Senior Mental Health Worker, Child and Adolescent

Location: Darwin, NT

Contract: Full time, Ongoing

Salary: $110,873 - $124,173

- Six Weeks Annual Leave plus Two Weeks Personal Leave
- Salary packaging option (up to an additional $15,900 p/a)
- Staff rewards program with savings and discounts at over 450 well known retailers
- Access to Wellbeing Centre providing support to a healthier and happier life
- Relocation assistance offered up to $3,000 and two weeks of accommodation

Primary objective: The Senior Mental Health Worker is responsible for the provision of specialist assessment and planned intervention for children and adolescents who are experiencing mental health problems and provides educational and consultancy services to their carers and other professionals in the context of a multidisciplinary team.

Key duties and responsibilities:

- An experienced clinician competent in delivering services within Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services and in the context of a multidisciplinary Child and Adolescent Team.
- Manage a complex and mixed case load of children and young people in which assessment, clinical intervention and case management to accepted clients is provided.
- Support improvements in the community needs-driven distribution of services, including the development of recent service models in response to Department of Health (DoH) and National mental health reform directions.
- Responsible for the implementation of clinical guidelines and standards related to their professional services within the area of child and youth.
- Maintain high standards in report writing, accurate and up to date clinical records and service provision statistics through use of established information systems.
- Follow defined service quality standards,



Workplace Health and Safety policies and procedures relating to the work being undertaken in order to ensure high quality, safe services and workplaces.
- Foster a positive workplace culture through exemplary leadership practices and role modelling behaviour.

Selection criteria – Essential:

- Relevant qualifications in Psychology or Social Work with full registration to practice as a Psychologist with the Australian Health Practitioners Regulation Agency (AHPRA) or eligibility for practicing membership of the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW).
- Demonstrated, recent clinical experience in the mental health assessment, treatment and rehabilitation methods appropriate to children and adolescents.
- Demonstrated knowledge of current issues, standards and trends in the delivery of mental health services to the target population.
- Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with clients, carers and other professionals from diverse cultural backgrounds and to prepare written reports of a high standard.
- Demonstrated capacity to work effectively within a multi-disciplinary team, engaging in ongoing professional development and contribution to professional peer consultation.

Selection criteria – Desirable:

- Post graduate qualifications beyond entry to practice in speciality.
- Capacity and registration (where required) to supervise allied health students (Master of Clinical Psychology and social work).

Further information:



Positions may be subject to pre-employment checks such as immunisation requirements, working with children clearance notice and criminal history checks. A criminal history will not exclude an applicant from this position unless it is a relevant criminal history. For immunisation requirements - Category A (direct contact with blood or body substances) or Category B (indirect contact with blood or body substances), check with contact person for requirements.

Special instructions: Aboriginal applicants will be granted priority consideration for this vacancy.

Advantages and perks:

- Six Weeks Annual Leave plus Two Weeks Personal Leave
- Salary packaging option (up to an additional $15,900 p/a)
- Staff rewards program with savings and discounts at over 450 well known retailers
- Access to Wellbeing Centre providing support to a healthier and happier life
- Relocation assistance offered up to $3,000 and two weeks of accommodation

Diversity and inclusion statement: The NTPS values diversity. The NTPS encourages people from all diversity groups to apply for vacancies and accommodates people with disability by making reasonable workplace adjustments. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants will be granted priority consideration for this vacancy.

Visa, sponsorship and working rights: Applicants must hold valid Australian working rights.

Eligibility and compliance: Must hold a National Police Check, Working with Children (Ochre) Card, and a valid NT driver’s licence. International Criminal History check required if overseas residency of 12 months or more in the past 10 years.

EEO Statement: Anglicare NT is a Child Safe, Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer and strongly encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to apply.

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📌 Applied Senior Mental Health Worker, Child And Adolescent (Darwin)
🏢 NT Department of Health
📍 Darwin