Child and Youth Mental Health Community Clinician
An exciting opportunity exists for a Health Clinician to join the community-based Child and Youth Mental Health Safeguards team. The team provides rapid, intensive and flexible short-term delivery of skilled evidence-based therapeutic interventions. This may include individual and family therapy, parenting interventions, group work, and systemic intervention in collaboration with wider systems (e.g., educational, non-government, DJC, and private providers).
Safeguards services will operate a proportion of its services in extended hours (e.g., early evening, Saturdays to improve access to intervention for children, young people, and their families after school or work (penalty rates applicable for after-hours).
Employment Type: Temporary Full Time and Part Time roles available until 14 October 2025 (with possibility of ongoing employment)
Position Classification: Health Clinician (Level 3)
Hours Per Week: up to 38
Requisition ID: REQ541199
Salary (Per hour)
Allied Health Professionals (Level 3): $56.69 - $58.52
Clinical Nurse Specialist (Grade 2): $57.11 - $58.99
Clinical Psychologist: $55.10 - $67.16
Who we are: We are a health service that touches thousands of lives across the Northern Sydney Local Health District, together as a team of like-minded people. We are passionate, driven and have the skills and knowledge to care for our patients whilst creating the best services possible. Our teams have meaningful, interesting and rewarding work everyday. We challenge and nurture each other, sharing our knowledge and experience so that we can deliver better care for everyone There’s a real sense of belonging here because we value and respect our patients, employees, and teams’ voices. You’ll feel a real privilege being a trusted caregiver in our patients, their families, their carers, and our communities’ lives.
NSLHD is proud of our diverse and inclusive workplaces, a place where health care professionals can thrive and feel they belong. We are committed to ensure that all our people feel respected and participate safely within a work environment without aggression, sexual harassment, discrimination and racism.
Where you'll be working
Northern Sydney Local Health District
What you'll be doing
Safeguards is a community-based multi-disciplinary Child Youth Mental Health Service (CYMHS) program providing brief therapeutic interventions for children and young people (age 0-17) experiencing acute mental health distress.
Safeguards clinicians are integrated with our Child Youth Mental Health Service (CYMHS) services across the Northern Sydney LHD (Lower North Shore, Ryde, Hornsby and Northern Beaches).
Safeguards clinicians receive specific training, supervision, and support on brief therapeutic intervention models such as:
- attachment informed brief therapy for young people experiencing suicidal thoughts and behaviour
- applied Dialectical Behaviour Therapy- A (DBT-A) and attachment based safety planning intervention; parenting and family therapy for emotion and behavioural problems
- assessment and brief systemic consultation for children and young people presenting with acute mental health problems.
NSLHD Child Youth Mental Health Service (CYMHS) has an excellent track record in developing and implementing innovative and strengths-based therapeutic interventions. The Safeguards program will work alongside and be integrated with our established programs to provide a new early and brief intervention program.
People of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander background are encouraged to apply.
Candidates will need to meet the following criteria:
- Relevant tertiary qualifications in Clinical Psychology, Social Work, Occupational Therapy, or Nursing and registration with AHPRA or membership with AASW for Social Workers. Clinical Psychologists must have a minimum postgraduate Masters or higher in Clinical Psychology. Social Worker's and Occupational Therapist's must have experience as a Level 2 clinician. The Clinical Nurse Specialist Grade 2 must have relevant post-registration qualifications and at least 3 years' experience working in the clinical area of their specified post-graduate qualification or such other qualifications or relevant equivalent experience.
- Demonstrated knowledge and skills in the assessment, formulation and treatment of infant, child and adolescent mental health problems and family relationship problems.
- Computer literacy and demonstrated excellent verbal and written communication skills and sound administrative methods.
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For role related queries or questions contact Karen Dawson on Karen.Dawson1@health.nsw.gov.au
This is a NSW Health Category A position which requires immunisation and screening for certain diseases. The full list of requirements are outlined in the NSW Health OASV Policy . You will be required to complete the OASV Undertaking/ Declaration Form and TB Assessment Tool during the recruitment process. Please upload this with your application along with any other vaccination evidence that you may have.
NSW Health is committed to implementing the Child Safe Standards.
Applications Close: 5 January 2025
Tentative Interview date: 16 January 2025
