Lead Culturally Safe Mental Health Care in Community and Empower Young People Through Culture and Care!

Join a Temporary Full Time opportunity delivering culturally responsive mental health support and advocacy for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander consumers and families.

Job details

Your new role:

As the Advanced Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Worker – Mental Health (Identified), you will play an important role in supporting A&TSI children, young people and families to access culturally safe mental health care. Working within a multidisciplinary Child and Adolescent Wellbeing Service, you will provide advocacy, cultural guidance, health promotion and community engagement to improve mental health outcomes and strengthen connections to care.

Key Responsibilities

• Support A&TSI consumers and families to access culturally responsive mental health services and supports.
• Provide cultural advice, advocacy and guidance to the multidisciplinary team to strengthen culturally capable care delivery.
• Build strong relationships with community organisations, health providers and support services to improve coordinated care pathways.
• Participate in intake, assessment, care planning, outreach and health promotion activities that support consumer wellbeing and engagement.

This is an identified vacancy with a genuine occupational requirement for the position to be filled by a candidate indigenous to the Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Community. Candidates not meeting this criteria will not be considered.

About you:

You are passionate about improving mental health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities and bring strong cultural knowledge, communication skills and a collaborative approach to care.

What You'll Bring

• Demonstrated understanding of A&TSI cultures, communities, family structures and the social determinants impacting health and wellbeing.
• Ability to deliver culturally safe and responsive mental health support within a multidisciplinary healthcare environment.
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills with the ability to engage effectively with consumers, families, community stakeholders and colleagues.
• Commitment to teamwork, quality improvement, professional development and culturally capable service delivery.

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What we can offer you:

• We offer a family-friendly work environment that supports you in making the most of Queensland's laid-back lifestyle.
• We are renowned for teaching and research excellence with strong relations with Queensland's leading tertiary institutions.
• We want to empower you to build a long-term career, with countless opportunities to learn and grow, no matter your role
• You'll have all the benefits of working for Queensland's world-class public health system including generous leave entitlements, attractive salary and remuneration packages, salary packaging and access to relevant professional development allowances and/or leave, study and research assistance, corporate discounts and employee wellness programs.

About us:

Metro South Addiction and Mental Health Services:

Metro South Addiction and Mental Health Services provide inpatient, hospital-based and community mental health and community alcohol and drug services for all age groups across a number of campuses.

We embrace a forward-looking, progressive approach and work collaboratively with all stakeholders in order to achieve expected outcomes. A clear and strong consumer and carer focus is promoted with our vision being to provide our community with excellence in consumer centred, integrated care across the continuum of addiction (alcohol and drug) and mental health services.

INTEGRITY | COMPASSION | ACCOUNTABILITY | RESPECT | ENGAGEMENT | EXCELLENCE

Our values were created by employees for employees to shape our culture and inspire positive interactions in the workplace. Diversity of ideas, skills, traditions, and customs is celebrated as one of our greatest strengths. Having a workforce that reflects and understands the needs and expectations of our community is important to delivering safe, kinder, and more inclusive care.

We recognise our strength comes from the diversity of our people and so we encourage people of all genders, ethnicities, ages, abilities, languages, sexual orientation, and family responsibilities to apply.

We are better together. 

Further information

We are committed to building inclusive cultures in the Queensland public sector that respect and promote human rights and diversity.

Applicants are encouraged to apply online. Please review the Role Description for more information on application process requirements. Agency referrals will not be accepted for this position.

Documents

Before applying for this vacancy please ensure you read the documents below.

• Application essentials - things you need to know (PDF)
  
  We are MSH - five reasons why you should join us (PDF)
  
  MS05683044 Role Description (PDF)