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• Women's and Children's Health Network, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS), Helen Mayo House, Glenside (5065)

• Salary/Classification - AHP3 - Allied Health Professional L3 - $104,180 to $111,746
• Employment Part time (0.6FTE) - Term Contract (temporary up to 30 Jun 2027)
• Days of work are negotiable with exception to Thursday AM required for ward MDT

About the Opportunity

We currently have an exciting opportunity to join the Perinatal and Infant Mental Health Services (PIMHS) team as a Parent Infant Therapist, where you will be responsible for:

• Provides infant mental health assessments and perinatal mental health risk assessments and review and other services in the identification, assessment intervention and referral of complex social and emotional, behavioural, and mental health difficulties at an advanced level of skill and conceptualisation.
• Provides advanced assessment, management and intervention services includes counselling and support services    individual interventions, group, parent-infant, and family therapy.
• Advocates for and works collaboratively with clients, families WCHN staff and other community service/ agencies that are involved.
• Contributes to a team environment, which promotes positivity, learning and development, safety, and welfare of employees. Acknowledges differences and encourages creativity, innovation, and honesty.
• Coordinate and contribute to health promotion strategies and programs.

About You

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• Appropriate Degree or equivalent qualification which entitles registration as an Occupational Therapist with the Occupational Therapy Board of SA (up to July 2012) or Occupational Therapy Board of Australia (post July 2012)
• Appropriate Degree or equivalent qualification and general registration with the Psychology Board of Australia.
• Appropriate Degree or equivalent qualification which gives eligibility for full membership of the Australian Association of Social Workers.
• Experience in a similar role of perinatal and infant mental health assessment and therapy with mentally ill women and / or emotionally disturbed infants and their families or with families where the infant is at risk of developing problems because of parental or other system difficulties.
• Knowledge of the development of complex social problems, their impact on individuals, carers and communities and the appropriate resources and methods in dealing with them.
• Demonstrated ability in infant and perinatal mental health assessments and management, with an understanding of complex problems using a bio-psycho-social approach.
• Demonstrated highly developed verbal communication, interpersonal skills and presentation skills that foster networking, consultation and interaction with families and professionals in a range of settings.

What WCHN Can Offer You

• Relocation financial support may be negotiated, subject to eligibility. Click here for details and contact the enquires person for further information.
• Salary package a range of benefits (including living expenses such as mortgage, rent, utility bills and groceries) up to $9,010 each FBT year + $2,650 for Meal Entertainment expenses each FBT year.
• Access to Fitness Passport (workplace health and fitness program that gives you and your family access to a wide choice of gyms and pools across South Australia.)
• Free public transport for SA Health Metropolitan Hospital workers to and from the Women’s and Children’s Hospital. Note: Does not apply to network community sites.
• Access to generous leave provisions and professional development opportunities
• Support for you and your family via our Employee Assistance Program

About Us

The Women’s & Children’s Health Network is the state’s leading provider of best practice health care for women, babies, children and young people across South Australia.  We offer:

• specialist care for children with acute and chronic conditions
• state of the art maternity and obstetric care services
• community based services reaching hundreds of thousands of babies, children and young people, their families and communities across SA
• specialist programs including Mental Health, Child & Family Health services, Youth and Aboriginal Health services.

Join our patient centred team and contribute to providing South Australia’s women, babies, children and young people with the best health care through both within our hospital or via our many and varied community services and programs.

Our values of Compassion, Respect, Equity, Accountability and working Together for Excellence or CREATE Together represent who we are as a Network.

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Special Conditions

To find out more about this role, including key selection criteria, all special conditions and minimum requirements, please click on the attached role description and also review our document checklists below.

Immunisation Requirements Checklist

Applicant Documents Checklist

Application Instructions

You will be required to attach a 1-2 page cover letter addressing the key selection criteria of the role and a current résumé/curriculum vitae prior to clicking 'Submit Application'. It is recommended to allow enough time to complete the whole application as the system times out after one hour of inactivity.

Other Important Information

The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working part-time.  Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.

Want further information on applying and winning this role, go to our SA Health Careers Site for the Australian Applicant Guide or if you are an international applicant, check out the International Application Guide.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply.

Enquiries:

Tina Bull

Position: Administration Coordinator

Phone: 7087 1047 (Mon-Wed)

E-mail: tina.bull@sa.gov.au

Application Closing Date: 15/04/2025 – 11:55pm

Useful Links

Role Description Parent-Infant Therapist AHP3 (3).pdf