Mental Health Clinician
Mental Health Clinician
Join headspace and provide vital support to young people. Work alongside a passionate team dedicated to making a positive, lasting impact!
Classifications
- Healthcare & Medicine
- Psychology
- Full-time
Key points
- Full-time, Cairns-based role
- Monday to Friday- no shift work!!
- Perfect role for a new Grad! Work with a highly experienced and skilled team
Description
headspace Cairns is looking for a dedicated Mental Health Clinician to improve the health and well-being of young people. This role focuses on Access and Care Coordination (ACCO), making sure young people can easily access the right care.
You’ll work with a team of healthcare professionals to provide accessible services. Your responsibilities include engaging with young people, screening, assessing, providing brief evidence-based interventions, therapy, referrals, and coordinating their care at headspace Cairns.
In this role, you will identify the best service pathway to ensure young people receive coordinated, high-quality, and youth-friendly care. You'll also provide 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 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)
- Membership to the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW) or willingness to obtain.
- 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
This is a perfect opportunity to start your career!
headspace Cairns
headspace Cairns is a safe and welcoming space for young people aged 12 to 25. It offers support for a wide range of issues, including mental health, physical and sexual health, drug and alcohol concerns, employment, education, and family or carer support. Led by RFDS (Queensland) Services Limited, headspace Cairns has been helping 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, 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
Interested?
This role will close on the 8th of November 2024 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 ggill@headspacecairns.org.au or 07 4041 3780. For a copy of the PD please contact recruitment@rfdsqld.com.au
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.
