Company Description Neami National is one of Australia’s largest providers of mental health and wellbeing services, supporting people to live meaningful lives in line with their personal goals and values. The organization delivers free services across Australia in mental health and wellbeing, housing and homelessness, and suicide prevention, supporting around 38,000 people each year across 34 First Nations lands. Neami’s approach is grounded in evidence and lived experience, continually adapting services based on what people say helps and what has been shown to work.

As an inclusive employer of choice, Neami National fosters a safe, versatile, and supportive workplace that prioritizes employee wellbeing and offers opportunities for personal and professional growth. The organization values diversity and aims to create a workplace where all team members feel respected, empowered, and able to make a meaningful difference in their communities.

We’re big believers in everyone having the opportunity to live a full life. We support people to achieve wellbeing and mental health outcomes that matter to them. We provide services across Australia for mental health and wellbeing, housing and homelessness, and suicide prevention.

For some people, this means having a stronger sense of self. For others, it may mean nurturing relationships or building the confidence to tackle tomorrow. We support people to improve their quality of life in a way that suits them.

Values

Together with our vision and purpose, our values define who we are and guide the way we operate. They are fundamental to our identity, and we align all our actions with them.

– Connecting

– Collaborating

– Learning

– Belonging

Program Overview: Adult and Older Adult Mental Health and Wellbeing Local: Latrobe, Morwell (3840).

Neami’s Mental Health and Wellbeing Service (MH&WS;) is an innovative solution to deliver on the compelling vision outlined through the recommendations of the Royal Commission into Victoria's Mental Health System (RCVMHS). Delivered in partnership with Uniting and Drummond Street Services (Drummond St), MH&WS; brings together three organisations that are leading providers with extensive experience and success in the delivery of community-based care.

Neami Mental Health & Wellbeing Service provide a ‘no wrong door’ approach and support members of the community to be connected to the right support. The centre will provide a holistic approach to care, addressing a range of social, physical,



and emotional needs informed by the Collaborative Recovery Model (CRM). Neami Mental Health & Wellbeing Service will have a strong focus on lived experience and will support a high engagement, multi-disciplinary team model.

The Neami MH&WS; operates Monday to Saturday, and on Sundays by appointment.

Hours of work for this position will be in accordance with a 7 day per week operating roster which may include weekends and public holidays depending on service operational requirements.

Position Overview The Mental Health Clinicians are exciting roles responsible for providing high quality services to consumers experiencing mental health crisis presenting to Neami Mental Health & Wellbeing Service: The Local Mental Health and Wellbeing Service (Morwell).

As an Allied Health Professional, the Mental Health Clinician will draw on their discipline skills, engage with the consumers (guests), other clinicians, the consumer's treatment team, Neami Lived Experience staff and family/friends/carers to provide high quality assessments and interventions aimed at improving mental health outcomes for consumers accessing the Local Service.

Key Position Responsibilities, Duties and Accountabilities

· Engage consumers and develop trusting and professional relationships

· Provide brief and detailed assessment and collaborative care plans to consumers. The objective of Exit Planning is to minimise the risk of relapse of the consumers following leaving

· Engage consumers, using a strengths-based approach to complete a mental health status measurement and a needs assessment.

· Providing support through a range of means, including the provision of outreach and centre based activities.

· Work within a holistic framework taking into account the needs of the consumers, family, carers and other members of the community in order to ensure tangible outcomes

· Follow all WH&S; procedures to ensure safe work practices

· Promote Neami’s culture of practice, which is underpinned by the principles of Collaborative Recovery. Ensure that a person-centered approach is used in the provision of interventions at all stages of the consumer journey





· Actively contribute as a team member to the delivery of integrated mental health service delivery with the aim to more effectively support consumers and promote the recovery model

· Actively encourage and support consumers and carer participation and leadership within the service and ensure feedback processes are used including processes for resolving complaints

· Provide high quality service delivery at all stages in the consumer pathway. This includes utilising the systems and processes at the pre-admission and service eligibility stage, participating in intake assessment of consumers as required and exit planning

· Participate in the regular collection of service data which can then be used to evaluate outcomes and assist with the continuous improvement of the service

· Provide services that are consistent with the Neami Clinical Governance Framework

· Participate in the monitoring, review and innovation of service delivery within a quality and safety framework

· Work within the parameters of Neami’s policies and procedures in addition to any professional codes of conduct

· Ensure incident and critical incident reporting occurs in accordance with guidelines

· Work and act independently within the parameters of the role, demonstrating professional autonomy and an ability to decide when it is appropriate to refer to the Clinical Lead, Clinical Service Manager or other Senior staff for guidance.

The Person: Experience, knowledge, Qualification, Skills and Attributes

Essential.

· Formal tertiary qualification in Nursing, Psychology, Social Work or Occupational Therapy

· Accredited registration with a professional governing body such as AHPRA, APS, AASW

· A valid Working with Children Check

· A valid Police check

· A valid and current Australian Driver License and access to personal vehicle

· Proven experience at a clinical level within the area of mental health service delivery

· Demonstrated skill in the application of recovery-based approaches in a clinical setting

· Experience working as a member of a multi- disciplinary team with the ability to inspire and facilitate team commitment and cooperation

· Demonstrated experience in preparation of reports with recommendations

· Experience working across a range of Commonwealth and State funded mental health programs and ensuring program implementation in line with funding requirements and contracts

· Demonstrated ability to form and nurture partnerships with government and non-government mental health, emergency and community service providers

📌 Mental Health Clinician (Melbourne)
🏢 Neami National
📍 Melbourne