Clinical Services Manager - Head to Health Townsville

“Our vision is full citizenship for all people living with mental health challenges in Australia”

About the Role

• Full time, Permanent
• Classification: Health Professional Level 4 with a salary range of $117,216 - $135,988 per annum + Superannuation
• Relocation assistance available

• Salary Packaging providing tax benefits available for living and entertainment expenses increasing your take home income where part of your wage is paid tax free each pay, savings thousands in tax each year

• Location: Townsville Head to Health
• Generous above award pay and entitlements (see details below)

About Neami National

Neami National is a community mental health service supporting people living with mental illness to improve their health, live independently and pursue a life based on their own strengths, values and goals.

We have been providing mental health support for over 30 years. We were founded on an alliance between professionals, individuals and their families. Collaborative recovery remains at the heart of who we are today.

About your new role

The CSM will ensure that HTH provides safe and effective immediate and short to medium term responses to adults experiencing a crisis or significant distress. As the CSM you will initiate, lead, and coordinate strategic partnerships within the community, including with Public Mental Health Services, local government, community housing, and health and welfare providers, to improve health and wellbeing outcomes for consumers. In collaboration with partners, staff and consumers, the CSM will identify service gaps and develop appropriate models of service delivery to address these gaps. The CSM will take a lead role in the assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of the AMHC and will the support of the Regional Manager.

What will Neami offer in return?

• Generous leave entitlements including 13 weeks paid parental leave, 4 weeks paid partner leave, 2 days wellbeing leave, 2 days additional carers leave, and 3 days compassionate per occasion
• Work flexibility arrangements available for maintaining your work-life balance
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) through Benestar - access a holistic health and wellness offering of supports and resources to Neami staff and their immediate family
• Ongoing extensive in-house Learning and Development Programs to encourage learning and skill-building
• Professional development through regular Practice Development sessions and coaching with your supervisor, with access to discipline specific external supervision
• Access to paid study leave and discipline specific paid external supervision

What you will bring to the role?

• Formal tertiary qualification in Psychology, Occupational Therapy, Nursing or Social Work
• Experience working in cross cultural settings, especially with first nations people
• Experience working within a recovery-oriented service
• Excellent communication and reporting skills
• Computer literacy and written communication skills
• Queensland working with Children Clearance – Employee responsibility
• A valid Australian Driver's License

What the role requires:

• National Criminal History Check (Police check) – disclosable outcomes considered
• Current Working with Children Check required before commencement of work
• Current Drivers licence
• Australian Working Rights
• As part of Neami’s condition of employment you will need to provide appropriate evidence of being fully vaccinated against COVID-19 (having received three doses) to Neami National

How to apply:

The terms and conditions of the role are listed in the position description. If you have any further questions not addressed in the advertising words or position description, please contact:

Luke O’Hare, Regional Manager North Queensland: 0448 027 268

Applications Close: Role remains open until successful candidate is appointed

Be Yourself - Neami values and celebrates diversity including multidisciplinary teams and the unique backgrounds, experiences, and contributions that each person brings to our community. First Nations people, those identifying as LGBTQIA+, people with disabilities and culturally and linguistically diverse people are encouraged to apply. Our aim is to create a workforce that is accessible, inclusive and reflects the community in which we live.