Youth Mental Health Worker

When you join our team youll discover that we genuinely care about you offering a supportive culture and wellbeing days to ensure you feel valued and appreciated

Employee Benefits

11 Wellbeing Days (to support worker wellbeing) in addition to Annual Leave

Awesome NotforProfit Salary Sacrificing options of up to $15899 per FBT year.

Portable Long Service Leave (from eligible organisations).

Excellent Learning & Development opportunities.

Above Award Minimum Salary of $85266.09

About the Role

We currently have some exciting opportunities available to join our headspace team as a Youth Mental Health Worker across our Warrnambool and Portland locations. In this role you will be instrumental in supporting young people through early intervention and youthfriendly models.

You will be responsible for the delivery of a range of evidencebased interventions that facilitate early help seeking behaviour and seamless access to early intervention health and wellbeing services across the headspace four core service platforms of mental health; physical and sexual health; alcohol and other ; and vocational and educational assistance.

Our Youth Mental Health Worker will involve working closely with young people and their families to build resilience and improve mental health outcomes. Through creative clientfocused approaches youll provide psychological therapy facilitate access to services and promote early helpseeking behaviours. This role offers a meaningful opportunity to make a lasting impact on the lives of young people in our community.

If you are a high performer who displays initiative and is motivated and enthusiastic in responding to change to achieve program outcomes then we want to hear from you!

Do your skills include:

• Knowledge of mental health as it relates to young people and disciplinespecific intervention options for young people experiencing high prevalence mental health problems.
• Experience in developing and delivering group programs or social connection activities with young people.
• Experience working with young people in a health youth or clinical setting including demonstrated ability to conduct comprehensive assessments identify and manage risk appropriate to role and utilise various therapeutic modalities.
• Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of the appropriate legislation case management practice and the ability to adhere to policy and procedures.

Are your credentials:

• A minimum qualification of a sector recognised and accredited Bachelor of Social Work Psychology Occupational Therapy Mental Health Nurse or Counsellor. Qualifications must be approved by recognised professional bodies: g. AASW AHPRA ACA APS etc. Eligibility to pursue accredited pathways is highly desired.
• Minimum of 2 years working experience in a mental healthfocused environment preferably with young people.
• A current Drivers Licence

About Brophy (headspace Lead Agency)

Brophy Family & Youth Services has supported children young people families and the southwest Victorian community for almost 50 years. We live here; this is our community; we believe in people and in their ability to create the life they want.

At Brophy you will join a team of just over 200 employees delivering over 40 programs and services across areas including youth engagement mental health family violence foster care housing support employment support and disability services.

At Brophy our Vision is not just focused externally on our community we feel just as passionate about our employees being meaningfully connected through their roles with us to create the life they want and that as a workforce we achieve this together through innovation and healthy relationships and by positively contributing to building an advantaged community.

Brophys headspace services are growing across the region from our Warrnambool services now in operation for almost 15 years; we also provide a satellite service in Portland and are now working to establish a new headspace centre in Hamilton.

Diversity and Inclusion at Brophy:

Brophy is dedicated to fostering an inclusive environment that ensures safety and a sense of belonging for everyone.We embrace individuals of diverse races ethnicities genders sexual orientations ages religions abilities and nationalities recognising the richness that varied experiences bring to our efforts in supporting individuals and building stronger communities.

Our commitment extends to actively listening learning and evolving to become an accessible inclusive and secure organisation for all encompassing First Nations peoples members of the LGBTIQA community individuals with disabilities and those with culturally diverse backgrounds.

For more information please contact Ben Lehmann Clinical Lead headspace Warrnambool & Portland on or.

Applications for these great opportunities are NOW OPEN!