Child and Family Mental Health Specialist

3 days ago


Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand Capital & Coast District Health Board Full time

About the Position
Capital & Coast District Health Board | Te Whatu Ora is looking for a registered mental health professional to fill this exciting opportunity as an Intake Clinician for our Infant, child, adolescent and family specialty team. In this role, you will manage and triage incoming referrals, assessing and processing referrals, triaging directly, referring to outside agencies and maintaining workflow amongst the team. As an ideal candidate, you will have a deep understanding of working with children, families and assessing complex needs. You will be confident in your abilities to review referral content, complete triage assessments and provide tangible outcomes.

  • Ability to provide high quality triaging in a fast paced environment
  • Experience in completing mental health assessments and providing therapeutic interventions
  • Experience in risk identification and management
  • Strong ability to make independent safe clinical decisions
  • Developmental knowledge and screening/assessment experience
  • Understanding of working with trauma, neurodiversity, challenging family systems
  • Strong communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively with internal and external providers
  • Previous experience in child and adolescent mental health
  • Understanding of co-existing diagnosis relevant to children


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