Yamhs Wiyliin Ta Mental Health Clinician

**Be part of a Deadly team making a real difference - support Aboriginal kids, young people, and families to thrive in culture, community, and connection.**

**Remuneration**: $109,247 - $133,156 per annum + super + salary packaging
**Employment Type**: Permanent Full Time
**Position Classification**: Clinical Nurse Specialist Grade 2, Counsellor Level 3, Occupational Therapist Level 3, Social Worker Level 3, Clinical Psychologist
**Location**: Awabakal, Worimi and Wonnarua lands
**Hours Per Week**: 38
**Requisition ID**: REQ590909
**Applications Close**: Sunday, 27th July 2025
- Hunter New England Mental Health Services respectfully acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as the custodians of the land in which our mental health facilities are located. We pay our respects to our Elders who are the knowledge holders of our culture and who keep our traditions, rituals, song lines alive. We respect the continuing connection to sky, land, rivers, seas and culture of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and its interconnectedness to social, emotional, physical, spiritual mental health and wellbeing. We acknowledge the many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities within our district, the staff who work with us and the Aboriginal services and organisations who partner with us to improve mental health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people across our footprint. We ask all those that walk, work and live on traditional Aboriginal lands to be respectful of culture and traditions._

**This is a position identified for Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people on the basis of a genuine occupational qualification under section 14(d) of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1977. Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander applicants must demonstrate Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander status in addition to addressing the selection criteria.**Citing and corroboration of Aboriginal identity is flexible, however the statutory requirements for Aboriginality are based upon descent.** For information on Confirmation of Aboriginality requirements click**here**. If you require support, please make contact so this support can be offered.**

**About us**:
Wiyillin ta, as part of the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) and Yimamulinbinkaan Aboriginal MHS (YAMHS), are seeking a senior clinician who is passionate about improving the mental health and social and emotional wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, adolescents and families. This position will work across Awabakal, Worimi, Wonnarua lands and involves working closely with a dedicated team of multi-disciplinary mental health professionals. You will be supported and collaborate with staff from Wiyillin Ta, CAMHS & YAMHS and will include close collaboration with local Aboriginal medical services and Aboriginal community controlled sectors to ensure a holistic, culturally sensitive approach to care and an ability to provide a wraparound support response.

**About the role**:
You will be part of a Deadly team, that is a specialised Aboriginal mental health service committed to helping the local community access mental health services and work with the children/young people and their parents/carers/family and their communities. And provide high quality culturally appropriate mental health assessment, care planning, implementation and evaluation services for children/ young people and their families using best practice principles associated with collaborative partnerships with consumers, families, the multidisciplinary team and other key stakeholders.

You will be supported culturally and professionally by a large Aboriginal mental health workforce who connect daily in clinical and wellbeing huddles, cultural activities, community events, as well as fortnightly and monthly networking meetings with YAMHS Wiyiliin Ta and other Aboriginal organisations in community. You will be supported by the CAMHS/YAMHS Wiyiliin Ta clinical governance framework and CAMHS & YAMHS model of care and connect regularly to routine clinical multidisciplinary team reviews as well as access to child and adolescent training development. You will also be supported by the Gayaa Dhuwi (Proud Spirit) Cultural clinical supervision framework to ensure your success in this position. This is one of our strategies in HNE mental health service to achieve sustainable employment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the public health sector. As an employee you will be able to take 4 hrs a month to reconnect back to culture and maintain your spiritual wellbeing and be paid for it

**About you**:
You will have the ability to work in collaboration with Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) / YAMHS Leadership Teams to ensure the provision of culturally safe clinical care that is inclusive and responsive to Aboriginal Community’s needs. You will be passionate about improving mental health and sustaining the social and emo