Allied Health Professional - Child, Adolescent and Family Access Team at Te Whatu Ora - Health New Zealand Waitaha Canterbury, Christchurch

Mō tēnei tūranga mahi | About this role

• 1 FTE Permanent opportunity for an NZ Registered Occupational Therapist or Social Worker
  
• Current APC and experience working within a mental health setting is essential to this position
• Ability to work both autonomously and as part of a cohesive Multi-Disciplinary Team

Mō te tūnga | About the role

Our Child, Adolescent and Family (CAF) Access Team receives enquiries and referrals for our CAF specialist mental health services and provides an emergency response with short term follow-up for Tangata Whaiora (young people) with an acute mental health concern. These positions are an exciting new addition to the team to enhance and expand short term treatment for our Tangata Whaiora and their family/whanau.  You will be working within a fast-paced dynamic team that delivers a high standard of clinical, evidenced based and personalised care. You will be working across all aspects within the CAF Access Team and will receive comprehensive orientation and on-going support to ensure you master every aspect of the role.

We are seeking people who can work well under pressure, communicate effectively and have strong clinical skills / experience. It would be highly advantageous to also have a proven ability to deliver evidenced-based brief interventions with children and youth.

Currently based at The Princess Margaret Hospital we are a small but growing multi-disciplinary team who work closely together. Your role will involve time in the referral area, including phone triaging, as well as in the emergency function where you will be completing phone triaging, face to face emergency comprehensive psychiatric assessments and if required short term treatment/follow up to enhance the journey either into continuing care or support return to a community treatment provider. Clinicians have a range of skills and expertise working with young people 0 up to 18 years of age (older if still at school).

This is a full time permanent position. The team works Monday to Friday during business hours, with times where, for the needs & support of the Tangata Whaiora and their family/whanau, overtime maybe necessary.  

Pehea / About You

In this role, you will be responsible for:

• Phone triaging of young people in crisis in conjunction with their family/whanau;
• Providing comprehensive psychiatric assessments and interventions to young people in psychiatric crisis and brief case management if felt necessary by multi-disciplinary team;
• Triaging routine referrals into our CAF services;
• Working collaboratively with external agencies striving for better health outcomes in our community.

Ngā pūkenga me ngā wheako / Skills and experience:

• The ability to effectively communicate and work collaboratively with young people, family/whanau, within the team and with other agencies;
• A minimum of 2 years mental health experience along with knowledge of general mental health assessment or risk;
• Experience within a Child and Adolescent setting and an understanding of child and adolescent development is advantageous;
• As some travel is required in this position, a current NZ driver - s license is essential.
• Registration with the Social Work or Occupational Registration Board is essential. 

Mō mātou | About Us

- Ko ngā tāngata, te mātua mahi - Putting people at the heart of all we do -

Te Whatu Ora, Health New Zealand, leads the day-to-day running of our health system across New Zealand, with functions delivered at local, district, regional and national levels. It weaves the functions of the 20 former District Health Boards into its regional divisions and district offices, ensuring continuity of services in the health system.

Here in Waitaha, Canterbury we deliver health services to the almost 600,000 people that live in the Canterbury region. We are committed to Te Tiriti o Waitangi and its principles by ensuring our partnership with Māori are at the forefront of all our conversations.

Ngā hua | Benefits of working at Te Whatu Ora [Health New Zealand]

When you work at the Te Whatu Ora, you are part of a wider whānau that will support you along your journey. We offer great coaching, mentoring and learning outcomes for all staff. We are always improving our facilities across all campuses and have amazing discounts from select retailers, restaurants and business.

Tono ināianei | Apply Now

Only applications submitted via our career site will be accepted, therefore apply directly on our career site here. 

For additional information about this role please contact Jenny Bailey, Recruitment Partner on jenny.bailey@cdhb.health.nz

We have a range of clinical and non-clinical roles at Health New Zealand, there could be a place for you!

Please visit our careers website for other roles and find your ideal fit within Health New Zealand.

The Future of the Health Industry

The role that you are applying for is one that may only be performed by a person who has been vaccinated against Covid-19.  It is therefore a condition of this application that you are vaccinated against Covid-19. As a person working in the health and disability sector you will come into contact with a large number of people, some of whom may be vulnerable.  Without a vaccine, there is the risk that you may contract Covid-19.  The requirement to be vaccinated is to keep you safe and also to endeavour to protect others against the potential transmission of Covid-19 as a result of you contracting it in the course of your employment.