Position Title: Clinician

Team: Tune-In Counselling Service, Gippsland

Region: Gippsland

Supervisor: Senior Clinician

Tune-In Counselling Service

Delegations and Authorities:

In Line with Delegations Policy

Band: (A-F)A

Date Completed: 23.01.13

ORGANISATIONAL INFORMATION

OUR  VISION AND FOCUS

                                        ROLE CONTEXT

Our Vision at Berry Street is that all children have a good childhood, growing up where they feel safe, nurtured and have hope for the future.

Berry Street chooses to work with children, young people and families with the most challenging and complex issues arising from their experience of abuse, neglect or violence.

To achieve our Vision, Berry Street delivers a wide range of services across metropolitan, regional and rural Victoria - from strengthening families and communities to those that focus on helping children, young people and adults recover from the trauma of violence, abuse and neglect.

We group our programs into: community, education, family services, foster and kinship care, residential care, therapeutic services and youth services.

The Tune-In Counselling Service Gippsland is funded through the Victorian Bushfire Appeal Fund and is being established to provide trauma informed counselling across the age range from early childhood to adulthood for those affected by the 2009 bushfires in the Gippsland region.

The Program provides specialist counselling to assist all ages either through individual, group or family therapy to recover from the trauma they have experienced. The Tune-In Gippsland team will be part of the overall Tune-In service but has a different age range than the Tune-In Youth Counselling Service. The aim is to provide an integrated service to fire affected people in the Gippsland region.

The clinician position is 0.8 FTE of fixed term until November 30th 2013.

It is an outreach position with an expectation of some afterhours work. The base office is the Berry Street Morwell office.F THE OL

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES OF THE ROLE

Clinicians provide high quality clinical assessment and treatment services to the children, youth and adults referred to Tune-In. They provide consultative support to non-clinical staff, carers and family members. They work co-operatively with Local and State Government, Berry Street and CSO services and staff and provide secondary consultation concerning the mental health needs of the clients. They contribute to relevant research, practice development, training and service system provision.RELATIONSHIP

   REPORTING RELATIONSHIPS

This role reports to the Senior Clinician  who will provide supervision and review.  This role has no direct reports and works in conjunction with  other team members.

OUR VALUES

Berry Street expects all staff to apply these Values in all aspects of their work.

Courage: To be the best we can be and to never give up

Integrity: Expect a personal and organisation commitment to honesty

Respect: Acknowledge the importance of each person’s heritage, traditions, identity, needs and aspirations

Accountability: Be responsible for our own actions

Working Together: Work with our clients, each other and our colleagues to share knowledge, ideas, resources and skills

KEY SELECTION CRITERIA

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES REQUIRED TO FULFIL THE ROLE

A capacity and ability to demonstrate Berry Street’s Core Capabilities is required to be successful in this role.  The Capabilities describe how you will go about fulfilling this role.  Berry Street’s core capabilities are Demonstrates Leadership, Cultivates Productive Working Relationships, Delivers Quality Outcomes, Thinks Clearly and Manages Self.

Further details regarding these capabilities can be found on our website.   Please refer to the Band (A) Capabilities which are applicable to this role.

• An understanding of the complexity of the service system and the issues involved in providing services to clients.


• Demonstrated ability to provide direct service in the clinical. assessment and treatment of children, young people,adults and families. and to comply with service delivery towards output and outcomes requirement.


• Demonstrated knowledge of trauma.


• Ability to provide secondary consultation and advice to non-clinical staff, carer  and family members working in Care Teams.


• Demonstrated commitment to working collaboratively and the capacity to negotiate and liaise with other agencies and the community.


• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.


• Sound counselling skills.


• Knowledge of demonstrated understanding of and commitment to the principles of equity, diversity and occupational health and safety.

QUALIFICATIONS AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS

DESIRABLE

• Tertiary qualification in Psychology, Social Work or related discipline.


• Staff must hold a valid WWCC, current drivers licence at all times and undergo a Criminal Records Check prior to employment.  Subsequently, staff must report any criminal charges or court appearances.

• Experience of working within the CQI frameworks of the Australian Council of Healthcare Standards would be an advantage.


• Post Graduate training is preferred.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES describe the key duties that will indicate success in the role.

ACCOUNTABILITY

SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITY

Service Delivery

• Contribute to the delivery of clinical services of assessment and treatment to clients referred to Tune-In.


• Provide secondary consultation concerning the mental health needs of clients.


• Assist in the development of quality assurance and quality improvement frameworks for clinical service delivery.


• Maintain collaborative working relationships with regional services and supports for clients.


• Participate in Tune-In meetings and training and other meetings as appropriate.


• Keep abreast of relevant theoretical, legislative and policy development.


• Other duties as directed.

Other

• Assist leadership in the delivery of Tune-In services in the designated area.


• Support the Manager, Program Coordinator and Senior Clinicians in implementation of the research, development, training and Aboriginal service work of Tune-In.


• Assist the Senior Clinician in the tracking of all client outcomes and the seeking of relevant stakeholder feedback.


• In conjunction with the Senior Clinician, ensure that client information is managed in accordance with Australasian standards.


• Self manage risk and safety in clinical practice and work environments.

CERTIFICATION

We have carefully reviewed this Position Description and are satisfied that it fully and accurately describes the requirements of the position

SENIOR MANAGER

Signature:__________________

Date: _____________________

I have read this document and agree to undertake the duties and responsibilities as listed above.

I acknowledge that

• This Position Description is an indication of the duties and responsibilities that I may be required to undertake. Additional or other duties and responsibilities may be allocated to me, after discussion. Where additional training or support is required to fulfil additional or other duties of a similar level of responsibility it will be provided.


• The Position Description will be reviewed regularly in consultation with me.

OCCUPANT

Name:_________________

Signature: ________________

Date:_____________________

Note:    A copy of signed final Position Description must be forwarded to the Human Resources Team for filing on the staff members personal file.

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

1. 1.    This position is  for 60.8 hours per fortnight. It is strongly preferred that these hours are worked over a 5 day working week. There is no paid overtime, but any extra hours worked will be accrued as Time-in-Lieu according to the Berry Street Victoria Enterprise Agreement. 

1. 2.    You will initially be employed in a local area within the bushfire affected areas. You may be required to work from other Berry Street sites (on a temporary or permanent basis) as directed from time to time.

1. 3.    Terms and conditions of employment are in accordance with the Berry Street Victoria Enterprise Agreement, which includes above Award payments and eligibility for remuneration packaging. Salary packaging is available to full-time and 0.8 staff to a maximum value of $16,050 and a maximum value of $12,000 to all other permanent part-time staff, in line with our Salary Packaging policy.

1. 4.    The base salary for this position is $60,328.86 under the Berry Street Victoria Enterprise Agreement. The value of the salary can be increased through salary packaging.

1. 5.    This position comes with access to full private use of a Berry Street vehicle.

1. 6.    Superannuation will be paid according to Superannuation Guarantee into a compliant fund of your choice or into HESTA Superannuation Fund.

1. 7.    The successful applicant will be required to undergo satisfactory pre-employment checks, including 3 professional referees, a pre-existing injury/disease declaration, a criminal records check and proof of identify and qualifications.

1. 8.    The successful applicant will initially be employed for a probationary period of 5 months.  During this period, either party can terminate employment with one week's notice.  A probationary review before 5 months will be undertaken.

1. 9.    Agency vehicles are available for authorised use and these should be used at all times for work-related purposes, in accordance with the Berry Street Motor Vehicle Policy.  However, if you are authorised to use your own vehicle for work-related purposes, you will be paid an allowance per kilometre, which includes provision for comprehensive insurance and other running costs.  Berry Street is unable to insure private vehicles owned by staff and will not accept any liability for damage to any staff vehicles incurred while being used for work-related purposes.

10. Under Victorian WorkCover legislation, it is the applicant’s duty to advise Berry Street of any pre-existing medical condition, which could be aggravated by the type of employment for which they are applying.  The existence of a medical condition will not preclude you from employment, unless you are unable to perform the inherent requirements of the position. However failure to disclose any relevant injury or disease will jeopardise any entitlement you may otherwise have for a work-related aggravation of that non-disclosed pre-existing condition.

11. Berry Street has a smoke-free workplace policy.

INHERENT REQUIREMENTS OF WORK ACTIVITIES / ENVIRONMENT

Following is a table that outlines the main physical and psychological requirements of the position.

Element

Key Activity

Frequency

Work Environment

Manage demanding and changing workloads and

competing priorities

Daily

Work in a team environment

Daily

Work in different geographic locations

Daily

Work in unstructured environments (eg outreach)

Daily

Work office hours with the possibility of

extended hours.

Regularly

Work in an open plan office

Could be daily

Work in buildings which may be two-storey

Could be daily

Sit at a computer or in meetings for extended

periods

Daily

Present at court and other jurisdictions

Occasionally

People

Contact

Liaise with government, non-government and

community organisations

Daily

Interact with members of the public who may

display the full range of emotional expressions,

including parents, partners, significant others,

family members, advocates, doctors, police

Regularly

Interact with clients and members of the public

who could display verbal or physically

challenging behaviour

Regularly

Administrative Tasks

Undertake administrative tasks which may

include the following: computer work, writing

reports, participating in meetings, concentrating

for long periods of time, managing resources and

budget and researching and analysing

information and data

Daily

Use technology including photocopier,

telephones including mobiles, fax, overhead

projectors, televisions, videos, electronic

whiteboards

Daily

Transport

Drive vehicles possibly over long distances and in

all traffic and weather conditions

Regularly