Youth Mental Health Outreach Specialist

Redcliffe Youth Space; Redcliffe; On-site; AUD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary negotiable

Five weeks annual leave

Superannuation

Salary packaging up to $15,900

Flexible work arrangements

Job summary

Redcliffe Area Youth Space (RAYS) invites a Mental Health Practitioner to provide flexible, outreach-based care to young people aged 12–25 with complex challenges, including risk of serious mental illness. In a two-worker model with a Recovery Manager, you will deliver integrated clinical and psychosocial support in homes, schools and community settings.

You will participate in multidisciplinary reviews and help shape innovative, trauma-informed services, while upholding child-safe practice and

Qualifications

• Four-year degree with two years mental health experience, or three-year degree with three years mental health experience.
• Experience in trauma-informed, stepped-care, and recovery-oriented practice.
• Experience working with young people facing barriers to accessing support with a relational model of care.
• Ability to build authentic relationships with young people who have historically struggled to engage with traditional services.
• Proven experience in multidisciplinary teams.
• Commitment to child-safe practice, listening to young people and respecting boundaries.

Responsibilities

• Prioritise relationship over intervention to distressed young people and families.
• Lead with curiosity in outreach settings, meeting young people where they are.
• Co-create flexible, youth-led treatment plans guided by trust and the young person’s goals.
• Apply psychological theory to assess and support young people with complex needs.
• Maintain boundaries while offering unconditional positive regard and cultural humility.
• Contribute to program planning and inter-agency collaboration.
• Commit to a five-day, 38-hour week with some after-hours work.
• Participate in multidisciplinary team case reviews and coordinate care.

Skills

Relationship-based care

Trauma-informed care

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Recovery-oriented practice

Youth engagement

Education

Four-year degree + 2 years mental health experience

Job description

Redcliffe Area Youth Space (RAYS) invites a Mental Health Practitioner to provide flexible, outreach-based care to young people aged 12–25 with complex challenges, including risk of serious mental illness. In a two-worker model with a Recovery Manager, you will deliver integrated clinical and psychosocial support in homes, schools and community settings.

You will participate in multidisciplinary reviews and help shape innovative, trauma-informed services, while upholding child-safe practice and