headspace Mental Health Clinician

HealthWISE Community Ltd.; Narrabri; On-site; AUD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mentoring and career development

Opportunities to contribute to change

Competitive salary and superannuation

Salary packaging

Job summary

HealthWISE invites applications for a headspace Mental Health Clinician based in Narrabri, Moree and Gunnedah. The role focuses on recovery-oriented interventions for young people aged 12–25, delivering evidence-based clinical services and developing tailored care plans in collaboration with families and support networks.

Applicants must hold relevant degree qualifications and current registration with AHPRA or AASW, with a minimum of two years’ experience in mental health within not-for-profit

Qualifications

• AHPRA registration or AASW membership current.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong time management and organisational abilities.
• Ability to work both independently and in a multidisciplinary team.
• Experience with diverse populations including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and LGBTQ+ communities.

Responsibilities

• Provide recovery-oriented, evidence-based therapeutic interventions for youth 12–25.
• Deliver clinical services including brief interventions and individual therapies.
• Develop and monitor individualised care plans with youth and families.
• Work under supervision within professional practice standards.
• Travel weekly to meet clients across Narrabri, Moree and Gunnedah regions.

Skills

AHPRA registration

Verbal and written communication

Time management

Interdisciplinary teamwork

Cultural safety

Education

Degree in Psychology/Social Work/OT/MHN

Job description

Description

headspace Mental Health Clinician - Narrabri, Moree, Gunnedah

Make a meaningful contribution help us create healthier communities as our Mental Health Clinician in headspace.

Narrabri, Moree, Gunnedah | Full-Time | Permanent

About the role

The purpose of this role is to provide recovery-oriented, evidence-based therapeutic intervention services to young people with mild to moderate mental health presentations. The successful candidate will work alongside other Mental Health Clinicians to deliver high-quality mental health services.

This includes working under supervision within professional practice standards and guidelines set by headspace and HealthWISE.

To find out more about headspace visit http://headspace.org.au/.

Key responsibilities

Engage young people aged 12–25 using a relational, strengths-based, trauma-informed and culturally safe approach. Apply deep listening and comprehensive biopsychosocial assessment frameworks to explore mental, physical and sexual health, substance use and social, educational and vocational needs with young people and their family and support networks.

Deliver high-quality, evidence-based clinical services, including brief interventions, single-session support, individual therapeutic interventions and other treatment approaches tailored to the young person’s presentation, goals and stage of recovery.

Develop clinical formulations informed by assessment findings and collaboratively create, implement, and monitor individualised care plans and therapeutic goals that respond to each young person’s unique strengths, needs and circumstances.

About you

• Degree level qualifications in Psychology, Social Work, Occupational Therapy, or Mental Health Nursing
• Current full registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Authority (AHPRA) or current full membership with the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW).
• Minimum 2 years’ experience working as a qualified mental health clinician.
• Experience and solid knowledgeof the National Standards for Mental Health Services.
• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively in a multidisciplinary team.
• Experience working and engaging with diverse populations including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, members of the LGBTQ+ community and those from a culturally and linguistically diverse background.
• Highly developed verbal and written communication skills.
• Excellent organisational and time management skills.
• Weekly travel will be required
• Experience in the not for profit/non-government sector and the Australian public health sector.
• Experience in the youth and/or mental health sector.
• A broad understanding of the primary care health system and mental health service system in Australia.
• A broad understanding of the challenges and experiences of young people in Australia, including specific community factors.
• High levels of professionalism, confidentiality and discretion.
• Positive and collaborative team player.
• Reliable and results focussed.

About Us

HealthWISE is a specialist provider in rural and remote NSW and southern QLD. We deliver a wide range of community-led services across every life stage, with a strong and growing focus on mental health and youth wellbeing.

Our purpose is to create healthier communities as we deliver integrated primary, allied and mental health services, including youth-specific and culturally responsive programs, with a long-standing commitment to Aboriginal and LGBT+ health.

What we offer

• Mentoring and career development pathways
• Opportunities to contribute to meaningful change in regional and rural communities
• Competitive salary and superannuation
• Salary packaging

Company Overview

HealthWISE provides primary health care programs and clinical services across southern QLD and the New England North West area of NSW.