Senior Clinician, Generalist – TIDES (Trauma Intervention, Development and Emotional Support) ACT

Uniting; North Canberra; Hybrid; AUD 83,000 - 92,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging

4 Me Days

4 CPD Days

Fitness Passport

U Rewards

Job summary

Uniting ACT is seeking a Senior Clinician, Generalist – TIDES (Trauma Intervention, Development and Emotional Support) to join the Turner ACT team. This full‑time, permanent role offers hybrid working with a focus on advanced trauma-informed care for young people aged 13–17 with complex needs.

You will deliver assessment, formulation, and therapeutic intervention, supervise colleagues, and contribute to service development across an interdisciplinary team.

Qualifications

• Relevant qualifications in psychology, social work, counselling, occupational therapy or a related mental health discipline.
• Full registration with the relevant professional body (such as APHRA / PACFA or eligibility for membership with the AASW).
• Three or more years of mental health experience
• Proven ability to supervise and mentor and to influence practice toward consistent, high-quality care
• Strong engagement skills with young people and families, culturally safe practice, and capacity for flexible outreach
• Sound knowledge of ACT mental health and child safety legislation and commitment to ongoing professional development
• Current Australian driver licence

Responsibilities

• Provide advanced trauma-informed assessment, formulation and therapeutic intervention for young people with complex needs.
• Provide clinical consultation and guidance to colleagues, supporting complex decision-making, risk management and high-quality practice.
• Contribute to interdisciplinary care planning and clinical case review, bringing together clinical, lived experience, family and broader service perspectives.
• Plan, design and deliver therapeutic and psychoeducational group programs for young people, responsive to their needs and interests.
• Work flexibly with young people and families, including through outreach, to build trust, reduce barriers to engagement and provide support in environments where young people feel safe and comfortable.
• Work collaboratively with families, carers, schools, health services and community partners to support coordinated care and reduce duplication and repeated storytelling.
• Support evidence-informed, culturally responsive and developmentally appropriate practice that promotes young people's safety, choice and autonomy.
• Contribute to clinical governance, reflective practice, service development and continuous quality improvement.
• Embed continuous quality improvement across all aspects of practice, using reflection, feedback and service learning to strengthen the quality and effectiveness of TIDES.
• Maintain high-quality clinical documentation and contribute to consistent, safe and accountable practice across TIDES.

Education

Relevant qualifications in psychology, social work, counselling, occupational therapy or a related mental health discipline

Job description

Senior Clinician, Generalist – TIDES (Trauma Intervention, Development and Emotional Support) ACT

About The Role

• Location: Turner, ACT
• Full-Time | Permanent Position | Hybrid working
• HPA Level 2 ($59.51- $67.24 per hour) + Generous salary packaging benefits up to $18,550

Please note: In line with the Health Professionals Award classification changes, effective from the first full pay period on or after 1st October 2026, the classification for this role has been updated to Level 2

Join a team doing youth mental health differently

TIDES provides flexible, trauma-informed and relationship-based care for young people with complex needs. As a Senior Clinician, you will bring advanced clinical expertise to an interdisciplinary team, supporting thoughtful formulation, therapeutic care and shared decision-making while helping strengthen clinical practice across the service.

What You Will Do

• Provide advanced trauma-informed assessment, formulation and therapeutic intervention for young people with complex needs.
• Provide clinical consultation and guidance to colleagues, supporting complex decision-making, risk management and high-quality practice.
• Contribute to interdisciplinary care planning and clinical case review, bringing together clinical, lived experience, family and broader service perspectives.
• Plan, design and deliver therapeutic and psychoeducational group programs for young people, responsive to their needs and interests.
• Work flexibly with young people and families, including through outreach, to build trust, reduce barriers to engagement and provide support in environments where young people feel safe and comfortable.
• Work collaboratively with families, carers, schools, health services and community partners to support coordinated care and reduce duplication and repeated storytelling.
• Support evidence-informed, culturally responsive and developmentally appropriate practice that promotes young people's safety, choice and autonomy.
• Contribute to clinical governance, reflective practice, service development and continuous quality improvement.
• Embed continuous quality improvement across all aspects of practice, using reflection, feedback and service learning to strengthen the quality and effectiveness of TIDES.
• Maintain high-quality clinical documentation and contribute to consistent, safe and accountable practice across TIDES.

About The Program

TIDES ACT is a specialist, trauma-informed service for young people aged 13–17 with complex needs. TIDES provides flexible, relationship-based care that meets young people where they are, combining therapeutic support, outreach and coordinated care within an interdisciplinary team.

Our approach recognises that engagement, healing and recovery are not always linear. We focus first on building trust, safety and stability, with evidence-informed trauma interventions introduced when a young person is ready. Young people are supported to have choice and a meaningful voice in their care, while TIDES works alongside families, carers and other services to provide connected, wraparound support.

This is an opportunity to help shape a growing service and contribute to a more flexible, responsive approach to supporting young people affected by trauma in the ACT.

About You

• Relevant qualifications in psychology, social work, counselling, occupational therapy or a related mental health discipline.
• Full registration with the relevant professional body (such as APHRA / PACFA or eligibility for membership with the AASW.)
• Three or more years of mental health experience
• Proven ability to supervise and mentor and to influence practice toward consistent, high-quality care
• Strong engagement skills with young people and families, culturally safe practice, and capacity for flexible outreach
• Sound knowledge of ACT mental health and child safety legislation and commitment to ongoing professional development
• Current Australian driver licence

Flexibility to work primarily in the Turner office two days a week, and flexibly across the Lyneham office and in the community for three days per week

Why join us?

• Be part of something new – influence and develop a service from the ground up.
• Flexible working arrangements, balancing on-site, community-based and approved hybrid work.
• Salary packaging – increase your take-home pay.
• 4 Me Days – extra paid leave each year (pro rata) to rest, recharge, and focus on what matters most
• 4 CPD Days per calendar year (pro-rata Part-time employees)
• Strong peer support and consultation – collaborate with experienced professionals.
• Manageable workload – ensuring sustainable, high-quality service delivery.
• Great benefits – Fitness Passport, U Rewards, and more.

Should you have any questions, please contact Pallavi Bhatia from Uniting’s Talent Acquisition Team on [e-mail]

Application closing: 11:55 pm, Sunday 1 November 2026.

Please note that interviews will be conducted throughout the advertising period, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

About Uniting

Uniting NSW.ACT contributes to the work and mission of the Uniting Church in NSW and the ACT through social justice advocacy, community services and spiritual care. We provide care and support for people through all ages and stages of life, with a focus on people experiencing disadvantage and vulnerability. Our purpose is to inspire people, enliven communities and confront injustice.

Uniting is a Child Safe Organisation committed to promoting the safety, wellbeing and inclusion of children and young people.

Empowered by diversity

At Uniting, inclusion isn’t just something we value – it’s how we work. Our culture and practice reflect the vibrant diversity of our colleagues, and the clients and communities we serve.