Ahp2/rn2c Youth Mental Health Clinician Marion Acute Mental Health

**Job no**: 910349
**Work type**: Part time
**Location**: Adelaide Metro Southern
**Categories**: Allied and Scientific Health, Mental Health, Nursing/Midwifery
- Southern Adelaide Local Health Network - Flinders Medical Centre - Youth Mental Health Services
- Salary $88,255 - $102,240 p.a. (Pro Rata) AHP2, $87,416 - $110,497 RN/M2C p.a. (Pro Rata)
- Part-time 33.75 hours per wk. - Contract until September 2026 available

**Youth Mental Health Clinician - Empower Young Lives with SALHN**

Joining the Youth Mental Health Services team, you will provide assessment and therapeutic interventions to young people with serious mental health problems. The role will involve case management/care coordination and delivering a range of other clinical activities. These will include psychosocial and mental health assessments, risk assessment, care planning/coordination, clinical reviews, and transfer of care planning consistent with the Youth Model of Service Delivery. This may include being part of therapeutic group programs.

You will be providing clinical services to consumers whose severity of mental health disorders or level of disability necessitates regular follow-up and review to facilitate improved functioning within the young person and their lives. You will work collaboratively with the young person, their carers/families and social supports with the aim of maximising well-being, assisting stabilisation in mental health, and building capacity for self management. Your role will require close liaison with a network of stakeholders concerned with /involved in the delivery of services to the young consumer.

**About the role**:
Reporting to the Team Manager, Marion Acute-Mood Team, with support from the youth stream senior clinicians, some of your duties for the role will include:

- **Clinical Decision-Making**:Responsibility for the delivery of a range of other clinical activities, including care planning, clinical review, psychosocial assessment and Mental Health Assessments consistent with the Youth model of Service Delivery
- **Clinical Leadership**: Demonstrating clinical leadership within the youth stream, offering support and supervision to less experienced staff
- **Educational and Research Contribution**: Playing a role in the educational and research culture of mental health services, contributing to ongoing learning and innovation

**About you**:

- Demonstrated ability to carry out assessments and interventions of a complex nature with young people and their families using a range of theoretical models in assessment and intervention
- Competent in the provision of a range of evidence-based therapeutic interventions and skills including individual, family and group work
- Ability to/or willing to work towards being able to provide supervision
- Core skills including psychosocial assessment, care coordination, crisis intervention and brief therapy

**Qualifications Specification**:

- To be appointed as a **Clinical Nurse** you must be registered as a Nurse by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia and hold a current practicing certificate. Additionally, must be enrolled in an approved mental health course or hold a qualification in mental health practice.
- To be appointed as a **Social worker** you must hold an appropriate degree or equivalent qualification which gives eligibility for full membership of the Australian Association of Social Workers.
- To be appointed as an **Occupational Therapist** you must hold an appropriate degree or equivalent qualifications which entitles registration as an Occupational Therapist with the Occupational Therapy Board of Australia.
- To be appointed **Clinical Psychologist** you must hold appropriate Degree or equivalent qualification recognised by the Psychology Board of Australia (PsyBA) and general registration with the Psychology Board of Australia.

This is a single vacancy, with multiple possible appointment classifications. The successful applicants will be appointed in the position appropriate to their skills, qualifications, and experience.

Please note that this position is multi-classed and classification will be determined by qualifications and experience.

Please see the attached Role Description for additional information.

**Application Closing Date**:**11.55 pm Friday 25th July 2025

**Attachments**:

- 910349 Clinical Nurse - Role Description
- 910349 Occupational Therapist - Role Description
- 910349 Clinical Psychologist - Role Description
- 910349 Social Worker - Role Description
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**Applicant Information**:

- We also offer salary sacrifice benefits which provide the opportunity to save money by paying for some of your everyday expenses from your salary before it is taxed. Click here to find out more about salary packaging.
- The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the f