Clinical and Site Lead

Join our new team in Kempsey We're currently seeking a Clinical and Site Lead to take on a pivotal role, reporting directly to the Clinical Services Manager. In this leadership position, you'll oversee the coordination and delivery of high-quality, evidence-based clinical services and psychological interventions tailored to the unique needs of our clients. Alongside providing direct client care, you'll also supervise both clinical and non-clinical staff to ensure exceptional service delivery. To facilitate effective supervision, the Clinical and Site Lead will carry a 0.5 caseload. This is a permanent position, initially offered as a 9-month contract, with high potential to continue beyond the initial term.

Benefits to you:

• · Providing team-based provision of service for people under a flexible practice model
• · Working in a new vibrant centre to lead staff who are passionate about working in mental health.
• · Individual and group supervision.
• · Professional development and training opportunities
• · Reception and administrative support.
• · Consulting rooms, activity space and resources.
• · External supervision allowance
• · Access to generous Salary Packaging, including up to $15,990 tax free

One a day-to-day basis you will be:

• · Providing client-centred care to people, incorporating family and significant others where appropriate through conducting clinical assessments and delivering individualised, evidence based psychological interventions.
• · Provide clinical supervision and line management oversight to 3-6 staff (social workers, mental health nurses or counsellors) and on-site supervision to students.
• · Actively participate in a multidisciplinary team working with people, subcontractors, and in-kind service providers at the centre.
• · Build and maintain strong working relationships with external stakeholders.
• · Maintain current, high-quality client records while adhering to confidentiality standards and fulfilling duty of care, professional ethics, and legislative requirements.
• · Attend case review meetings and participate in individual supervision, peer reflection and team meetings

About you:

Are you a professional, innovative, and caring clinician who thrives as part of a multi-disciplinary team, and enjoys working with a wide range of external stakeholders involved in providing health, mental health, and psychosocial services and has leadership experience?

We're also looking for:

• · Tertiary qualifications in psychology, social work, occupational therapy, nursing or other clinical discipline related to mental health.
• · Registration with the appropriate professional body such as AHPRA or AASW
• · Experience working with peoples' mental health and well-being, leading to the provision of inclusive and high-quality therapeutic services, with a solution and changed based focus
• · Skills and experience in the assessment, formulation, diagnosis, and provision of evidence-based psychological treatments of mental health disorders
• · Experience conducting risk assessments of people and developing and implementing risk management plans, including delivery of crisis intervention
• · Highly developed interpersonal communication and decision-making skills, coupled with the ability to involve other staff actively and appropriately, clients, their families, and significant others in the delivery of service where appropriate
• · Specialist training in the assessment and treatment of severe mental health disorders such as Personality Disorders, Eating Disorders or Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder is desirable

If this sounds like you this is what you will need to get started:

• Current open Driver Licence
• Current Working with Children Check (Blue Card) or ability to hold one
• Current Police Check or ability to obtain one.

Be part of an exciting time of growth and opportunity in an organisation that you can be proud of being a part of.

For queries contact Charissa Foster on or to apply hit 'Apply now'.

Diversity is Strength. We encourage people from diverse ages, gender, identity, cultural backgrounds and experience including First nations peoples, Cultural and linguistically diverse, LGBTQIA+, lived/ peer, mental health experience, to apply for this position.

Open Minds acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the lands on which we all work, live and play on. We pay our respects to the Elders past and present and extend that respect to all First Nations Peoples. We reflect upon the millions of footprints that are embedded into the earth from our Ancestors, the pathways that were forged, the meaning they leave behind and the continuation of the traditions through the next generations.