Senior Mental Health Clinician

• Full time or Part-time
• Based in Lyneham, ACT
• HPA Level 2 ($46.23 - $53.03) or 3 ($56.81 - $64.19) - 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 [email protected]