HealthWISE has excitedly been named lead agency for headspace Tamworth!
Make a meaningful contribution to your community and help us create healthier communities as our Mental Health Clinician in headspace Tamworth.
Tamworth | Full-Time | Permanent
About the role
The purpose of this role is to provide recovery-oriented, evidence-based therapeutic intervention services to young people with mild to moderate mental health presentations.
The successful candidate will work alongside other Mental Health Clinician to deliver high-quality mental health services.
This includes working under supervision within qualified practice standards and guidelines set by headspace Armidale and HealthWISE.
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Key responsibilities
Engage young people aged ***** using a relational, strengths-based, trauma-informed and culturally safe approach.
Apply deep listening and comprehensive biopsychosocial assessment frameworks to explore mental, physical and sexual health, substance use and social, educational and vocational needs with young people and their family and support networks.
Deliver high-quality, evidence-based clinical services, including brief interventions, single-session support, individual therapeutic interventions and other treatment approaches tailored to the young person's presentation, goals and stage of recovery.
Develop clinical formulations informed by assessment findings and collaboratively create, implement, and monitor individualised care plans and therapeutic goals that respond to each young person's unique strengths, needs and circumstances.
About you
Essential
Degree level qualifications in Psychology, Social Work, Occupational Therapy, or Mental Health Nursing
Current full registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Authority (AHPRA)



or current full membership with the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW).
Minimum 2 years' experience working as a qualified mental health clinician.
Experience and solid knowledge of the National Standards for Mental Health Services.
Ability to work both independently and collaboratively in a multidisciplinary team.
Experience working and engaging with diverse populations including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, members of the LGBTQ+ community and those from a culturally and linguistically diverse background.
Highly developed verbal and written communication skills.
Excellent organisational and time management skills.
Desirable
Experience in the not for profit/non-government sector and the Australian public health sector.
Experience in the youth and/or mental health sector.
A broad understanding of the primary care health system and mental health service system in Australia.
A broad understanding of the challenges and experiences of young people in Australia, including specific community factors.
High levels of professionalism, confidentiality and discretion.
Positive and collaborative team player.
Reliable and results focussed.
About Us
HealthWISE is a specialist provider in rural and remote NSW and southern QLD.
We deliver a wide range of community-led services across every life stage, with a strong and growing focus on mental health and youth wellbeing.
Our purpose is to create healthier communities as we deliver integrated primary, allied and mental health services, including youth-specific and culturally responsive programs, with a long-standing commitment to Aboriginal and LGBT+ health.
What we offer
Mentoring and career development pathways
Opportunities to contribute to meaningful change in regional and rural communities
Competitive salary and superannuation
Salary packaging
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📌 Headspace Mental Health Clinician Tamworth (New South Wales)
🏢 HealthWISE Community
📍 New South Wales