Lives Lived Well provides support for people in Queensland and New South Wales who are being impacted by alcohol or drugs or problems with mental health, and now we’re expanding our services to South Australia!

This newly established service will provide person-centred and whole of person, accessible and integrated primary mental health care, and suicide prevention services along a stepped care continuum to underserviced and at-risk groups in the Northern Adelaide PHN Region.

We’re growing fast and building a reputation as a trusted, innovative provider, focused on clinical excellence… and we’d love you to be part of it.

If you share our belief that with the right support, people can change their lives, think in a curious and critical way, and thrive on learning and change, join us and do your best work here!

Your opportunity

We are looking for a passionate, enthusiastic and engaging Mental Health Clinician to join our new service. You will support the delivery of psychological therapies, clinical care coordination and low intensity mental health support to families and children (0-11 years) including pregnant mothers.

This is a permanent part time opportunity working 19 hours per week. The salary for this role will commence at $47.50 per hour and you will also be able to access Salary packaging of up to $18,540 per annum tax free.

Responsibilities will also include, but not limited to:

• Conduct triaging, trauma-informed biopsychosocial assessments, including risk assessment, and safety planning, and provide follow-up support, treatment and referrals.
• Develop and regularly review Mental Health Treatment Plans in collaboration with the client, their family, carers, GP, Psychiatrists and other agencies to provide coordinated clinical care in line with a MHTP.
• Develop and monitor a comprehensive recovery based care plan.
• Clinical care / treatment in line with MHTP and care plan.
• Participate in intake meetings and regular case reviews.
• Manage a case load of children and families providing therapeutic interventions to clients with mild-to-moderate and severe mental illness and offering low intensity mental health support, psychological therapy and clinical care co-ordination.
• Provide trauma informed therapeutic interventions, including parenting programs, based on current best practice guidelines and evidence-based practice.
• Work collaboratively with clients, their families/carers/kin and relevant services to respond appropriately to their mental health and developmental needs.
• Provide and support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, CALD and LGBTIQ communities with appropriate mental health care.

What you’ll bring

To succeed in this role, there are some essentials you’ll need:

• Tertiary qualification in a relevant health service discipline such as Psychology, Mental Health Occupational Therapy, Mental Health Nursing, Mental Health Social Work.
• Current registration with applicable professional association or body.
• Demonstrated experience in comprehensive best practice screening/intake/triaging of referrals within a mental health setting.
• Evidence of training and experience in relevant trauma-informed mental health assessment and intervention.
• Demonstrated ability to engage with clients, advocate on their behalf and establish and maintain collaborative relationships with clients, carers, and stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to develop and deliver individual or group-based skills training activities to assist clients’ psychosocial functioning (e.g., MiDBT, life skills, anger management, problem solving, conflict resolution, etc.).
• Experience in Family and child (0 – 11years) Mental Health, peri-natal support to parents, Mother-Infant DBT (MIDBT), management and facilitation of parenting programs, e.g. Incredible Years, Circle of Security and Triple P.
• A high level of interpersonal and communication skills (written and verbal), problem solving and negotiation skills.
• Experience in working with Aboriginal, CALD and/or LGBTIQAP+ communities
• Current and valid Working With Children Check

While not essential, we’d also love you to have:

• Local knowledge of services

What matters most is that you’ll live and breathe our values, which means:

• You are humble, human and full of hope.
• You show up and share.
• You ask: Why not? And what’s next?
• You leave a positive wake.

Why? We believe that through these values, we do our best work - for each other, for clients, and for the communities we work in. And it’s a promise we make to you about the kind of experience you will have working for us.

Why work for Lives Lived Well?

Well, it’s about people, purpose, impact and growth.

You’ll love working with talented people who share our values. Our services and treatments are as diverse as the communities we work in. We’ve grown significantly in the past few years, with no plans of slowing down.

So, what does that mean for you? A real opportunity to go further!

• You’ll grow as a person and as a professional, extending your knowledge and skills beyond the norm.
• You’ll be trusted with autonomy in a supportive, respectful environment.
• You’ll make a lasting impact - on clients, the community and an organisation that cares as much as you.

But it’s more than that.

You’ll join a curious organisation that thinks differently and seeks new ways. We look to the evidence. We explore new ideas. When we reach “better”, we ask, “What’s next?” Which means you’ll need to be comfortable with change - you’ll enjoy variety, the agility, and the opportunity to achieve more, faster.

While you support others, we’ll support you with some great benefits, including:

• An extra five paid leave days per year to support your wellbeing and work-life balance.
• Salary packaging to increase your take-home pay
• Paid parental leave of 8 weeks.
• Regular clinical supervision, case conferencing and debriefings.
• An employee assistance program (EAP) for you and your family, including emotional, psychological, Financial counselling and wellbeing services.
• Fitness Passport membership access to a wide range of gyms, pools, and fitness and leisure centres across Australia, at a discounted rate
• We are committed to celebrating the history, culture, and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. We offer ceremonial and NAIDOC leave and have established a support network for our First Nations staff, to build relationships, share knowledge and debrief.

Check out more employee benefits for you and your loved ones on our careers page.

Are you ready to imagine the possibilities? Here’s how to apply

Click ‘Apply Now’ and go to our LLW Careers page and submit your application. Please ensure to indicate which role you are interested in.

Note: we only accept applications through our Careers page.

Lives Lived Well is an equal employment opportunity employer. We encourage applications from a diverse range of social, cultural and gender backgrounds that reflect our community including First Peoples.

Confirmation of employment will be subject to candidate's possession of a Current Australian Drivers Licence, Working with Children Check, completed Australian Criminal History Check and provision of COVID-19 vaccination certificate, in line with the LLW vaccination Policy.