As a Mental Health Clinician and Senior Clinician you will provide evidence- based clinical case management, assessment, and psychological interventions to young clients (12 - 25 years old) in the community with mental illness. You will work as part of a multidisciplinary team to provide comprehensive, therapeutic mental health services to clients.

• Mental Health Social Worker or Registered Nurse or Occupational Therapist
• Attractive salary + Generous salary packaging benefits (pay less tax)
• Moving benefits / large organisation benefits - multiple positions available 

Your role may include:

• Triage, intake and assessment
• Conduct biopsychosocial assessments and case formulations
• Provide evidence-based focused psychological and behavioural interventions
• Perform functional assessments
• Collaborate in shared care approaches, such as joint sessions with the referring Uniting team, case review discussions, and documentation/reports to share information and make recommendations
• Facilitate mental health service linkage and navigation, including care coordination
• Conduct individual and/or group sessions to support individuals' mental health and wellbeing

Who we’re looking for

• You’ll have Tertiary qualifications in Nursing or Occupational Therapy and membership to AHPRA; OR in Social Work and membership eligibility in AASW 
• 1-3 years’ experience of clinical practice field within the mental health providing high quality triage, assessment and evidence based psychological interventions
• Ability to collaboratively plan and coordinate a comprehensive bio-psychosocial approach and interventions to meet the needs of clients.

Uniting is opening headspaceACT (in addition to other headspace locations it is currently running which includes - Mt Druitt, Penrith, Katoomba and Hawkesbury. headspace aims to reduce the burden of disease in young people aged 12-25 years caused by mental health and related substance use disorders through early identification and effective, evidence-based intervention.

https://headspace.org.au/

https://www.uniting.org/

Why work at Uniting?

To help you thrive in your work you’ll have access to a range of benefits that support you in your role and outside of work. Because when our people thrive, we have an even greater impact for the people we serve.

• Competitive salary and NFP salary packaging benefits (extra $18,550 tax free), moving benefits
• Flexible working options
• Career development and progression opportunities
• A range of health and wellbeing support
• Genuinely make a positive impact on the lives of real people – our employees, our clients, and the communities we serve

For more information, please contact Rose Rivera, Talent Acquisition Specialist on 0438 206 164 or [email protected] using the subject line: Mental Health Clinician enquiry via EthicalJobs.