• Department: headspace
• Classification: Dependent on qualifications and experience
• Hours per fortnight: Multiple positions available commencing January 2022.
• Multiple positions
• Status: Full time and Part time options available.
• Graduates, Grade 1's and Grade 2's are encouraged to apply.

The location

Do you want to be part of a new and exciting opportunity creating change in the lives of young people? Then this role is for you!

Enjoy the work/life balance in a friendly, safe and affordable rural city. Echuca is a vibrant tourist town with exciting cultural heritage, restaurant scene, sporting facilities, seemingly endless leisure and recreational options all within 2 ½ hours from Melbourne. There are excellent preschool, primary and secondary education options available.

the position

Echuca Regional Health is seeking to building its Mental Health Clinician / Counsellor team for the new headspace Echuca Centre.

Are you interested in:

• Improving the lives of young people as part of a multipdisciplinary and innovative team?
• Working in a supportive and inclusive environment, surrounded by people who love what they do?
• Further developing your therapeutic skills in working with young people?

Are you:

• Vibrant, energetic and have experience as a Mental Health Clinician/Counsellor with psychology or allied health credentials?
• Able to inspire young people with your passion for mental health and wellbeing?
• Wanting to help shape the new headspace services for the community in collaboration with young people?

The positions will require:

• A qualification in Psychology, Social Work, Occupational Therapy or another relevant mental health discipline
• Experience preferred, but not essential, in assessment, therapeutic intervention and referral in the mental health service sector
• Knowledge of youth mental health

Employee and family benefits include:

• Comprehensive learning and development program
• Flexible employment practices
• Salary packaging
• Extended employee assistance program (including support for family members)
• Employee health and wellbeing initiatives
• Employee recognition program

to apply

Please follow the Apply Now link and forward your resume and cover letter addressing the Key Selection Criteria. 

This position requires completion of a satisfactory National Police Check and the provision of a Working With Children Check and check on the Disability Worker Exclusion Scheme prior to appointment. In addition, this position requires evidence of vaccination status for COVID-19.

We encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders to apply.

For further information on the role please refer to the position description on our website.