Psychologist - Child, Adolescent & Family Mental Health Service, Child Integrated Care Team

3 weeks ago


Christchurch, New Zealand Health New Zealand - Te Whatu Ora Full time

**Hillmorton Hospital, Christchurch**:

- ** Permanent, part time opportunity 0.9FTE (36 hours per week) based at Whakatata House**:

- ** Utilise your clinical skill and make a difference in the lives of tamariki/children who present with serious mental health issues**:

- ** Work within an experienced multidisciplinary team**

**About the role**
Do you want to help tamariki/children and their whanau/family overcome mental health difficulties? Are you reliable, self-motivated and want to contribute to effective service delivery? The Children in Care Team (Child, Adolescent & Family Mental Health Service) is a specialist mental health service that provides assessment and treatment of Tamariki/Children aged 0 - 13 years under Oranga Tamariki custody or support orders (or who have had a Gateway Assessment in the previous 12 months) and are unable to manage their daily life at home, school or community due to serious mental health issues or concerns. We have a fixed term, part time opportunity for a NZ Registered Clinical or Child and Family Psychologist with a clear passion for young people and their families. This is challenging and demanding work within a dedicated multidisciplinary team, offering plenty of collegial support and continued professional development opportunities.

This position will see you working 36 hours across Monday - Friday, 0830 - 1700 based at our Whakatata House in central Christchurch. The Team covers Waitaha/Canterbury and travel may also be required.

**About You**

In this role, you will be responsible for:

- Undertaking comprehensive mental health assessments utilising clinical interviewing, diagnostic, behavioural and appropriate psychometric assessment;
- Formulating and delivering appropriate intervention plans;
- Presenting assessments and materials to other groups;
- Liaison with other Government agencies especially Oranga Tamariki;
- Liaison with Non-Government Organisations (NGO - s) and Regional services.

**Skills and experience**
- Excellent assessment skills and a sound knowledge of available treatment options;
- Proven organisational skills combined with excellent communication skills that enable you to work with the various non-clinical psychology stakeholders in this role;
- Clinical experience working in a child or adolescent mental health service;
- Registration with the NZ Psychology Board and current Annual Practicing Certificate is essential;
- Clinical or Child and Family scope of practice is also essential;
- As there is some travel involved a NZ driver - s license is essential.

Bring your enthusiasm and motivation to work with us and we - ll provide you with a great opportunity to enhance your skills in a specialty area.

**Working for Health New Zealand**

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is - the weaving of wellness -. We're dedicated to ensuring excellent healthcare for the people of Aotearoa/New Zealand. The Equity Work Programme at Health NZ focuses on helping everyone in the health system think about equity when they do their work. It also promotes the cultural change needed for the whole system to reach equity in health outcomes.

Our people are at the heart of everything we do. Health New Zealand are committed to being good employers and honouring our equal employment opportunity obligations.

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