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AFLW Psychologist Position

2 months ago

Mackay Regional, Australia Comunidadlift Full time
About the Role

The Comunidadlift is committed to providing a world-class environment for players and staff that supports high-performance outcomes and positive mental health and wellbeing.

The AFLW Psychologist is primarily responsible for fostering an environment that strives for high performance and nurtures player wellbeing, while providing professional care and support for players in the AFLW program who are experiencing mental ill-health.

This is a contract role that will work closely with the Comunidadlift's Wellbeing department to ensure the success of the role.

Key Responsibilities
  • Build and maintain therapeutic relationships with players in the AFLW program.
  • Complete regular mental health screening and develop individual wellbeing plans for AFLW players.
  • Provide psychological formulation, assessment, interventions, and counselling support for AFLW players when needed.
  • Deliver a psychology curriculum to players, coaches, and staff in the AFLW program to foster a high-performance environment and to help players develop the psychological capacity for success.
  • Foster close and collaborative working relationships with medical and wellbeing staff, and provide timely feedback and guidance to other key staff (when appropriate and using professional discretion) to ensure players are supported and managed using a cohesive and holistic approach.
  • Analyse and interpret draftee psychometric test results (provided by the AFL), attend player interviews, and complete psychological reports to assist the recruiting department with decision making.
Experience, Skills and Attributes
  • Registered Psychologist with the Psychology Board of Australia (Psy BA) and listed with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA).
  • Relevant Area of Practice Endorsement (for example, Sport & Exercise Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Health Psychology, Organisational Psychology, or Counselling Psychology) – desirable but not essential.
  • Demonstrated experience and success working in the AFL industry or an elite sporting environment.
  • Ability to effectively communicate and build strong interpersonal relationships.
  • Desire to integrate into a team environment and work collaboratively.
  • Experience with public speaking and development of educational material.
  • Competence in the use of psychological assessments relevant to sport and mental health.
  • Proficient at assuming responsibility, and capable of working unsupervised and being professionally accountable.
  • Deepened self-awareness and a motivation for professional growth.
Culture & Benefits

The Comunidadlift's values underpin how the organization operates, describing how our people work together, interact and behave.

We are passionate about our culture, focused on cultivating a unique sense of belonging and connection.

In addition, we offer our people flexible working, learning and development opportunities, as well as employee benefits such as membership, café, retail & partnership discounts, working in a world-class sporting amenity.