Senior Mental Health Clinician

Join headspace and be part of a passionate team, providing vital support to young people and making a real, positive impact towards wellbeing.

Classifications

• Healthcare & Medicine
• Mental Health
• Full-time

Key points

• Full-time, Cairns-based role
• Monday to Friday- no shift work!!
• Be a part of a highly experienced and skilled multi-disciplinary team

Description

Headspace Cairns is seeking a Senior Mental Health Clinician who is committed to improving the health and well-being of young people.
Your primary focus will be on Access and Care Coordination (ACCO), ensuring young people can easily access the care they need. In this position, you’ll play a vital role in assessing the needs of young people and determining the best service pathway for them. Your work will ensure they receive seamless, coordinated, and youth-friendly support. Additionally, you will:

• Manage referrals and respond to enquiries
• Conduct mental health assessments and risk assessments, including follow-up appointments
• Provide intervention, therapy and group work
• Provide appropriate advice and mentorship, including training and support to team members
• Monitor and maintain intake waitlist
• Participate in the provision of mental health education programs
• Prepare and maintain client records and case notes
• Maintain a caseload

  
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 holding formal qualifications in Psychology, Social Work, Occupational Therapy, or Mental Health Nursing, you’ll bring a wealth of experience and proven clinical skills from working in mental health service settings. You’re not just an autonomous clinician – you’re confident in your abilities and can offer guidance and support to team members when needed.

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)
• Current Queensland Drivers Licence
• Minimum of 3 years experience delivering mental health assessment, crisis intervention, treatment planning and interventions, therapeutic interventions, and social recovery paradigms
• Demonstrated ability in risk assessment, including risk to self and others
• Working knowledge of the provision of mental health services to young people, and their families
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills
• Demonstrated ability to produce comprehensive written reports 

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 have 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 98K + 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 15th 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.