Mental Health Clinician

2 weeks ago


Craigieburn, Australia Orygen, The National Centre of Excellence in Youth Mental Health Full time

Primary Clinical Services Craigieburn Part-time

9/1/2025
- Craigieburn location | Onsite parking
- Part time ongoing position | (0.6 FTE)
- Access to NFP salary packaging | Join a multidisciplinary team

About Orygen

Orygen is Australia’s Centre of Excellence in Youth Mental Health and the largest translational research organisation dedicated to youth mental health in the world.

For over 30 years, Orygen has led groundbreaking early intervention and developed evidence-based models of care to improve the mental health outcomes of young people aged 12-25.

About the job

The Mental Health Clinician will provide brief episodic support to young people struggling to engage with the health care system. You will work within the local headspace clinical team and across the region interfacing with other Mental Health Clinicians to provide seamless service transitions.

Reporting to the Clinical Services Manager you will:

- Work with the Clinical Services Manager to engage in and deliver shared care with the wider clinical team, medical, collocated and contracted staff to support the provision of youth-friendly early intervention services at headspace for young people with moderate and complex mental health disorders.
- Provide a range of brief episodic therapeutic interventions and care coordination as needed including assessment and short-term outreach support in accordance with best practice and clinical guidelines.
- Promote positive working relationships between the clinical team and other staff and contracted professionals at headspace.
- Undertake intake, assessment and referrals processes for more complex and ‘higher risk’ young people and assist others in the team to do so.

Skills and experience

You are passionate, energetic and determined to make a difference to health and wellbeing outcomes for young people. The following criteria must be met for consideration for this position:

- Approved tertiary qualifications in a relevant discipline. (Psychology, Social Work, Occupational Therapy, Mental Health Nursing) and must have full registration with AHPRA or eligibility for registration with AASW.
- Previous professional experience in the planning and provision of mental health care, including completion of mental health assessments, crisis intervention, psychoeducation and short-term treatment interventions to young people experiencing mental health and/or substance use, and/or other social difficulties, including current evidence-based approaches.
- Highly developed service system knowledge, relevant legislation, government policy and strategic directions in relation to mental health and alcohol and other substances particularly as it relates to young people.
- Proven skills in decision-making, problem-solving and risk management, and demonstrated capacity to problem-solve effectively and work creatively with young people, particularly within an early intervention framework.

**Benefits**:

- Salary between $86,924 - $96,686 per annum pro rata commensurate with skills and experience + 11.5% super + NFP salary packaging up to $15,900 + $2,600 meals and entertainment card.
- Make a real impact on young people in a dynamic, youth-centred environment.
- Ability to purchase additional leave; access to EAP; generous Parental Leave Scheme.
- Opportunity to contribute to the success of a purpose driven organisation.

How to apply

This is a part-time (0.6 FTE) ongoing role.



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