headspace Cairns is currently seeking a Mental Health Clinician who is dedicated to improving the health and well-being of young people. The position focuses on Access and Care Coordination (ACCO), ensuring that young people have easy access to appropriate care. You will be working alongside a team of healthcare professionals to offer young people easy access to suitable services. The Mental Health Clinician (ACCO) will be responsible for engaging, screening, assessing, providing evidence-based brief interventions/therapy, referring, and coordinating care for young people who contact or are referred to headspace Cairns.

In this role, you will determine the most appropriate service provision pathway to ensure that young people receive seamless, coordinated, high-quality, and youth-friendly services. Additionally, you will provide young people with brief evidence-based mental health interventions.

This role is full-time on a maximum term contract until June 30, 2025 (with the opportunity of extension).

Who are we looking for?

In addition to formal qualifications in Psychology, Social Work, Occupational Therapy or Nursing (Mental Health), you will have demonstrated experience and clinical skills in mental health service settings. You will be focused on helping us do things ‘the headspace way’, living our values of Inclusion, Collaboration, Agility and Excellence.

In addition, you will have:

• Current registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Authority (AHPRA) or the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW)
• Current paid employee Blue Card (Social Workers Only)
• Experience in mental health assessment and coordination of access to appropriate services
• Experience in the provision of mental health services to young people, and their families
• Knowledge of contemporary evidence-based therapeutic interventions
• Excellent communication, writing, and interpersonal skills
• Skills in engaging with young people and advocating on their behalf
• Current Queensland Drivers Licence

headspace Cairns

headspace Cairns is a welcoming safe space for young people aged between 12 and 25 providing access, support and information for a broad range of concerns, including mental health, physical/sexual health, drug and alcohol, employment and education and support for families and carers. headspace Cairns (under the direction of RFDS (Queensland) Services Limited) has been making a difference in the lives of young Australians since 2006.

About our offering

We value our people, and we are passionate about making a difference for young people. The team at headspace Cairns has a great workplace culture, works collaboratively to achieve excellent results, and maintains wonderful relationships with service providers. By joining headspace and the RFDS (Queensland Section), you will:

• Become part of a highly skilled professional team driven by best practice
• Receive up to 75K + superannuation
• Have access to generous not-for-profit tax-free benefits of up to $18,550
• Be provided professional development opportunities– including leadership programs, regular line management support, and tailored skills development
• Work with a focus on well-being– headspace Social and Wellbeing Committee, Employee Assistance Program, and other initiatives to support a holistic approach to wellbeing
• Be committed to diversity– we welcome all people, irrespective of ethnicity, lifestyle choice, faith, sexual orientation and gender identity. Designed in collaboration with our employees, the headspace Reconciliation Action Plan formalises our commitment to reconciliation and to strengthening the social and emotional well-being of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people and communities.
• Have private health insurance discounts
• Receive novated leasing options

Interested?

This role will close on the advertised closing date however; shortlisting will commence before the end date so don’t delay in applying!

For further information regarding this role please contact the Manager of headspace Cairns; Gabby Gill at [email protected] or 07 4041 3780. For a copy of the PD please contact [email protected] using the subject line: Mental Health Clinician - Access and Care Coordination - headspace Cairns enquiry via EthicalJobs.

Successful candidates will be subject to a Criminal History Check and may be required to undergo a medical assessment. You will also be required to complete the headspace and RFDS immunisation program where you will need to provide evidence of immunity or vaccination against Vaccine-Preventable Diseases (VPD). Clinicians will also need to undergo the RFDS credentialing process.

headspace and the Royal Flying Doctor Service acknowledges the Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the first inhabitants of the nation and the Traditional Custodians of the land. The RFDS and headspace are committed to eliminating all forms of discrimination in the provision of healthcare. We embrace diversity and welcome all people irrespective of faith, ethnicity, sexual orientation or gender identity.