Allied Health Practitioner (Independent Contractor)

What's the Role?

Choose the flexibility of independent practice with the support of an established headspace team.

Join headspace Southport or headspace Upper Coomera as an independent Allied Health Practitioner and provide evidence-based mental health support to young people aged 12 to 25.

We're looking for Psychologists, Occupational Therapists and Accredited Mental Health Social Workers (AMHSWs) who are passionate about youth mental health and interested in building a flexible caseload around their availability.

About headspace Southport and Upper Coomera headspace Southport and headspace Upper Coomera provide accessible, youth-friendly mental health and wellbeing support to young people aged 12 to 25 across the Gold Coast.

Operating within the nationally recognised headspace model, our services are committed to providing timely access to high-quality mental health care and supporting young people through a range of mental health and wellbeing concerns.

Our Allied Health Practitioners play an important role in providing therapeutic intervention and ongoing support to young people across a broad range of mental health presentations.

Working as an independent contractor, you'll provide evidence-based counselling and therapeutic interventions through the Better Access Medicare Perks Schedule (MBS) pathway, with the benefit of strong referral demand, administrative support and an experienced multidisciplinary team around you.

Why Join Us?

- Build a caseload that works with your availability and areas of clinical interest.
- Benefit from an established referral stream across our Gold Coast headspace services.
- Administration support for bookings,



billing and client administration at no cost to you.
- Work flexibly Monday to Friday, with limited after-hours opportunities available.
- Access modern consulting rooms and IT equipment.
- Work alongside experienced multidisciplinary youth mental health teams.
- Participate in group supervision and case conferencing opportunities.
- Focus your time on providing quality therapeutic support while our team assists with the administration around you.

About You

You'll bring

- Tertiary qualifications in Psychology, Occupational Therapy or Social Work.
- Current AHPRA registration as a Psychologist or Occupational Therapist, or accreditation as an Accredited Mental Health Social Worker (AMHSW) with the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW).
- A current Medicare Provider Number and eligibility to provide services under the Better Access MBS program.
- Experience delivering evidence-based therapeutic interventions.
- Confidence supporting young people experiencing presentations such as anxiety, depression, trauma, self-harm, alcohol and other drug-related concerns, stress and family conflict.
- A genuine interest in working with young people aged 12 to 25.
- The ability to work independently while contributing to a multidisciplinary team.
- An Australian Business Number (ABN) and current Professional Indemnity Insurance.

Apply Now We're passionate about possibilities. If you are too, we'd love to hear from you.

Click Apply and submit your expression of interest and resume via the Lives Lived Well Careers page.

For further information, please contact:

Southport

Marietjie Muller

Email: [email protected]

Upper Coomera

Eilis Malone

Email: [email protected]

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