The Royal Melbourne Hospital is one of Australia’s leading public healthcare providers. Join the team. Build a career. We are looking for a passionate and dedicated individual to join The Royal Melbourne Hospital.

                Aboriginal social and emotional wellbeing worker

• Ongoing role | full-time
• Based in Parkville with travel across multiple sites
• Exciting opportunities for practice development, innovation and career progression

Your new team:

Orygen Specialist Program, a program of the Royal Melbourne Hospital, provides mental health services to young people aged 12 to 25 and their families/carers in Melbourne's northwest and western suburbs.

Your new role:

An identified role for an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander person.

You will be joining our vibrant multidisciplinary team, working to build partnership between ACCHOs and ACCOs and Orygen specialist program, and to improve the recovery journeys of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people and their families.

You will:

• Work with Orygen specialist program clinical teams, to improve cultural safety in the mental healthcare of young people accessing Orygen specialist program
• Support young people and their families to engage in mental health assessment and treatment planning
• Work with other identified staff across Orygen specialist program, to develop strategies for improving cultural safety in mental healthcare
• Develop and maintain partnerships with ACCHOs and ACCOs across Melbourne’s northwest and west to improve pathways between services, for young people seeking support for their mental health

About You:

• Passionate about working in partnership to improve the mental health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people
• Experience working directly with young people and families
• Connected to community

Benefit of working with Orygen Specialist Program:

• Access specialist supervision and training
• Join us during this incredibly exciting time of growth and change - career progression opportunities to suit your professional development goals
• Enjoy excellent work-life balance working in a supportive and collaborative team
• Competitive remuneration and salary packaging

Interested?

If you are looking for a challenging role and can demonstrate the above capabilities, connect with us via the details below.

Please note: recruitment is ongoing, with interviews commencing as soon as suitable applications are received. Advertising may cease prior to the closing date.

To view the full Position Description, please click HERE

All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Record Check, and where applicable, Working With Children Check (WWCC). All RMH employees are required to provide evidence of an immunisation assessment prior to commencement.

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 and COVID-19 Vaccination (3 x doses) prior to commencement.

The RMH stands in solidarity with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in work and care. We are proud to be a workplace that champions diversity, inclusion and equality for our staff and our community.  Our goal is for our people to feel safe, included and supported so that they can be at their best every single day. We encourage talented people from all backgrounds, abilities, and identities to apply to our vacancies, and will consider adjustments to support such applications.