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Occupational Therapist

4 months ago

Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand New Zealand Government Full time
Permanent part time role (20 hours per week).

  • Experience working in a Mental health setting is essential.
  • Travel may be required to other clinic sites in Mid Canterbury

The Team:
What we do

CAFSouth (Child, Adolescent & Family Mental Health Service

  • South Community & Outreach Team) is a specialist mental health service that provides assessment and treatment of young people up to 18 years of age (older if still at High School) who present with serious mental health problems, and their families/whanau. Our catchment area is Christchurch to Ashburton with our base currently in Cashmere and outreach clinics in Rolleston and Ashburton.
We have a permanent part time opportunity for a NZ Registered Occupational Therapist to join us.

Our team is focussed on supporting our staff to develop the skills necessary to work effectively in this challenging and demanding specialist area of healthcare and to work collaboratively with external agencies to meet the needs of young people.


The Role:
Where you fit in

In this role, you will be responsible for:

  • Providing case management, comprehensive psychiatric assessment and clinical interventions to young people;
  • Participating in rostered working hour duties including responding to crisis / emergency presentations;
  • Effectively managing a caseload with regular reviews and job planning with the Clinical Manager;
  • Working collaboratively with external agencies striving for better health outcomes in our community.
  • Providing focussed interventions with young people for improving functioning and enabling transition to community supports.
  • Promoting your professional perspective in clinical conversations

Your skills will include:

  • Being a motivated and flexible selfstarter who enjoys meeting the challenges of working both autonomously and as part of the experienced and very supportive multidisciplinary team;
  • The ability to effectively communicate and work collaboratively with young people, family/whanau, within the team and with other agencies;
  • Great personal organisation and excellent time management to keep up with this exciting client group;
  • If you are a Registered Occupational Therapist with clinical mental health experience we are interested in youMō 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 daytoday 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.
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.
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