Senior Mental Health Clinician
- Provide advanced assessment and short-term intervention for young people aged 12-25.
- Conduct comprehensive biopsychosocial and risk assessments for complex mental health concerns.
- Collaborate within a multidisciplinary team to support early intervention and recovery.
- Full time or Part-time
- Based in Lyneham, ACT
- $59.51 - 67.24 per hour - experience dependant
Are you an experienced mental health clinician looking to step into a role where you can influence practice, conduct complex assessments, and support young people during critical moments of need?
Join a respected national NGO delivering innovative, early intervention mental health services to young people and families across the ACT.
About the Role
As a Clinician, you will provide advanced assessment and short-term intervention within a collaborative, multidisciplinary environment.
Working with young people aged 12-25, you will support early identification, acute presentations, and coordinated community-based responses that reduce risk, improve functioning, and promote early recovery.
This role is ideal for someone who thrives in dynamic settings and wants to influence high-quality practice across the service.
What You'll Do
- Deliver comprehensive biopsychosocial, mental state, and risk assessments for young people experiencing complex or acute mental health concerns
- Provide brief interventions, crisis response, and outreach support
- Intake and triage, ensuring timely clinical decision-making for higher acuity referrals
- Build partnerships with EDs, inpatient units, GPs, schools, and community services
- Provide or be part of day-to-day clinical guidance, supervision and mentoring
- Contribute to clinical governance, including reviews, incident response, and quality improvement
- Maintain high standards of EMR documentation and outcomes data collection
About the Organisation
You'll be joining a national not-for-profit known for its commitment to youth wellbeing, early intervention, and evidence-based care. Clinicians are supported through structured supervision, reflective practice, multidisciplinary collaboration, and opportunities for service improvement.
About You
- Relevant tertiary qualifications and professional registration with AHPRA or AASW
- Experience in clinical mental health, ideally youth, early psychosis, and/or co-occurring AOD concerns
- Strong engagement skills with young people and families, with a commitment to culturally safe and trauma-informed care
- Knowledge of ACT mental health and child safety legislation
- Current Australian driver's licence and flexibility to work onsite with some outreach
Why Apply?
- Work within a high-impact, early intervention, outreach mental health service
- Join a collaborative, multidisciplinary environment
- Work within a values-driven organisation focused on community impact and social justice
- Salary packaging that increases take-home pay
- Extra paid leave each year
- Ongoing training and leadership development opportunities
- Collaborative, multidisciplinary and values-driven team culture
Apply Now
If you're a dedicated clinician with strong assessment capability and a passion for youth mental health, we would love to hear from you.
Call Alana on 0481 814 488 or email on alana@berecruitment.com.au
S C R-alana-tomlinson
We vet all employer accounts and do our best to keep job ads safe, but scams can still occur. Be cautious when sharing personal information — never provide financial details or make payments during the application process. For extra security, use the Apply button on our site when proceeding.
Skills
0 of 11 matchedLicenses & certifications
0 of 3 matchedBe Recruitment