Description:
ABOUT YWAHS
Yoowinna Wurnalung Aboriginal Healing Service (YWAHS) is a Specialist Aboriginal Family Violence Service, which is an independent Not for Profit (NFP) organisation, who delivers services to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples living within the catchments of Wellington and East Gippsland Local Government Area’s.
We provide culturally safe and holistic services including counselling, clinical and therapeutic support and referral pathways. We develop, implement, and deliver family violence education and prevention programs and provide advocacy and post intervention support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander clients and their families.
We support the recovery and healing of Aboriginal victims, individuals, families, and communities affected by family violence, and provide support to perpetrators of family violence, linking them into programs and services to address their behaviour and to help them build tools around respectful and healthy relationships with their partners, children, and extended family.
Our focus is on providing Aboriginal led solutions, which are ‘trauma informed,’ culturally safe, within holistic models of health and wellbeing.
ABOUT THE ROLE
The Mental Health Practitioner (MHP) possess strong communication and organisational skills, counselling skills and is committed to client focused service delivery to engage in a trauma informed and multi-disciplinary approach to healing and supporting individuals, families and community members affected by mental health issues.
To enhance the effectiveness of the Yoowinna Wurnalung Aboriginal Healing Service, in the management and treatment of people with co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders.
The MHP will promote the social and emotional well-being of Aboriginal people by ensuring the programs and services are delivered from a culturally sensitive holistic perspective and in line with the National Strategic Framework for Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Peoples Mental Health and Well Being 2017-2023.
Utilising a cross sectoral approach, to respond to and provide culturally relevant early intervention services, based on an integrated and holistic stepped care model of mental health care.
Improve access for Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Peoples to both Aboriginal and mainstream services, appropriate referral pathways, addressing the alcohol and other drug needs of clients, including people presenting with a dual diagnosis, ensuring a stepped care approach.
Community development and strengths-based principles of a person cantered, and collaborative community orientated approach to deliver sensitive, accessible, and quality services with the clients.
Within the team Increase staff capacity to identify people as early as possible who may be at risk of mental health crisis, and related issues such as family violence, substance use and family breakdown.
Appropriately supporting people through the provision of low intensity mental health services, and to facilitate people with severe and complex mental health illness to engage in clinical care co-ordination within a stepped care approach.
Significantly increase the number of people accessing support, and at a much earlier stage through direct provision of support, as well as enhanced co-ordination and integration of existing services to respond to peoples changing needs.
Have a general understanding risk assessments in line with the MARAM Framework and information sharing guidelines to minimise safety risk for clients, their partners, and children.
Help develop and support the organisations approach to suicide prevention/postvention.
BENEFITS
- Competitive base salaries plus superannuation and annual leave loading
- Salary packaging (which can add up to $15,900 in tax-free pay per year)
- Industry leading training and support
- Promotional opportunities
- Working alongside diverse people towards a common goal
- Employee Assistance Program, a free and confidential counselling service
QUALIFICATIONS AND ELIGABILITY REQUIREMENTS
- A relevant qualification and/or equivalent certification from a nationally accredited provider in the area of social welfare, counselling, social work, family therapy, psychology, creative arts therapies, or community mental health nursing.
- A minimum Bachelor level qualification in Social Work or recent employment in the family violence sector or equivalency met through the 7 Equivalency Principles in line with the minimum mandatory qualification requirements. Please see https://www.vic.gov.au/mandatory-minimum-qualifications-specialist-family-violence-practitioners for further information.
- Completion of or willingness to complete MARAM Comprehensive training.
- Completion of or willingness to complete FVISS/CISS training.
TO APPLY
For further information relating to this opportunity please email jobs@ywahs.org.au to obtain a P osition Description .
All applicants must attach a Resume and Cover Letter addressing the Key Accountabilities (please refer to the Position Description). Please note, incomplete applications may not be considered.
Applications close 5:00pm Friday 28th March
We recognise the rich diversity of people across Australia. YWAHS is committed to ensuring our workplace culture continues to value diversity and inclusion. We actively promote the employment of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, people with disability, LGBTI and other diversity groups.
JOIN US… WE LOOK FORWARD TO RECEIVING YOUR APPLICATION