Join our established team at Medicare Mental Health Kempsey as an Integrated Mental Health Officer and make a meaningful impact in the lives of individuals facing mental health challenges. We have an exciting opening available, negotiable between 4 and 5 days (0.8–1.0 FTE). Enjoy flexible working hours that fit your schedule. We're dedicated to providing comprehensive psychosocial interventions using Motivational Interviewing (MI) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) as our primary treatment modalities. In this role you will conduct intake assessments, manage a caseload of clients, and collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to deliver client-centred care.

Benefits to you:

Besides shaping an innovative mental health service with dedicated staff and supportive leaders fostering a strong team culture, you'll enjoy competitive pay and a work setting that prioritises professional growth, skill-building, and staff well-being.

Additional benefits include:

- Work within a team-based service provision model under a flexible practice framework.
- Maximise your take-home pay with up to $15,900 tax-free and $2,500 for meals and entertainment through NFP salary packaging!
- Access to an Employee Assistance Program.
- Unlock exclusive employee-only discounts on shopping, dining, travel, and more!
- Access to appropriate and supportive clinical supervision.
- Utilise consulting rooms, activity space, and resources to deliver effective interventions.

On a Day-to-Day Basis You Will:

- Conduct intake appointments and assessments using the Initial Assessment and Referral tool and conduct risk assessments and develop practical risk management plans.
- Provide tailored psychosocial support and interventions, focusing on skill development and social connection.




- Collaborate with clients and their support networks to deliver client-centred care.
- Establish and maintain strong working relationships with external stakeholders involved in client care.
- Participate in case review meetings, individual supervision sessions, peer reflection, and team meetings.

About you:

Are you open-minded, collaborative, and adaptable, with experience working with diverse and marginalised communities, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, Culturally and Linguistically Diverse, and LGBTQIA+ individuals? If so, you might be the perfect fit for our team.

We are also looking for:

- Degree level qualifications in counselling/ psychology/ social work or a related discipline Experience in developing, managing and implementing change plans for clients with mental health difficulties.
- Demonstrated ability to work effectively with other professionals in a multi-disciplinary team, as well as consult, liaise and work with a wide range of external stakeholders involved in the provision of health, mental health and psychosocial services to people.
- Experience conducting risk assessments and developing and implementing risk management plans, including crisis management.

If this sounds like you, this is what you will need to get started:

- Current NSW Driver Licence.
- Current Working with Children Check (Blue Card) or ability to obtain one.




- Undergo a current and satisfactory Police Check.

About Open Minds Integrated Mental Health Services

Open Minds has been a leading provider of mental health services to local communities for over 111 years, operating sites across NSW and QLD. Our services include:

- Headspace centres (for individuals aged 12-25)
- Medicare Mental Health Centres (for adults)
- Universal aftercare services
- Psychosocial support programs
- Clinical care and coordination

We are dedicated to collaborating with our health partners, stakeholders, local communities, and families to consistently deliver safe, high-quality, recovery-oriented care.

Open Minds is a registered NDIS provider. Our team works to enhance mental health and wellbeing by delivering tailored supports to people living with mental ill health, disability or acquired brain injury.

www.openminds.org.au

For queries contact Emma Schubert on ••••@openminds.org.au or to apply hit ‘Apply now’. We can’t wait to connect!

Diversity is Strength. We encourage people from diverse ages, gender, identity, cultural backgrounds and experience including First nations peoples, Cultural and linguistically diverse, LGBTQIA+, lived/ peer, mental health experience, to apply for this position.

“Open Minds acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the lands on which we all work, live and play. We pay our respects to the Elders past and present and extend that respect to all First Nations Peoples. We reflect upon the millions of footprints that are embedded into the earth from our Ancestors, the pathways that were forged, the meaning they leave behind and the continuation of the traditions through the next generations.”

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