CALD Clinician (SW/OT/Psy Grade 2 or 3) - headspace Syndal

Alfred Health; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Melbourne is seeking a CALD clinical liaison. This role includes providing tailored intake services, delivering single session therapy, and conducting psychoeducation webinars to support CALD communities. The ideal candidate requires approved tertiary qualifications, extensive experience in mental health services, and strong engagement skills. This position offers a supportive environment and opportunities for professional development.

Benefits

Portable long service leave

Wellbeing initiatives

Salary packaging

Flexible health insurance

Close to public transport

Qualifications

• Extensive skill and experience in engagement with CALD communities.
• Competence in providing group and individual mental health services.
• Current working rights and a valid Victorian Driver’s License.

Responsibilities

• Provide tailored intake services to CALD communities.
• Deliver single session therapy to individuals and families.
• Conduct webinars to build mental health literacy and reduce stigma.

Skills

Engagement and assessment of CALD adolescents

Providing mental health services

Collaboration with external stakeholders

Delivery of psychoeducation webinars

Education

Approved tertiary qualifications

Job description

Overview

Alfred Health is a leader in health care delivery, improvement, research and education. We are the main provider of health services to people living in the inner southeast suburbs of Melbourne. On 1 January 2026, Alfred Health will come together with Kooweerup Regional Health Service, Peninsula Health, Bass Coast Health and Gippsland Southern Health Service to create Bayside Health, a newly merged health service with more than 22,000 employees caring for a community of over 1.2 million Victorians. The merger will provide new training, education and career opportunities. Subject to final approval on 1 January 2026, all employees from the five health services will transfer to Bayside Health.

What’s in it for you

• Great team culture
• Supportive multi-disciplinary team environment
• Frequent professional development opportunities and regular professional supervision

About us

headspace offers a ‘one stop shop’ for young people aged 12-25 and their families who may be experiencing mental health challenges. This program provides opportunities for young people to receive help early and promote a no-wrong-door approach to supporting young people and their families through GPs, counsellors, Alcohol & other Drug workers and Vocational and Educational support. Alfred Health is the lead agency for this program and offers the opportunity to work in a growing, dynamic healthcare environment.

What you’ll be doing

You will act as a CALD clinical liaison to improve and increase the local CALD community’s access and engagement with headspace Syndal. You will work as a member of the Access team to deliver a range of tasks, including providing tailored intake services in-centre and outreach, offering single session therapy to CALD communities, and providing psychoeducation webinars/seminars for parents and students to build mental health literacy and reduce stigma.

The outreach role will collaborate with external stakeholders (e.g. international student coordinators) to ensure international students have clear, accessible pathways to support, considering visa concerns and potential isolation from mental health resources.

Responsibilities

• Provide intake services in-centre and outreach for CALD communities.
• Deliver single session therapy to CALD individuals and families.
• Conduct psychoeducation webinars/seminars for parents and students.
• Collaborate with external stakeholders to improve access to mental health resources for international students.

About you

• Approved tertiary qualifications and eligibility for membership with the relevant professional registering body (Occupational Therapy Board / Psychology Board via AHPRA, or eligible with AASW).
• Extensive skill and experience in engagement and assessment of CALD adolescents, young people and their families, including flexible outreach.
• Demonstrated competence in providing a full range of mental health services (individual, family and group) for adolescents and young adults, including issues related to alcohol and other drugs.
• Australian working rights and a current Victorian Driver’s License.
• 2025 Influenza vaccination.
• Current Working with Children Check and willingness to undergo a Background Check.

Other benefits

• Portable long service leave from other public health services
• Wellbeing initiatives
• Salary packaging and novated leasing
• Flexible health insurance coverage
• Located close to public transport and cafes

If this opportunity sounds like it is for you, click the APPLY button, include your resume and cover letter.

For more information regarding the position please contact Catherine Keen on ph: 9076 7500.

Closing date: 11pm, Wednesday 1 October 2025.

We embrace diversity and strive to have a workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We actively encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, and people of all genders, sexualities, and cultural backgrounds.

If you require adjustments to the recruitment and selection process, or require an alternative format to any of the application materials, please contact the person listed in this advertisement.

In accordance with the Health Services Amendment (Mandatory Vaccination of Healthcare Workers) Act 2020, health care workers in Category A or B roles are required to be vaccinated against influenza or hold an acceptable medical exemption.

Website: Alfred Health – www.alfredhealth.org.au