Please note this job listing is for internal WellSouth candidates only Team Leader/Mental Health Clinician Location: Dunedin FTE: 0.4 (Fixed Term until 30 June 2025) At WellSouth, we are dedicated to promoting health equity, ensuring everyone has access to the highest quality of care and enabling better health outcomes for people in the Southern region. We offer: A supportive work environment where you'll make a real impact on the lives of our diverse communities. Opportunities for personal and professional growth. A commitment to upholding the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi. To support the health and wellbeing of our employees, we offer flu vaccinations, an annual wellness voucher, and a day off on your Birthday. Position Purpose: The Improving Mental Health for Prisoners/Offenders (IMHO) Team Leader (TL) is responsible for providing day-to-day oversight of the IMHO mental health clinicians and the Wrap Around Family/Whanau Support Services (WA) mental health clinician. The TL will ensure the team delivers efficient, effective, safe, and improved health and outcomes-based services, within the available resources. The TL is responsible for ensuring the team delivers on the outcomes of the Department of Corrections contracted service agreement. This is achieved through people leadership, planning, quality and risk management, monthly and quarterly reporting, certification and accreditation of all staff as required, clinical pathway development, and other service improvements within the IMHO & WAF service areas. About you - To be successful in this role you will have: Current Annual Practice Certificate Extensive experience in community mental health service provision (essential) Experience as a team leader within community mental health (desirable) Strong understanding of working with historical trauma and how trauma can impact recidivistic reoffending behaviour. Can articulate a strong understanding of the role and purpose of counselling models of practice for an offending population. Demonstrates an understanding of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and how to apply the principles and concepts within a WellSouth framework and across various Corrections environments. Our Values - To Matou Uara He mana to te whanau – Whanau Centred Tokeke - Equitable Manawa whakaute - Respectful Pono – Transparent Please note that we don't always work to fixed closing dates & may interview candidates as their applications are received. Applications close: 4 October 2024 Applications must include a CV and a cover letter. WellSouth is smokefree and we support the Government's Vision of a Smokefree Aotearoa 2025. WellSouth Primary Health Network is an equal opportunity employer committed to upholding the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi. We encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds. #J-18808-Ljbffr