Agency Department of Health Work unit Central Australia Mental Health Alcohol and

Other Drugs

Job title Specialist Mental Health Worker Child Designation Skilled 2

and Youth

Job type Full time Duration Ongoing

Salary $95,697 - $114,104 Location Alice Springs

Position number 29309 RTF 358442 Closing 10/11/2026

Contact Finley Wilson on 08 8951 7710 or [email protected]

About the agency http://www.health.nt.gov.au/

Apply online https://jobs.nt.gov.au/Home/JobDetails?rtfId=358442

APPLICATIONS MUST INCLUDE A ONE-PAGE SUMMARY ABOUT YOU, A DETAILED RESUME AND COPIES OF YOUR TERTIARY

QUALIFICATIONS

Information for applicants – Inclusion and diversity The NTPS values diversity and aims for a workforce that represents the community. The NTPS encourages people from all diversity groups to apply for vacancies and accommodates people with disability by making reasonable workplace adjustments. If you require an adjustment for the recruitment process or job, please discuss this with the contact officer.

For more information about applying for this position and the merit process, go to the OCPE website.

Primary objective

Responsible for the delivery of a high quality mental health service to children and young people, and their families/carers, with serious emotional and behavioural difficulties, including mental health assessment and evidence based interventions within a remote context..

Key duties and responsibilities

- A clinician competent in delivering services within a Child and Youth Mental Health Team (CYMHT) and in the context of a remote mental health service and a multi-disciplinary team, including working with child psychiatrists and Aboriginal Health Workers.
- Manage a complex and diverse case load of children and young people with moderate-severe mental health difficulties and complete comprehensive mental health assessments,



case management & therapeutic interventions with clients and their family
- Support improvements in the community needs-driven distribution of services, including the development of new 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 mental health
- A proven ability to work with children, youth and families from a trauma-informed perspective
- Contribute to the development of contemporary models of care within Mental Health, Central Australia Health Service
- Contributes to research and undertake quality evaluation at program or professional network level.
- Maintain high standards in report writing, electronic record keeping, and file maintenance and quality assurance in service delivery
- Follow defined service quality standards, work health and safety policies 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

- Meet the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) requirements to practice as a Psychologist, Mental Health Nurse or

Occupational Therapist, or meet full membership with the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW).

- Demonstrated,



recent experience in assessment, treatment and rehabilitation methods with children and adolescents with complex mental health issues, and their families/carer’s.
- Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with clients, carers and other professionals from diverse cultural backgrounds
- Demonstrated ability to prepare written reports to a high standard and complete extensive clinical documentation in a timely manner
- Demonstrated knowledge of current issues, standards and trends in the delivery of mental health services to the target population
- Proven ability to work effectively within a multi-disciplinary team and to draw on various learnings through different disciplines.
- Proven ability to work with Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people and their families, including across a remote context.
- Hold a current Northern Territory (NT) driver’s license or ability to obtain, and willingness and ability to travel to remote communities.

Desirable

- Postgraduate mental health qualifications, with a preference for those with child and adolescent mental health training or
- A commitment to commence mental health specific training including a preference for this to be within child and adolescent mental health
- Previous experience working within a child and adolescent mental health service

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.

📌 Specialist Mental Health Worker Child and Youth (Alice Springs)
🏢 Department Of Health
📍 Alice Springs