Mental Health Practitioner for Children and Families

2 days ago


Hastings, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand New Zealand Government Full time
Job Description

The Child and Family Psychologist will be responsible for:

  1. Providing comprehensive mental health assessments and effective evidence-based interventions for children and young people.
  2. Working collaboratively with other professionals within Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora Te Matau a Māui Hawke's Bay and in the community.
  3. Developing and implementing locally delivered, high-quality and effective interventions for children and young people.
  4. Contributing to the development of the service's strategic plan and goals.
About the Team/Service/Location

Our service is committed to finding creative ways of providing timely, locally delivered, high quality and effective interventions that maximise mental health and maintain children and young people within their home and educational environment.

About You

We are looking for a dynamic, enthusiastic, innovative and hard-working psychologist who has experience in child and adolescent work and is able to provide comprehensive mental health assessments and effective evidence-based interventions for children and young people.

The successful candidate must have:

  • Excellent communication and liaison skills as it is important to be able to work well and collaboratively with other professionals both within Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora Te Matau a Māui Hawke's Bay and in the community.
  • It is essential that you are an NZ Registered Psychologist.
  • Demonstrate flexibility to provide shorter-term, referral-reason-focused interventions.
  • Competency with te ao Māori, tikanga, and te reo Māori or a commitment to starting your journey and taking ownership of your learning and growth.
  • Experience in projects/initiatives which give effect to Te Tiriti principles and frameworks, and the application of Mātauranga Māori and Kaupapa Māori approaches, particularly as they apply in healthcare settings.


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