Youth Wellbeing Worker

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Relevant tertiary qualification and registration with AHPRA or AASW
Additional leave and location allowances
Introduction:
Full time, permanent opportunity
Relevant tertiary qualification and registration with AHPRA or AASW
Additional leave and location allowances
Description:
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Join our headspace Hedland team where you will provide comprehensive clinical assessments and brief interventions for young people and their families along with designing and facilitating group wellbeing programs, activities and events. Additionally, you will facilitate youth focused engagement activities and deliver messages around mental health literacy along with building effective relationships with the community and other service providers.
Work alongside passionate and dedicated professionals in a client centred environment where you can deliver impactful clinical services. Here, you can bring your specialist experience and thrive in an environment where each day will present a new challenge.
This is a full time (37.5 hrs per week), permanent position and includes flexible and family friendly options, based is South Hedland.
Skills and Experiences:
What you will bring
You will bring your patient and empathetic nature alongside experience in delivering person centred, trauma informed services that are culturally appropriate.
Tertiary level qualification in relevant clinical discipline including clinical psychology, psychology, mental health, mental health nursing, social/ behavioural science, social work, youth work or equivalent
Current registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Authority (AHPRA) or current full membership with the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW)
Demonstrated experience working with and engaging young people with mental health, alcohol and other drug, sexual health or primary health or work and study concerns from diverse backgrounds.
Experience in providing a clinical intake and assessment to young people and their families.
Previous experience in youth program facilitation and coordination
The successful candidate must also possess a current National Police Clearance valid within one year, a WA Working with Children Check and a WA Driver's License.
Remuneration And Benefits
Salary starting from $109,416 per annum (inclusive of 10% remote localities allowance) + 12% super
Tax-free salary packaging benefits up to $15,900 per annum
Rent subsidy up to $300 per week and electricity allowance up to $1000 per annum available (eligibility criteria apply)
Additional 8 days of annual leave per year
Access to purchase leave
Why join us?
headspace
, Australia's National Youth Mental Health Foundation, provides vital early intervention mental health services to 12-25 year olds. Anglicare WA is working in partnership with a number of stakeholders to extend the provision of
headspace
services and supports to young people and families in Karratha.
At Anglicare WA we are all about people, placing people at the heart of our work. We are focused on strengths, believing in and amplifying the strength of people and communities. We are fiercely inclusive, making sure everyone can belong. As trusted partners we are curious and creative, always looking for new ways to do better. We are courageous and gutsy, tackling difficult issues, even when it's hard.
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We are seeking to appoint someone to this role as soon as possible and will close this vacancy once suitable candidates have been identified. Please apply without delay
For further information please contact Jess O'Dea, Service Manager at headspace Hedland on .
Child Safe:
Anglicare WA is committed to providing safe environments where children and young people feel valued, respected and are protected from abuse and harm.
Inclusive:
We actively promote a working environment that values diversity and inclusion. We strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from culturally diverse backgrounds, people who identify as LGBTQIA+ and people with a disability. If you have any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us at time of application.
Uluru Statement from the Heart:
Anglicare WA supports the Uluru Statement from the Heart and is committed to walking alongside First Nations people in a movement of the Australian people for a better future.
Unsolicited applications from recruitment agencies will not be accepted.
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