Mental Health Social Worker/ Psychologist
3 days ago
We're looking for a therapist who can offer Medicare rebates – Early Career Welcome
About Us
At Creative Healing Counselling & Art Therapy, we're passionate about blending creativity with evidence-based therapy to support people of all ages. We're now seeking a therapist with Medicare eligibility who is ready to bring innovation and compassion to their work.
This role is centred on 1:1 counselling sessions, using focused psychological strategies, capacity building alongside creative approaches to help clients explore, heal, and grow. It's a unique opportunity to balance calm, creativity, and impactful therapy.
We are looking for someone who can work confidently across all age groups and who is able to provide services under both Medicare and NDIS.
Beyond individual sessions, there's also scope to get involved in running mindfulness and wellbeing groups – from school and community programs to corporate creative wellbeing workshops.
If you're an early-career therapist just starting out, returning to work after a break, or looking to add to your current practice, and you have a passion for empowering others through both counselling and creativity, we'd love to hear from you.
Qualifications & experience
- Tertiary qualifications and registration as an AMHSW or Psychologist or other qualifications that allows for Medicare Rebates.
- Membership with the relevant professional association
- Minimum 2 years post- qualification experience working therapeutically with children, young people and adults.
- Strong knowledge and demonstrated experience of child development, neurodiversity
- Ability to organise a caseload, attack referrals and fill your calendar
- Medicare Provider Number
Tasks & responsibilities
- Provide 1:1 counselling, therapy support and to individuals seeking mental health assistance allowing clients to express themselves and heal through creativity and focused psychological strategies.
- Strong knowledge and understand of NDIS system
- Proven experience in conducting therapy sessions and promoting healing through creative expression
- Knowledge of therapeutic interventions, to children, young people and parents, and adults who present with issues related to mental health, trauma, behavioural issues, BPD and other personality disorders, Autism, ADHD and other neurodiversity's as well as general wellbeing.
- Provide high level clinical service including client assessment, treatment and therapy with evidence-based treatment for children, young people and adults. Produce high standard comprehensive notes, letters and reports and assessment.
- To work collaboratively with local referrers to provide the best care
- Ability to plan organise and deliver various creative mental health and wellbeing educational programs and workshop, groups and therapy programs to schools, organisations and corporate workplaces.
- High level communication, collaboration and problem-solving skills and the ability to work autonomously and within a team.
- A dependable and innovative therapist that is flexibility and adaptability.
- Medicare provider number is essential. Willingness to see 6 clients per day pending on other groups or workshops.
Benefits
- Small but expanding team, 1:1 therapy work along with opportunities to facilitate groups, workshops and more, use your creative skills. Option for employment or contracting work
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