Mental Health Clinician - CCCT

Austin Health; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 70,000 - 100,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging

Wellness program

Onsite childcare

Mentoring and career development

Job summary

Austin Health is seeking a Mental Health Clinician to provide high-quality clinical care and case management for children aged 0–11 within the Central Infant and Child Community Team. The role involves assessments, formulations and interventions in a multidisciplinary setting, including outreach to families and schools.

You will work with families, co-clinicians and lived experience colleagues to support children with mental health needs, with daily activities spanning biopsychosocial

Qualifications

• Eligibility and registration with the appropriate professional board (AHPRA where required).
• Experience with children aged 0–11 and families in mental health settings.
• Ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary team.
• Experience delivering evidence-based therapies and care coordination.

Responsibilities

• Engage with children and their families in clinical and outreach settings, undertaking comprehensive biopsychosocial, mental health and risk assessments.
• Develop individualised treatment plans and provide evidence-based case management, crisis management, individual, parent and family interventions.
• Collaborate with families, co-clinicians, lived experience workers, schools and other services to provide integrated treatment and support.
• Manage clinical risk under the direction of the Team Leader and Consultant Psychiatrist and practise within relevant professional, legislative and statutory requirements.
• Contribute to supervision, professional development, quality improvement, research, evaluation and service planning activities.

Skills

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Evidence-based practice

Case management

Risk assessment

Crisis intervention

Education

Health-related professional qualification (social work, psychology, OT, psychiatric nursing or speech pathology)

Job description

• Fixed-term, part-time leave cover, 30.4 hours per week until 8 October 2027
• Grade 2 Clinical Psychologist or Grade 3 Registered Psychiatric Nurse, Social Worker, Occupational Therapist or Speech Pathologist
• Provide evidence-based care to children aged 0–11 and their families within a multidisciplinary community team

Austin Health is the major provider of tertiary health services, health professional education and research across three campuses in the north-east of Melbourne and statewide. We have a highly engaged, diverse and collaborative workforce that is unified by our goal to help people live healthy and fulfilled lives.

About the Central Infant and Child Community TeamThe Central Infant and Child Community Team (CCCT) is part of Austin Health’s Infant Child and Youth Mental Health Service (ICYMHS). The team provides services to children aged 0–11 and their families across Banyule, Nillumbik and Boroondara, with a focus on improving access to effective child mental health care.

The team provides a holistic range of evidence-based therapies, wellbeing support, care coordination and education planning. Its approach is informed by neurodevelopmental, developmental and relational perspectives, trauma-informed care, family-inclusive and strengths-based practice, and safety and risk management.

CCCT is based at the community outpatient clinic at 37 Burgundy Street, Heidelberg. The team provides community outreach for families who may find it difficult to access clinic-based services, with some travel between campuses as required.

About the roleAs a Mental Health Clinician, you will provide high-quality expert clinical care and case management to children and their families. Working within a multidisciplinary team, you will undertake assessments and formulations and provide interventions including group work, parent, individual and family work.

You will work collaboratively with families, co-clinicians, the lived experience workforce and other services to support children with mental health difficulties, including those who may find it difficult to engage with or access clinic-based services.

A regular day will see you:

• Engage with children and their families in clinical and outreach settings, undertaking comprehensive biopsychosocial, mental health and risk assessments
• Develop individualised treatment plans and provide evidence-based case management, crisis management, individual, parent and family interventions
• Collaborate with families, co-clinicians, lived experience workers, schools and other services to provide integrated treatment and support
• Manage clinical risk under the direction of the Team Leader and Consultant Psychiatrist and practise within relevant professional, legislative and statutory requirements
• Contribute to supervision, professional development, quality improvement, research, evaluation and service planning activities

About youTo be successful in this role, you’ll bring with you:

• A relevant professional qualification in a health-related discipline (social work, occupational therapy, psychology, psychiatric nursing or speech pathology), with current registration with the relevant professional board, association or college, as well as registration with AHPRA (where necessary)
• Experience in working systemically with children and adolescents who have mental illness and difficulties engaging in recovery, as well as their families and their system of care and support, including individual, outreach and carer-focused clinical services
• Knowledge of recovery and collaborative clinical practice including complex crisis assessments and clinical formulation and diagnosis informed by a developmental/systemic perspective
• Experience in developing individualised service plans for the mental health case management and therapeutic treatment of young people and their families/carer systems

Our benefitsWorking at Austin Health means enjoying a strong sense of purpose, engaging in meaningful work every day. Our people also receive a variety of rewarding benefits, including:

• Greater take-home pay through generous salary packaging, for living expenses, meals, and holiday accommodation.
• A suite of wellness initiatives designed to support you, including discounted fitness memberships and special offers on health insurance, and a comprehensive wellbeing program.
• Onsite childcare at Austin Hospital, easy access via public transport and car parking options.
• Mentoring and career development opportunities.

Work with us!We are committed to cultural safety and health equity for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander People. We celebrate, value, and include people of all backgrounds, genders, identities, cultures, bodies, and abilities. We welcome and support applications from talented people identifying as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, people with disability, neurodiverse people, LGBTQIA+ and people of all ages and cultures.

All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory National Police Check and if required, a Working With Children Check. Austin Health is a child safe organisation, committed to upholding the rights, safety, and wellbeing of children and young people in line with Child Safe Standards. If you require any reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process, you are welcome to reach out to the hiring manager: Rowan Chipchase, Program Manager Youth Outreach at ***************@austin.org.au