Senior Mental Health Worker

Job description

Agency Department of Health Work unit Top End Mental Health and Alcohol and

Other Drugs Service

Job title Senior Mental Health Worker - Child and Adolescent Designation Professional 3

Job type Full time Duration Ongoing

Salary $110,873 - $124,173 Location Darwin

Position number 32825 RTF Closing 05/11/2025

Contact officer Daniel Olsen, Team Manager on or

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QUALIFICATIONS.

Information for applicants – inclusion and diversity and Special Measures recruitment plans

The NTPS values diversity. The NTPS encourages people from all diversity groups to apply for vacancies and accommodates people with

disability by making reasonable workplace adjustments. If you require an adjustment for the recruitment process or job, please discuss

this with the contact officer. For more information about applying for this position and the merit process, go to the OCPE website.

Aboriginal applicants will be granted priority consideration for this vacancy. For more information on Special Measures plans, go to the

OCPE website.

Primary objective

The Senior Mental Health Worker is responsible for the provision of specialist assessment and planned intervention for children and

adolescents who are experiencing mental health problems and provides educational and consultancy services to their carers and other

professionals in the context of a multidisciplinary team.

Key duties and responsibilities

1. An experienced clinician competent in delivering services within Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services and in the context of a

multidisciplinary Child and Adolescent Team.

1. Manage a complex and mixed case load of children and young people in which assessment, clinical intervention and case management

to accepted clients is provided.

3. Support improvements in the community needs-driven distribution of services, including the development of new service models in

response to Department of Health (DoH) and National mental health reform directions.

4. Responsible for the implementation of clinical guidelines and standards related to their professional services within the area of child

and youth.

5. Maintain high standards in report writing, accurate and up to date clinical records and service provision statistics through use of

established information systems.

6. Follow defined service quality standards, Workplace Health and Safety policies and procedures relating to the work being undertaken

in order to ensure high quality, safe services and workplaces.

1. Foster a positive workplace culture through exemplary leadership practices and role modelling behaviour.

Selection criteria

Essential

1. Relevant qualifications in Psychology or Social Work with full registration to practice as a Psychologist with the Australian Health

Practitioners Regulation Agency (AHPRA) or eligibility for practicing membership of the Australian Association of Social Workers

(AASW).

1. Demonstrated, recent clinical experience in the mental health assessment, treatment and rehabilitation methods appropriate to

children and adolescents.

1. Demonstrated knowledge of current issues, standards and trends in the delivery of mental health services to the target population.
2. Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with clients, carers and other professionals from diverse cultural backgrounds and to

prepare written reports of a high standard.

5. Demonstrated capacity to work effectively within a multi-disciplinary team, engaging in ongoing professional development and

contribution to professional peer consultation.

Desirable

1. Post graduate qualifications beyond entry to practice in speciality.

2. Capacity and registration (where required) to supervise allied health students (Master of Clinical Psychology and social work).

Further information

Positions may be subject to pre-employment checks such as immunisation requirements, working with children clearance notice and

criminal history checks. A criminal history will not exclude an applicant from this position unless it is a relevant criminal history. For

immunisation requirements - Category A (direct contact with blood or body substances) or Category B (indirect contact with blood or

body substances), check with contact person for requirements.