Introduction to Child and Adolescent Mental Health​- Online Facilitation

Category: Education

Location:

HNO6014-Introduction to Child and Adolescent Mental Health​

As an experienced online educator (LINC Fellow), the candidate will work as an independent contractor of LINC and serve a diverse international student body for Undergraduate-level programs studying at premier Australian and Asian universities. The candidate must possess strong knowledge of child and adolescent mental health, with expertise in recovery-oriented approaches, developmental wellbeing, and factors contributing to mental ill-health. They should be able to support students in evaluating the impact of mental health challenges on children and adolescents, identifying barriers and enablers to service access, and applying culturally appropriate, family-focused, multidisciplinary, and intersectoral approaches to mental health care.

Key Skills Required

• Child and adolescent mental health
• Recovery-oriented mental health practice
• Developmental and psychosocial wellbeing
• Factors contributing to mental ill-health
• Mental health assessment and support
• Family-focused care
• Culturally appropriate mental health practice
• Multidisciplinary collaboration
• Intersectoral service coordination
• Mental health service access and barriers

Desired Candidate Profile

Registered Nurse or Midwife (AHPRA registration) or Registered Mental Health Practising Nurse and knowledge of unit content.

PhD and/or Master Degree in Nursing or relevant field (i.e. health-related) plus 5 years' relevant teaching, research and/or professional experience at the PG level in the last 10 years

• Full rights to work within Australia.
• An Australian Business Number or ABN as a sole trader, or of the entity that will contract with LINC.
• Empathetic, ambitious, warm and outgoing personality willing to work closely with people from diverse cultures;
• Proficient in English language; excellent oral and written communication
• Must possess a working laptop and have access to high-speed (>10 MBPS) stable internet connection;

Ability to quickly learn and use technology platforms for interacting with students, including the host university’s LMS and LINCtrac (training on these platforms will be provided).

The candidate needs to be available between 5 pm to 10 pm every day.

Roles & Responsibilities

LINC Fellows will be responsible for providing:

Subject matter guidance to a group of 25-30 undergraduate online students; Support in learning skills like academic writing, research and time management; Conduct 1:1 sessions for doubt-resolution, academic guidance and assessment draft reviews Guidance on relevant reference material; Assessment marking with long-form feedback Management of discussion forums; and Proactive, prompt and personalised support to student queries and issues.

LINC Fellows will be expected to promptly interact with students over email, or calls / online sessions from locations of their convenience (e.g. home, office etc.).

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