Mental Health Clinician

Make a difference for young people in Tamworth - deliver compassionate, family-centred mental health care with strong support, growth, and team connection.

Remuneration: $113,617 - $138,482 per annum (dependent on qualifications) + superannuation + salary packaging
Location: Tamworth Community Health Service
Employment Type: Temporary Full Time – Until April 2027
Position Classification: Clinical Nurse Specialist Grade 2, Clinical Psychologist, Counsellor Level 3, Occupational Therapist Level 3, Social Worker Level 3
Requisition ID: REQ648795
Applications Close: Monday 20th April 2026

Where you’ll be working:

Join the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Response Team (Safeguards) - a compassionate, family-centred service based in Tamworth as a spoke site, with support from the leaders/clinicians from the Wallsend Hub and other spoke sites across the district. Safeguards is a multidisciplinary, community-based team providing short-term (up to six weeks) assessment and intervention for children and adolescents experiencing mental distress.

We value the lived experience perspective, recovery-oriented and trauma-informed care, grounded in hope, choice, self-determination, and social connection.  We adopt a bio-psycho-social-cultural perspective and work as part of a multi-disciplinary team.

About the role:

In this role, you will deliver mental health assessment and brief intervention through home visits/outreach and or virtual care services. As part of the work, you will operate within a bio-psychosocial cultural approach and provide care navigation to children, young people and their families, to improve mental health, social and emotional well-being.

This is a shift work role, including weekdays 0800 – 1630 or 1200 – 2030 shifts and some Saturdays/Public Holidays, including 0900 – 1730 shifts.

You will be supported by the co-leadership team at Safeguards, Team Leader and Psychiatrist, as well as colleagues. Mentoring, group supervision and individual supervision is strongly supported, including CAMHS Orientation, education and professional development opportunities.

About you:

We're looking for someone skilled in trauma-informed and holistic care, with a collaborative approach and deep respect for young people, carers and colleagues alike. If you're passionate about making a meaningful difference in the lives of children and their families, we invite you to apply and join our dynamic team.

Requirements:

• Appropriate tertiary qualifications, professional registration/membership as applicable.
• Must hold a qualification in one of the following: Clinical Psychology, Social Work, Counsellor (Degree in Bachelor of Health Science Mental Health, Djirruwang Program), Occupational Therapy which provides eligibility or membership of the relevant professional association / provisional or general registration through the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency.
  For Nursing, current unrestricted registration with AHPRA & meet the requirement.
  For Clinical Nurse Consultant Grade 1, hold required post graduate qualifications in the specialty field and meet the experience requirements for appointment under the NSW Public Health System Nurses' & Midwives' State Award.
• Current unrestricted Australian drivers' license.

What we offer

At Hunter New England Local Health District (HNELHD), enjoy a career where you're challenged by interesting work and surrounded by spectacular locations. Join the team enriching health in millions of ways every day:

• Sustainable Healthcare: Together towards zero
• Proximity to shopping and other services
• ADO's each month (for full time employees)
• Salary packaging options
• Fitness Passport
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for staff and family members
• Opportunity to work and collaborate with a range of non-clinical and clinical professionals

Additional Information:
 

• To be eligible for employment in this position you must be an Australian Citizen, or permanent resident of Australia, or a New Zealand citizen with a current New Zealand Passport, or hold an appropriate visa that allows you to live and work in Australia. Employment of a temporary visa holder will only be offered in line with the conditions and expiry date of your visa. 
• An eligibility list will be created for future temporary full or part time vacancies.  We are unable to accommodate visa sponsorship for applicants requiring a visa for this position.   
• This position is full time; however, job share and/or part time arrangements will be considered.

How to apply:

Click apply online, submit your information and resume, and address the criteria listed below providing examples that demonstrate your ability.
 

• Experience in providing culturally safe mental health assessment and treatment for Aboriginal Young People and their families with extensive contemporary experience and knowledge in mental health practice, as well as a demonstrated understanding of trauma-informed care principles and their application when working with children, adolescents, and families in a mental health context/environment.
• Demonstrated understanding and clinical experience in providing timely, community evidence-based assessment and short-term treatment for children and/or adolescents and their families when presenting with complex needs and in mental health crisis.
• Demonstrated ability to build and maintain cooperative professional and therapeutic relationships with children/ young people and their parents/guardians and key stakeholders through the application of well developed interpersonal and conflict resolution skills.

Need more information? 

  1) Click here for the Position Description 
  2) Find out more about applying for this position

For role related queries or questions contact Sophie Phillips on Sophie.Phillips@health.nsw.gov.au or Fiona Lee on fiona.lee@health.nsw.gov.au