Clinician - Functional Recovery Team, Headspace Early Psychosis

**Location**: Lyneham, Canberra, ACT - headspace Early Psychosis
**Type**: Full-time, Permanent
**Salary**: HPA Level 2 (commensurate with experience) plus salary packaging
Help shape a brand-new service in beautifully appointed, purpose-built, youth-friendly facilities located in Lyneham, moments from the tram stop
Join a team that’s redefining youth mental health
Be part of a dynamic, forward-thinking team at headspace Early Psychosis (hEP) Canberra, where we are dedicated to early intervention and recovery-focused care for young people aged 12-25 either experiencing or at high risk of developing psychosis. Come and join us in changing lives
About the Program
The hEP program is funded by the Australian Federal Government and is a nationally recognised leader in youth mental health, delivering evidence-based, recovery-oriented services. Our model of care is grounded in the renowned Orygen EPPIC (Early Psychosis Prevention and Intervention Centre) framework, ensuring world-class early intervention for young people.
**The program is structured across three specialist teams**:

- Mobile Assessment & Treatment Team (MATT)
- Continuing Care Team (CCT)
- Functional Recovery Team (FRT)

This clinician role sits within the FRT.
About you in the role
This is a diverse clinician role working to support functional recovery - meeting young people where they are at and empowering them to recover and lead their best lives
This role will include a blend of individual and group work and requires a flexible and innovative approach to service delivery. You will need to be adaptable and have a can-do proactive approach.
You’ll play a vital role in supporting and empowering young people through their recovery journey
About You
As a staff member of Uniting, you will celebrate diversity and welcome all people regardless of lifestyle choices, ethnicity, faith, sexual orientation or gender identity.

**Qualifications**:

- Tertiary qualifications in a relevant discipline (such as Psychology, Social Work, Registered Nursing or Occupational Therapy).
- Full registration and eligibility for membership with a respective professional body (such as AHPRA or AASW).
- Current Australian Driver’s Licence.

Experience
Typically, this role will require three (3) or more years’ clinical experience within a relevant field. You will have excellent written and verbal communication skills, be organised, systematic, thorough, accurate and disciplined. You will be continuing to develop in your area of expertise and be expected to provide innovative ideas to solve problems in your discipline. It is expected that you will possess good skills at navigating a complex organisation, forging relationships, and managing through influence rather than direct authority as required
- Demonstrated ability to provide high quality assessment and evidence based interventions drawing on input from a multidisciplinary team
- Ability to work independently, exercising objective clinical judgment in complex and critical presentations.
- Able to work productively with other members of the multidisciplinary team throughout the client journey seeking input from medical staff, peer workers and other allied health providers.
- Contribute to the evaluation and analysis of guidelines, policies and procedures applicable to their clinical/professional work, including contributing to supervision of discipline-specific students.
- Demonstrated commitment to continuing professional development participating in and delivering workplace education through clinical supervision, training and education. Examples of activities include attendance and/or provision of seminars, lectures or in-services.
- Demonstrated ability to engage and work collaboratively with clients.
- Demonstrated ability to be self-motivated and function autonomously while being able to effectively work in a multidisciplinary team.
- Ability to maintain and develop the culture, philosophy, standards, guidelines and policies of the service.
- Sound knowledge of relevant legislation to the service, such as the Australian Capital Territory Mental Health Act (2015) and the Children and Young Persons Act (2008), and Best Practice guidelines for service delivery in mental health.
- Ability to use relevant information technology, electronic recording systems and data management tools.

Desirable
Experience working in an early psychosis team or with young people in an acute mental health setting.
Why Work with Uniting?
- Salary Packaging - take home more by reducing your taxable income (up to $18,550 tax-free)
- Be part of a progressive, inclusive, and multidisciplinary organisation
- Clinical supervision and extensive PD opportunities to support your ongoing growth
- Street parking available, close to light rail
- Real opportunities for career development in a large, values-driven not-for-profit
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