Case Manager – Early Psychosis Continuing Care Team (CCT)

Role: Case Manager – Early Psychosis Continuing Care Team (CCT)

Employment Type:Permanent Full-time

PLUS,Superannuation contribution

PLUS,Salary Package advantages of up to $18,500 – See benefits outlined below.

Primary Purpose of the Role

As part of a multidisciplinary team, the case manager in CCT will provide comprehensive mental health assessment, specialist and early intervention mental health care and acute crisis interventions for clients experiencing or at risk of experiencing a first episode psychosis. They will provide specific psychological and psychosocial interventions tailored to meet the individual needs of young people aged 12-25 years who are referred to headspace Early Psychosis (hEP) and work within an optimistic, hopeful recovery framework.

The role involves the provision of highly skilled comprehensive; evidence based clinical case management and specialist psychological interventions consistent with the EPPIC model of care.

Key Clinical Responsibilities and Accountabilities

- Provision of mental health assessments, including completion of mental state examination, comprehensive risk assessment and management plans, case formulations and individual treatment planning.
- Provision of case management and evidence-based psychological and psychosocial therapeutic interventions that promote recovery for the young person and their family, based on a cognitive behavioural case management approach.
- Consultation,



liaison and linkage with internal and external service systems to provide a full range of tailored interventions for young people with a first episode of psychosis.
- Crisis response and home-based assertive outreach as required, to facilitate engagement and treatment with a young person and their family/significant others.
- Intervene early and effectively with young people experiencing a first episode of psychosis and who may also present with a range of co-morbid mental health issues.
- To reduce the duration of untreated psychosis to promote better outcomes, including reduced severity of symptoms and increase chances of remission.
- To enable both symptomatic and functional recovery from a first episode of psychosis through the provision of evidence-based psychological therapy, home based assertive outreach, family work and skilled youth friendly case management.

The Successful Candidate Will Have:

- Formal tertiary qualifications as a Registered Nurse, Social Worker, Psychologist or Occupational Therapist.
- Current full registration and annual practicing certificate from the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (APHRA) OR Eligibility for full registration with the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW).




- Working with children’s check (or eligibility).
- National police clearance (or eligibility).
- Current driver’s licence and own vehicle for work purposes.

Please note that if you do not meet the above requirements in full, your application cannot be considered for this role.

Experience

- Demonstrated experience in clinical practice within the mental health field, ideally with young people experiencing mental health disorders particularly first episode psychosis.
- A high level of interpersonal and communication skills (written and verbal), problem solving and negotiation skills and demonstrated ability to consult, liaise and negotiate with team members, other professionals and outside agencies.
- Demonstrated ability to engage and work collaboratively with young people and their families/significant others.
- Demonstrated ability to provide high-quality assessment and evidence- based psychological interventions, within a stress-vulnerability and recovery framework for young people.
- Demonstrated ability to be self-motivated and function autonomously while being able to effectively work in a multidisciplinary team.
- Sound knowledge of and, ideally, experience in working with young people who have experienced a first episode psychosis and their families in both a case management and acute intervention model.
- Knowledge of early psychosis rationale and principles including the developmental stages of young people and the impact that a first episode of psychos

📌 Case Manager – Early Psychosis Continuing Care Team (Perth)
🏢 Black Swan Health
📍 Perth