Immigration Update

Did You Know?

The Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs (DIMIA) in Australia now has a new convenient online application available to clients who are seeking new or replacement visas. 457 Long Stay Temporary Business Visa applications can now be made 2 ways:

1. In the conventional way by completing a 1066 application form but you must now lodge it directly to an Australian office of Department of Immigration (you can no longer lodge it at the Home Office or Embassy in your own country) The list of Australian Offices can be found at http://www.immi.gov.au/wwi/aust_index.htm

OR

2. Applications can also be made online. Visit www.immi.gov.au and choose Online Services.

• Your current passport
  
• Travel document details
  
• Current or previous Australian visa details
  
• Name and residential address details
  
• Postal and / or email address details, and
  
• Declarations by you as to your; health, character and an understanding and acceptance of the conditions of the visa being applied for.

Employee Spotlight -

Suzanne Jones

In late October last year I joined HealthStaff Recruitment as a recruitment consultant. Having worked in overseas recruitment for the past 4 years I was fortunate to already have an understanding of visas, the amount of organisation involved and more importantly the emotions and worries people can encounter when relocating interstate or abroad.

Social Nights

Keep an eye out in your letterbox or on your email. We are planning to have our next social evenings in Melbourne and Sydney in March this year.

And for everyone in the West, we will be coming over in March / April to see you too. You will receive an invite very soon!

It's all happening in London. Tara and Kelly have joined our London Team recently and they are the busiest consultants in town.
Many UK and Irish Nurses are planning two summers in a row and like to work in Australia or New Zealand before the next European winter. Our Melbourne Team is therefore assisting our London colleagues, so don't be surprised if you are in the UK or Ireland and receiving a call from our Melbourne Team! Joey Cooney, our Business Manager from Melbourne is in London until the end of February to assist the London consultants. The last group of Social Workers from New Zealand and Australia has arrived in London at Lambeth Social Services. Most new arrivals are trying to get used to the English weather, but it seems that everybody is settling in very well.
Watch this space for an invitation for drinks in London for our Social Workers and Nurses.

HAPPY EASTER
To all our Clients and Candidates -
We hope you have a lovely break.

Mental Health Positions at Eastern Health in Melbourne

The Mental Health Program is divided into sub-programs that cover the continuum of care from crisis and acute inpatient services through to community outpatient, intensive outreach, residential and rehabilitation services.

The catchment area varies a great deal and has many cultural groups in different densities and at different stages of settlement. The socio-economics of the population ranges from an area of great wealth to areas of great need with poor support services in the community, particularly in the Outer East of Melbourne.

The catchment varies from high density living to rural with transport difficulties. Also, supportive and affordable rental properties and accommodation options are extremely limited. The availability of private mental health and General Practitioner services also varies.
At any one time there are over 3,500 people receiving treatment in the Child & Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Access (Drug & Alcohol) services. On average there are over 150 new clients taken on for case management each month and a similar number discharged.

In summary, the range of Mental Health Program services include:
Crisis, assessment and treatment services

• Acute inpatient services - 29 Aged beds, 12 adolescent beds and 53 Adult beds & 6 (Personality Disorder Beds - residential)
• Community care and outpatient services at 9 sites
• Specialist assessment and treatment clinics for child and adolescents
• Intensive outreach and rehabilitation services - Child, Adolescent and
  Adult Services
• Residential Rehabilitation - 30 beds
• Residential care for aged persons - 60 beds
• Shared care, consultation and training for General Practioners and
  private Psychiatrists
• Education and support to carers and families
• Specialist programs for children who have parents with a mental illness
• Focus on early intervention for those in first stages of psychosis
• Research and academic programs as well as training and consultation state wide
• Residential withdrawal programs and community and home based withdrawal
• SPECTRUM: State wide Consultation, Treatment & Training Service for Personality Disorders
  

Vacancies exist within all In Patient facilities with vacancies in community services arising periodically.

MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM
> ACCESS > Alcohol & Child & Adolescent > Adult Mental > Aged Persons Mental > Other Drug Services > Mental Health Services > Health Services

SPECIALIST SERVICES
> SPECTRUM > Primary Mental Health & Early Intervention Initiative > Dual Diagnosis Team > Carrington Private Consulting Suites

Check out these great web sites:

www.lastminute.com.au - great for booking weekends away or day trips
www.australianexplorer.com/hostels/sydney - the best way to find and book accommodation in Sydney online.

We offer a wide range of human resource consultancy services, including Executive Recruitment. We have some wonderful senior management positions available for Nurse Unit Managers, Associate Unit Managers, Directors of Nursing and Healthcare Business Managers.

If you are looking for a challenging and exciting management position in Australia please call Joanna Cooney in our Melbourne office on 03 9530 2511.

For all other positions visit our website www.healthstaffrecruitment.com.au
For email enquiries info@hsr.com.au