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Senior Adviser - As One, Office of the Chief Psychiatrist

Melbourne, VictoriaFull-time2026-10-31 → 2026-11-11

Core

Senior Adviser providing complex needs advice and secretariat support for clinical consultations, complex case panels, and statewide leadership meetings within the 'As One' framework for Child Protection and Infant, Child and Youth Area Mental Health and Wellbeing Services.

Role type

Senior IC policy and program adviser (mental health and child protection)

Builds

Governance arrangements and service delivery solutions for children and young people with complex needs

Domain

Public sector mental health, child protection, and youth justice

Deliverable

dashboards & analysis

Required skills

Complex needs assessment, secretariat management, stakeholder collaboration, legislative knowledge, program evaluation

Preferred skills

Trauma-informed training development, cross-departmental liaison

Technologies

None stated

Responsibilities

Convene clinical consultations, complex case panels, and statewide leadership meetings; Provide expert complex needs advice to service providers and government agencies; Collaborate with stakeholders to generate solutions for mental health, disability, and family violence issues; Develop trauma-informed training for child protection staff; Support project evaluation and end-of-project reporting.