• Part-time or full time options
• Locations in South West Sydney
• HPSS Level 4
• Not for Profit salary packaging to increase your take pay

About One Door

One Door Mental Health is a leading for purpose service provider for those living with mental illness, their families and carers.  Our community creates a safe place that connects people, our services are innovative and supported by more than 30 years of experience, and our advocacy work is putting an end to stigma through education and understanding.  Creating a world in which people with a mental illness are valued and treated as equals is at the heart of everything we do.

The Program

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown in Greater Sydney, the Federal Government has funded pop up Mental Health Hubs to:

• provide accessible, affordable mental health services and support in the community
• reduce pressure on Emergency Departments, and
• support GPs to provide treatment and care to people with mental ill health.

The One Door Mental Health Hubs will be delivered through a mix of video, phone, and face to face support.  

The role

The Mental Health Clinician will:

• triage individuals presenting to the Mental Health Hubs using the Stepped Care model; and assess their clinical needs
• provide short term mental health support
• refer individuals to commissioned services in the local PHN area, to LHD services, or to a range of community based organisations.
• refer individuals to Mental Health Workers, Peer Workers and Youth Workers within the team as determined by need.

What we are looking for

• Tertiary qualifications in a health discipline, such as Occupational Therapy, Social Work, Psychology, Nursing
• Registration with Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) or other equivalent body.
• An understanding of the recovery- based and trauma-informed approach to assisting people with mental health concerns.
• Knowledge of the NSW mental health system and local services; or demonstrated ability to rapidly develop this knowledge.
• Demonstrated experience in providing clinical assessments and short term mental health interventions.
• Strong relationship building skills to navigate, collaborate and develop partnerships within the NSW mental health system and local

 A copy of the position description can be viewed here.

Your application for this position will require you to have:

• a Police Check (verified in the last 6 months)
• a current Working with Children's Check
• an application in process for the NDIS Worker Screening clearance at Service NSW
• under the current public health order, evidence of at least 1 dose of the Covid-19 vaccine or provide evidence of a medical exemption.

Your values and our values

Our values are integral to everything that we are as an organisation and how we interact with each other, our consumers and carers.  As you consider whether this role is for you, please take some time to reflect on your own values and One Door’s values.  Click here to view our values ASPIRE to work out if they resonate with you.

For more information regarding this role, contact Craig Locke on 0428 131 823.

One Door Mental Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and is committed to engaging a diverse workforce. We strongly encourage applications from people from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background, people with disability, people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds and mature aged applicants.