Clinical Coordinator Camhs - Kari Centre

Clinical Coordinator Partnership

Kari Centre

Child and Adolescent mental health service

Full Time permanent Position

Exciting opportunity to join the leadership team at the Kari Centre, a well-established iCAMHS team based at Greenlane Clinical Centre, Auckland

The Kari Centre is the community-based service provided for children and adolescents living in the central Auckland catchment who may be experiencing a mental illness.

Our team is made up of experienced mental health professionals including Specialist Psychiatrists, Psychologists, Social Workers, Child Psychotherapists, Mental Health Nurses and Occupational Therapists, as well as cultural support staff.

We are looking for a motivated clinician to provide clinical leadership for the designated partnership team of our service who provide time limited interventions to children, young people, and their families as clients work towards their recovery goals.

Responsibilities include oversight and management of clinical systems and processes, ensuring appropriate review of service user care, and providing clinical support and guidance to clinicians. Supporting our service to meet key performance objectives is an important part of the role.

Reporting to the Clinical Team Leader there will be opportunities to take part in recruitment and retention activities, as well as involvement in service development projects. You will work closely with the Lead Clinician and other leadership members of the service.

You will need to be clinically experienced with proven leadership skills with the ability to work collaboratively at a senior clinical level with service users, colleagues, mental health service providers, government agencies and the NGO sector. There will be an opportunity to develop your leadership skills through the Auckland Districts Leadership Development Programme.

We welcome applications from experienced NZ registered Mental Health Nurses, Occupational Therapists, Social Workers, Psychologists and Child Psychotherapists.

Experience working with the CAPA model, and an iCAMHS team is desirable.

You must be a NZ registered Mental Health Professional with a current APC.

A full and clean NZ driver licence is essential in this community-based role.

For further information on this opportunity please contact Bianca Woodard

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For any query or help applying online please contact Reshma Amin (Recruitment Consultant)

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