Mental Health Clinician
Clinician role supporting youth mental health through assessment and short-term interventions with a leading national NGO.
- Full time or Part-Time
- Based in Lyneham, ACT
- HPA Level 2 or 3 - experience dependant
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
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
- Salary packaging to increase take-home pay
- Ongoing training and development, including cultural capability
- Supportive, reflective, multidisciplinary team environment
- The chance to make a meaningful difference during pivotal moments in a young person's recovery journey
If you're a dedicated clinician with strong assessment capability and a passion for youth mental health, we'd love to hear from you.
Call Alana on 0481 814 488 or email on [email protected]
Referral reward: $500
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