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Education & Training
Swinburne has an international reputation for research excellence, innovation and impact through active research engagement with industry, business and the community. Our commitment to high-quality teaching and research is reflected in our place within a number of prestigious world academic rankings.
We are currently partnering with Wellways Australia who are national leaders in peer-delivered educational programs. We are looking for a PhD student to work on an exciting program of research developing and researching a program for women with mental health problems associated with a significant history of trauma and adversity, including complex trauma.
As our PhD student, you will have the opportunity to work with stakeholders in the mental health industry, with a national provider of services, and with academics and other PhD students at Swinburne’s new Centre for Mental Health. We expect that the project will give experience of using a number of research methods involved in the development and trialling of new mental health interventions.
About you
To be successful in the role, you will have:
• A degree in psychology, a health-related discipline, or other relevant discipline
• Existing knowledge and/or experience in mental health
• Strong interpersonal and team-working skills
A full list of the selection criteria is available within the position description
Swinburne are a Child Safe Organisation, all appointments are subject to a valid Working with Children’s Check, therefore it will be a mandatory requirement to have and maintain a current Working with Children Check.
Please do not email or send paper applications, all applications must be submitted online.
For further information about the position, please contact Associate Professor Neil Thomas (Deputy Director, Centre for Mental Health) on +613 9214 8742.
If you are experiencing technical difficulties with your application, please contact the Recruitment team on +61 3 9214 8600 (option 2).
Position number: PHDSCHOL
Applications close at 5pm on Tuesday 2 January 2018
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