Senior Mental Health Clinician

Step into a role where your passion meets purpose. Join our team and create a career that makes a difference for young people every day.

Employee Benefits

Above Award Salary $110283.81 $115172.56 (Based on Qualifications and Experience).

11 Wellbeing Days (to support worker well-being)- in addition to Annual Leave (Pro-rata).

Awesome Not-for-Profit Salary Sacrificing options of up to $15899 per FBT year.

Regular Clinical Supervision.

Portable Long Service Leave (from eligible organisations).

Excellent Learning & Development opportunities.

Confidential Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for personal and professional wellbeing

Additional Public Holiday Day at Easter (Tuesday)

Ongoing Part-Time (0.6EFT)

About the Role:

Ready to shape your career while making a real impact As our Senior Mental Health Clinician youll bring your expertise and creativity to delivering early intervention mental health support for young people experiencing mild to moderate challenges.

This is your chance to lead with innovation driving high-quality evidence-based care through the headspace stepped care model all while creating a welcoming space that motivates young people to reach out early for support.

Youll manage a meaningful caseload while providing expert clinical supervision and secondary consultation to a multidisciplinary team ensuring therapeutic interventions are safe culturally respectful family-inclusive and tailored to the diverse needs of young people. You will also support staff development and contributing to pathways for students and graduates youll be part of shaping how we care for young peoples mental health.

Your role goes beyond the clinic youll foster continuous improvement by reviewing feedback clinical outcomes and group programs ensuring our services keep evolving to best support young people and their families. Collaboration and professionalism are key as you connect with external stakeholders and actively champion Brophy and headspaces mission in our community.

If youre driven to lead innovate and grow your career in a supportive dynamic environment this is the role where you can create the difference and the career you want!

A full list of key duties is outlined in the Position Description

Do your skills include:

• Demonstrated experience and advanced skills in delivering mental health interventions in a range of mental health settings to young people experiencing mild to moderate mental health presentations.
• Advanced clinical skills in managing young people at risk including suicide and violence risks.
• Demonstrated experience in the provision of clinical supervision and skill development including secondary consultations.
• Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of the appropriate legislation case management practice and the ability to adhere to policy and procedures.
• Proven track record in building and maintaining effective working relationships with a range of internal and external stakeholders.

Are your credentials:

Essential

• Current full registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Authority (APHRA); Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW) or other Allied Mental Health Professional registration authority
• A current Drivers Licence

Desirable

• Current eligibility as an Allied Mental Health Professional to provide Medicare funded psychological therapies.
• Current registration as an APHRA approved supervisor for psychology internships

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 170 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 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 Penny Bolton Executive Manager Health on or.

Applications now open!

Were excited to hear from interested candidates and will be reviewing applications as they arrive. To give yourself the best opportunity we encourage you to apply as soon as possible as suitable applicants may be invited to interview or offered the role during the recruitment process