Mental Health Clinician Safe Space

**About us**:
We're leaders in mental health service delivery, specialising in working with adults and young people, and in early childhood intervention.

Stride is a name that expresses our ambition - it's a name that's purposeful and shows awareness of the important role we play in the recovery journey.

As we embark on the next stage of our journey, join us to make a difference. We're here to Stride.

**About the service**:
Safe Space is a fantastic program that provides a safe, welcoming and supportive environment for people experiencing psychological distress, allowing them to:

- Identify alternatives to presenting to the Emergency Department for low risk individuals
- Access support from trained mental health professionals within their community, outside a clinical setting.

**On offer**:

- Based in Caboolture, QLD
- Part time (0.8FTE), fixed-term opportunity until 30/11/2025
- Paying on HPSS Level 3 (above award payment for highly experienced clinicians) plus Super
- Salary Packaging options (up to $15,899 tax free)
- Meals and entertainment allowance of up to $2,650
- Leave loading at 17.5%
- Stride Rewards - access to discounts from 100s of retailers (fashion, food and fitness)
- One paid wellbeing leave day per year
- Purchase up to 5 additional leave days in a 12-month period (pro rata entitlement if part-time)
- Paid parental leave support
- Supportive team environment
- Excellent training and career development

**Role Overview**:
As part of the multidisciplinary team, the Clinician will provide focused psychological strategies tailored to meet the individual needs of people accessing the service within a community based mental health care setting. As well as working with relevant service systems to respond appropriately to their mental health and developmental needs.
- Provide comprehensive assessment, brief and ongoing interventions, risk management and care planning
- Work collaboratively across health service networks to plan and coordinate individualised psychosocial interventions to meet the needs of people with mental health issues based on a case formulation approach
- Work cooperatively and effectively through active participation within the multidisciplinary mental health team, the profession specific network and with consumers, families/carers and extended agencies

**Requirements**:

- Must have one of the following: General AHPRA registration as a Psychologist, Clinical Psychologist, Mental Health Occupational Therapist OR Mental Health Nurse OR AASW registration as an Accredited Mental Health Social Worker
- Demonstrated a comprehensive level of knowledge, expertise and skill; specifically, Brief Intervention Models of Care Commitment to professional development and willingness to participate in a continuous learning environment
- Well-developed judgment and evaluation skills demonstrating a working understanding assessment and care planning
- Sound understanding of the public, non-government and private mental health systems and programs and associated non-mental health programs in a community setting
- Ideally demonstrated experience in providing alcohol and other drugs (AOD) counselling and support
- Demonstrated interpersonal skills showing an ability and sensitivity to work with people who have or are at risk of developing a mental illness
- Proven ability to work creatively, collaboratively and effectively as a member of a team
- Demonstrated skills in organisation and time-management, including the ability to work under pressure and balance multiple tasks
- Excellent verbal communication and writing skills
- Must be eligible to apply/currently hold a Blue Card

This includes but is not limited to people with a lived-experience of mental health recovery, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, LGBTQIA+, and people with disabilities.

Applications will be viewed and actioned upon receipt, with a final closing date of **06 June 2025**.

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