Mental Health Clinician

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Join our team Become part of a dedicated team delivering compassionate, recovery-focused care to young people in the Logan community.

As a Mental Health Clinician within the Logan Child and Youth Mental Health Service, you will play a vital role in delivering evidence-based mental health care tailored to children and young people experiencing severe and complex mental health challenges. Your core responsibilities will include:

• Managing a caseload efficiently while ensuring accurate patient records, reporting, and compliance with clinical and legislative standards.
• Conducting detailed clinical assessments, providing therapeutic interventions, and supporting discharge planning in a collaborative, interprofessional team setting.
• Supervising and educating observational and undergraduate students, as well as allied health assistants.
• Participating in quality improvement initiatives and contributing to research activities under the guidance of senior staff.

We are seeking an experienced and compassionate social worker who thrives in a dynamic, multidisciplinary environment and is passionate about improving mental health outcomes for children and youth. The ideal candidate will demonstrate:

• Proven ability to deliver high-quality, evidence-based mental health assessments and interventions within a child and youth mental health setting.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills to work effectively within interprofessional teams and engage with clients, families, and external stakeholders.
• Commitment to ongoing professional development and the capacity to develop clinical expertise and leadership skills.
• A proactive approach to service improvement and the ability to contribute to clinical education and quality initiatives.

• We offer a family-friendly work environment that supports you in making the most of Queensland's laid-back lifestyle.
• We are renowned for teaching and research excellence with strong relations with Queensland's leading tertiary institutions.
• You'll have all the benefits of working for Queensland's world-class public health system including generous leave entitlements, attractive salary and remuneration packages, salary packaging and access to relevant professional development allowances and/or leave, study and research assistance, corporate discounts and employee wellness programs.

Metro South Addiction and Mental Health Services provide inpatient, hospital-based and community mental health and community alcohol and drug services for all age groups across a number of campuses. We embrace a forward-looking, progressive approach and work collaboratively with all stakeholders in order to achieve expected outcomes. A clear and strong consumer and carer focus is promoted with our vision being to provide our community excellence in consumer-centred, integrated care across the continuum of addiction (alcohol and drug) and mental health services.

INTEGRITY | COMPASSION | ACCOUNTABILITY | RESPECT | ENGAGEMENT | EXCELLENCE

Our values were created by employees for employees to shape our culture and inspire positive interactions in the workplace. Diversity of ideas, skills, traditions, and customs is celebrated as one of our greatest strengths. Having a workforce that reflects and understands the needs and expectations of our community is important to delivering safe, kinder, and more inclusive care. We recognise our strength comes from the diversity of our people and so we encourage people of all genders, ethnicities, ages, abilities, languages, sexual orientation, and family responsibilities to apply.

We Are Metro South Health. We are the major public healthcare provider for Brisbane's south side, Logan, Redlands, and the Scenic Rim operating five major hospitals and a range of community, specialty, and state-wide healthcare services. We are bold, innovative, collaborative, inspiring. We save lives, change lives, and make the world a better place. We are part of and proud of the community we serve. We are better together.

Occupational group: Psychology, Counselling & Social Work

Seniority level: Mid-Senior level

Employment type: Full-time

Job function: Health Care Provider

Industries: Hospitals and Health Care