Team Manager - Access, Assessment, Brief Intervention and Consultation (ABC)

About the role

The Access, Assessment, Brief Intervention and Consultation (ABC) Team is part of Peninsula Care Group's Infant, Child and Youth Mental Health Service, providing specialised mental health care for infants, children, young people (0-25 years) and their families. As ABC Manager you provide clinical, operational and strategic leadership to the key intake and assessment team, working in partnership with the Consultant Psychiatrist to lead a multidisciplinary workforce and oversee service delivery, clinical governance, workforce performance, quality improvement and service development. The position is based in Frankston, Monday to Friday, 8:30am to 5:00pm, with some travel across service locations as required.

Key responsibilities

• Lead the intake, triage, risk assessment and referral management team
• Oversee comprehensive mental health assessments delivered via clinic, telehealth and outreach
• Support brief evidence-based interventions, including family-based approaches
• Manage community consultation, service navigation and mental health promotion
• Lead clinical governance, workforce performance, quality improvement and service development

Required profile

• Registration with AHPRA or eligibility for membership with the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW)
• Minimum of 7 years' relevant post-graduate clinical mental health experience for allied health, or significant experience for nurses; registered nurses must hold a postgraduate qualification in psychiatric/mental health nursing
• Demonstrated leadership and management experience of multidisciplinary teams within a mental health service
• Current Victorian driver licence and current Working with Children Check

Required skills

• Experience using outcome measures to inform clinical practice and service improvement
• Desirable: additional training in psychotherapy (e.g. advanced CBT, CAT, DBT, IPT, psychodynamic psychotherapy, schema therapy)
• Desirable: experience in assessment and treatment of eating disorders, family-based interventions such as Single Session Family Consultation, leading quality improvement, service evaluation or research, and supervision and workforce development

What we offer

• Salary packaging and novated leasing
• Discounts at retailers and dining spots
• Access to premium gyms via Fitness Passport
• Employee Assistance Program
• Education and training opportunities