DBT Clinician - Kari Centre at Te Whatu Ora - Health New Zealand Te Toka Tumai Auckland, Auckland

Mō tēnei tūranga mahi | About this role

Clinical Team Member - Child & Adolescent Mental Health Services – Dialectical Behaviour Therapy

• Seeking an experienced DBT clinician to join our team at the Kari Centre
• Use your skills and knowledge to improve mental health outcomes for young people
• Permanent role, full-time (40 hours per week) or part-time, Monday to Friday, based in Greenlane Clinical Centre.

Te whiwhinga mahi | The Opportunity

We invite you to join the Kari Centre, an exciting and dynamic Child and Adolescent Mental Health outpatient service that provides assessment and therapy to children, young people, and their families within the central Auckland area.

The Kari Centre has a strong reputation for excellence, innovation, and training, and is dedicated to offering opportunities for career development. We offer internal and external training packages, including formal post-graduate training, for new staff skill development as well as support for experienced clinicians who wish to build on their existing skills.

We are seeking a Clinician Team Member- DBT to join the Kari Centre.  You will be responsible for providing comprehensive Dialectical Behaviour Therapy services to young people and their whanau. Kari Centre has one of the longest standing DBT consult teams in the country who are fully adherent to the DBT model.

This role will also involve phone coaching (rostered 24/7 phone service) and participating in the multi-disciplinary and DBT consult meetings.

Although you are being recruited into the DBT team, there may be times when you are requirement to provide support in other parts of the service.

Please refer here for the position description.

Nga Pūkenga Motuhake | Important Skills

To be considered for this role, you will be an experienced registered Social Worker, Occupational Therapist, Mental Health Nurse, Psychotherapists or Psychologist with a current NZ Registration and practicing certificate.

It is desirable for you to have completed accredited training in DBT and have a minimum of 2 years’ experience in providing adherent DBT.

Our ideal candidate will also have previous experience working with children and Youth within a mental health setting.

As this is a community role, a full and clean driver’s licence is required.

Kari Centre has implemented the CHOICE and Partnership approach, for more information please see http://www.camhsnetwork.co.uk 

For a private and confidential discussion about the role, please contact Bianca Woodard, Clinical Team Member via BWoodard@adhb.govt.nz

Ko wai mātou | Our Organisation

We are Te Whatu Ora Te Toka Tumai Auckland. We provide health and disability services to more than half a million people living in central Auckland, regional services for Northland and greater Auckland, and specialist national services for the whole of New Zealand. Our main sites are Auckland City Hospital, Greenlane Clinical Centre and Starship Children’s Hospital, located in central Auckland.

We are part of Te Whatu Ora – Health New Zealand, the overarching organisation for New Zealand’s national health service. Te Whatu Ora leads the day-to-day running of the health system, with functions delivered at local, district, regional and national levels.

Immigration NZ has introduced a new Accredited Employer Work Visa system from 4 July 2022 that includes a simplified residency process for health workers on the new “Green List” of occupations – and this position is one of those designated critical positions! For successful candidates offered a position with us who require a Work Visa, we will provide support with their Visa application. Here are the links to two key pages of NZ Immigration's official site for more information:  Immigration NZ Accredited Employer Work Visa  and Immigration NZ Green List Occupations

We are committed to upholding Te Tiriti o Waitangi and providing culturally safe care. We value role modelling manaakitanga as demonstrated by Ngāti Whātua in the gifting of their whenua on which our hospitals stand. We aspire to having a workforce reflective of the communities we serve and achieving equitable outcomes for all.

He aha ngā painga o tēnei mahi mōu | Why you will enjoy working here

We recognise there is more to life than mahi | work, and we encourage and provide access to all our staff several services and benefits to support themselves whilst they are employed within Te Toka Tumai Auckland. For more information on what we offer, please click here.

Me pēhea te tuku tono | How to apply

Please submit your application online, outlining your experience and motivation to apply to this role.

If you have any queries about this opportunity or accessibility or technical issues with the online process, please contact Suzanne Morgan, Recruitment Consultant at suzannemor@adhb.govt.nz or Ph: 021 461 532 to discuss how we can best support your application.

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