the workplace.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply. Job ref: 855992.

Enquiries

Darryl van Vugt

Position: Clinical Coordinator - CAMHS Connect

Phone: 81619026

E-mail: **************@sa.gov.au

Application Closing Date: Tuesday 06 May 2025 - 11.55PM

Attachments

AHP2 - Clinician - CAMHS Connect - Role Description - 855992 .pdf

WCHN Competency Framework.pdf

Australian applicant guidelines

International applicant guidelines