Mental Health Professional Role

**Nau mai, haere mai ki Te Whatu Ora - Capital, Coast & Hutt Valley District**

**Location**: Kapiti Health Centre

**Service**: Kapiti Adult Community Mental Health Team

**Contact**: Full Permanent Monday to Friday

**Salary**: Salary is dependent on Qualification and experience as per relevant MECA

**Kōrero mō te tūranga - About the role**

We have a vacancy for a motivated and enthusiastic Mental Health Nurse, Occupational Therapist, Psychologist or Social Worker to join our multi-disciplinary team. We offer an exciting work environment and provide opportunities to work in a variety of clinical settings and support your on-going professional development. You will be working with an experienced multidisciplinary team who strive to provide high quality care to tangata whaiora family/whanau seeking mental health and addiction services.

You will be expected to undertake comprehensive assessments and risk management plans, formulate and articulate treatment needs and plans; provide individual/group therapies for a broad range of mental health difficulties, case manage and coordinate care for tangata whaiora/consumers and their whanau.

If you have the following attributes we are looking for you:

- Ability to work in a Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) and demonstrate values consistent with those of the MHAID Te Whatu Ora district Services.
- Committed to working within the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi.
- Capacity to practice in a manner that engages tangata whaiora/consumers/whanau from a range of different cultural backgrounds in assessment and treatment processes.
- Ability to work effectively with partner agencies in the community to meet a diverse range of needs.
- Demonstrate competence in communicating with a wide range of people individually, in group meetings and in written documentation.

**Mō tō mātou rōpū - About our team**

Kapiti Adult Community Mental Health Team, provides mental health services to adults in the Kapiti community. The successful applicant will become part of a multidisciplinary team delivering quality care to tangata whaiora/consumers/families.

**Moū - About you**

Duties
- Provide high quality psycho-social assessment and treatment, reviewing your care regularly with the wider team.
- Strong recovery focus in your work with tangata whaiora/consumers/family.
- Undertake comprehensive assessments of mental health and development.
- Formulate and develop treatment plans and articulate wider mental health needs, including those pertaining to safety concerns.
- Provide case management to coordinate the care of tangata whaiora/consumers and their families/whanau.
- Liaise with other health providers and MHAIDS teams, NGOs, PHOs social and government agencies to facilitate care for service users.
- Daily clinical documentation of all activities including tangata whaiora and whanau contacts.
- Participate in and contribute to service planning and development

Skills and Experience:

- Current registration in the relevant dicipline.
- Excellent written and verbal communications skills.
- Capacity to work effectively in a team environment with a commitment to providing person/family centred care.
- Capacity to deliver talking therapy with tangata whaiora individually, with family, and in group settings.
- Competence in communicating with a wide range of people, leading meetings and documenting treatment plans and outcomes.
- Skilled and competent with Information Technology.
- Skilled and experienced working with people with moderate to severe mental health issues and Addiction.

**E pā ana ki a tatou - About us**

Capital, Coast & Hutt Valley District are pro-equity health organisation, with a particular focus on Māori, Pacific Peoples, and the Disability Community.

To find out more about us click on the following links

Capital and Coast

Hutt Valley

Mental Health, Addiction and Intellectual Disability Service

**Me pēhea te tuku tono - How to apply**

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