Clinical Lead

About Youturn

Supporting people in their time of need is at the heart of what we do at Youturn.  Our organisational culture is built on trusting relationships that are meaningful and inclusive. We listen to understand, we embrace diversity, and we offer a safe space free from judgement. To ensure our young people receive individualised support, we invest in team members who embody our values to foster a collaborative culture of excellence.

Youturn is a leading national not-for-profit organisation delivering Health and Community Services to vulnerable people of all ages across Australia. Since 2012, we've offered youth mental health services through the headspace model, supporting young people facing challenges with friendly, clinical, and non-clinical services, including social groups and activities. You can find out more at 

headspace is Australia's National Youth Mental Health Foundation providing early intervention mental health services to 12-25 year olds. The service is designed to make it as easy as possible for a young person and their family to get the help they need for problems affecting their wellbeing. To find out more about headspace visit

We care about you

We offer a generous remuneration package with benefits designed to support your career and lifestyle goals.

• Enjoy generous salary packaging of up to $15,900, plus $2,650 meal entertainment benefits, to further maximise your take-home pay
• Recharge with 5 days of paid wellness leave each year (pro-rata).
• Unlock 12 weeks of paid parental leave benefits after just one year of dedicated service.
• Receive additional pay with annual leave loading.
• Professional external supervision available to support your growth and development as a Clinical Lead.
• Access our comprehensive Employee Assistance Program for support.
• Annual Professional Development Budget
• Reimbursement for Checks
• Employee Referral Program up to $2,000 for successful referrals.
• Corporate Fitness Discounts and Rewards Gateway

The Opportunity

Youturn is thrilled to announce the establishment of our new headspace centre in Gawler This centre represents our commitment to supporting the mental health and wellbeing of young people in the community, and we're searching for an exceptional leader to bring this vision to life.

As a Clinical Lead, you will provide clinical leadership and oversight for our new headspace Gawler Centre. This includes the provision of mild to complex clinical case service delivery, professional leadership of the Access and Intake team, clinical staff and clinical supervision.  The role is also tasked to effectively engage, screen, assess, refer and provide interventions and coordinate care for a small caseload of young people aged 12-25 years who are clients of headspace.

Key responsibilities include (but are not limited to):

• Provide clinical leadership, supervision and support to Access and Intake workers, clinical workers and students on clinical placement as required, to align systems and improve outcomes.
• Oversee the referral processes in and out of headspace, providing a single point of entry for the service.
• Undertake clinical service provision ranging from a mild to a complex client case load, including conducting bio-psychosocial assessments of young people presenting to the service, in accordance with the headspace assessment framework.
• Provide secondary mental health consultations and advice as required.
• Assist the Centre Manager to monitor high risk young people and ensure that appropriate assessment, management and follow up support/referral is provided.
• Conduct risk assessments including assessment of suicide risk and violence and provide follow up support, referrals and treatment.
• Facilitate and monitor the integration and coordination of care of headspace clients, including participating in intake and case review meetings.

Please respond to the criteria below in your cover letter:

Essential

• Tertiary qualifications in Psychology, Social Work, Occupational Therapy or Nursing.
• Hold full registration with AHPRA as a Psychologist, Nurse or Occupational Therapist (with mental health endorsement) or AASW membership, ideally with Mental Health Accreditation.
• High level knowledge and understanding of youth mental health, evidence-based interventions and clinical practice, as well as demonstrated excellence in the practical application of such, in the areas of youth mental health and alcohol and drug use.
• Demonstrated ability to undertake initial screening activities and a comprehensive bio-psychosocial assessment to determine a young person's clinical care needs and provide appropriate follow up support.
• Experience in the delivery of brief therapeutic interventions, counselling services and treatment planning for young people and their families/carers/kin.
• Highly developed communication (including written) and interpersonal skills and the ability to engage with young people, advocate on their behalf and establish and maintain effective relationships with staff, young people, families/carers/kin and stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to apply risk management strategies within a clinical context.
• Demonstrated ability to lead a team of clinicians and provide adequate supervision.
• Desirable: Knowledge and understanding of local youth mental health stakeholders and key relationships in these sectors.

Other Requirements

• Successful applicants will also need to hold a 'C' class Open drivers' licence and a State Working with Children Check

We'd love to meet you

If you have the skills, experience and passion to fit our team, please take the next step and apply by submitting your resume and cover letter.

Youturn encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, the LGBTIQA+ community, people with a disability, candidates from culturally diverse backgrounds, and those with lived experience.

We are committed to ensuring a safe, inclusive and respectful recruitment process, and if we can support you with any adjustments to help you fully participate, please let us know in your application or contact us at:

Please advise if you have been referred to this position by a current employee of Youturn.