Join our dedicated Head to Health team at Roselands as a Mental Health Clinician! This temporary part-time role (60.80hrs/fortnight until 30 June 2025), with potential for extension, offers you the chance to make a meaningful impact on individuals experiencing psychological distress. 

You'll provide short to medium-term multidisciplinary care, offer vital support to those at risk, and connect people with essential services in the region. With a strong focus on recovery-based and trauma-informed approaches, you'll be part of a team that values diversity and is committed to ending stigma around mental health.

Your Benefits

• Be a part of an impactful organisation that makes a real difference in the lives of individuals and communities.
• Enjoy a Fitness Passport for access to numerous gyms, pools, and fitness centres.
• Benefit from additional Birthday Leave, Picnic Day Leave, and Study Leave perks.
• Competitive remuneration of Level 3 of the HPSSA Award 2010.
• Maximise your take-home pay by salary packaging up to $15,900.

About You

You are an innovative clinician who foster trusting relationships with your team. You have a hard working and positive approach to your work. You demonstrate initiative, motivation, flexibility and commitment in the work you do and to the organisation. Your strive to bring trust and respect in your relationships with others.  

About the Role

The Mental Health Clinician provides a highly visible and accessible entry point to services for people experiencing psychological distress, where all feel safe and welcomed. Among other responsibilities, Mental Health Clinicians:

• Offer an episode of care model based on short to medium term multidisciplinary collaborative care, aimed at improving psychological wellbeing for people with moderate to high levels of mental health need, whose needs are not being met through other services.
• Respond to people in significant distress, including people at heightened risk of suicide, providing support that may reduce the need for emergency department attendance.
• Provide a central point to connect people to other services in the region, including through offering information and advice about mental health and AOD use, service navigation and warm referral pathways for individuals, and their carers and family.    

How to apply?

If this sounds like you, please submit your application via the Apply Now link.

Your skills and experience

1. Tertiary qualifications in a mental health discipline, such as Social Work, Psychology, Mental Health Nursing or counselling. 
2. Registration with Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA), AASW, PACFA (Clinical registration) or ACA level 3.
3. A current driver licence and access to a fully insured vehicle.
4. An understanding of the recovery- based and trauma-informed approach to assisting people with mental health concerns.
5. Knowledge of the NSW mental health system and local services; or demonstrated ability to rapidly develop this knowledge.
6. Minimum 2 years experience in providing clinical assessments and evidence-based mental health interventions.
7. Strong relationship building skills to navigate, collaborate and develop partnerships within the NSW mental health system and local services.

For further details on the role and all the skills and experience required, please view the position description attached.

Additional Details

One Door Mental Health requires all staff to have a Police Check clearance, a current Working with Children's Check and NDIS Worker Screening clearance and appropriate COVID-19 Vaccination.

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.

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.
You can read more about One Door Mental Health and our values here.

About the Program

Head to Health is also intended to offer immediate, short and medium term episodes of care and service navigation to connect people to ongoing services. It will assist adults seeking help in times of crisis, or as needs emerge, to have access to on-the-spot care, advice, and support.

Any questions?

If you have any questions about the role you may contact Rafia Marsh on [email protected], using the subject line: Mental Health Clinician enquiry via EthicalJobs.

Don't miss this opportunity to join a recognised and respected organisation that is purpose and values driven!