Psychologist, Clinical Psychologist or Social Worker – Permanent Part-time 16 hours per week – Tresillian Macksville

Psychologist, Clinical Psychologist or Social Worker – Permanent Part-time 16 hours per week – Tresillian Macksville Reference Number: 05/2024 Employment Status: Permanent Part-time 16 hours per week Vaccination Category: CAT A Enterprise Agreement: The Named NSW (Non-Declared) Affiliated Health Organisations Professional and Associated Staff Agreement Location: Tresillian Macksville, 100 Darruya Road, Macksville Are you passionate about Child and Family Health? Do you want a job that engages all your skills and aspirations and delivers therapeutic programs in a way that truly make a difference to parents with young children? Do you want to work with the largest specialist Child and Family Health organisation in Australia with values that align with your commitment to nurture children and families? If so then Tresillian would like to hear from you. Tresillian is currently recruiting an experienced Psychologist/ Clinical Psychologist or Social Worker to our Macksville Unit which provides care 24 hours per day, 5 days. Psychologist/ Clinical Psychologist or Social Worker is directly involved with families who attend Tresillian Family Care Centres.The focus is on family functioning: enabling parents to identify and develop strategies to deal with the crises and stresses ofparenthood; enhancing the clients’ awareness of and interaction in interpersonal relationship in the wider familycontext; and promoting the emotional and mental health of thefamily. The role includes expertise in the clinical assessment and treatment of postnatal depression and anxiety and related perinatal mental health issues, including child protection and domestic violence concerns, infant mental health, parent-infant knowledge, individual and relationship counselling and group therapy. The Psychologist/ Social Worker is an active participant of a multi-disciplinary team. This involves joint work, formal and informal consultation, evaluation and planning for future directions in service delivery and staff support. The Psychologist/Social Worker works within the Allied Health Team which is based on a centralised service delivery model. The Royal Society for the Welfare of Mothers and Babies, trading as Tresillian, was formed in 1918 to coordinate early child and maternal health care services in New South Wales (NSW). Tresillian is now the largest early child and family health and parenting service in Australia, operating from four sites in metropolitan Sydney and numerous regional and rural sites supporting service provision to families across NSW, Victoria and ACT. Tresillian is a Certified Child Safe Leader and is dedicated to creating a workplace environment where children’s rights are recognised and championed.