Senior Community Mental Health Clinician (Occupational Therapist/Social Worker Level 4) - Assertive Outreach Team

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Health Clinician
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REQ581635 Requisition #
Employment Type: Temporary Full Time (38 hours per week) up to April 2026
Position Classification: Occupational Therapist Level 4, Social Worker Level 4
Location: Croydon Health Centre
Requisition ID: REQ581635

  
     
If you enjoy working with others and building strong relationships we would love you to join our team!.
  
     
About the Role
Community Mental Health Services provide a range of services designed to help support the recovery and help consumer stay well in the community. The team provide specialist services for young people, children and families, adults, and older people. Community mental health services include a specialist Aboriginal Mental Health Team, bilingual mental health workers and Peer Support Workers. Our main sites are at Canterbury, Croydon, Camperdown, Marrickville, and Redfern Community Health Services. The role will be based at Croydon Health Centre. 
  
This Senior Community Mental Health Professional is located within the Croydon Assertive Outreach team. It is responsible for providing advanced evidence-based, strengths focused, recovery orientated assessment and treatment within a multi-disciplinary team and coordinating consumers’ recovery plans where there has often been poor treatment outcomes in the past. The senior role is also responsible for complex clinical decision making, supervision and consultancy to colleagues, Community Managed Organisations, GPs and our community. This will include advanced reasoning skills in community mental health care implementing advanced practise skills with the complex care consumers of the Assertive Outreach team who often have experienced long periods of institutional care.
  
For more information, please view the Position Description
  

Ideal Candidate

  • Relevant qualifications recognised with the Occupational Therapy Board of Australia and the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) or minimum bachelor degree in Social Work eligible for membership of the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW).
  • Demonstrated clinical leadership, change management skills and workforce development skills, including training and supervision of base grade clinicians.
  • Current NSW Drivers Licence (P1 and P2 acceptable).

Benefits and Perks!

  • Accrued Day Off each month, paid Parental Leave & Annual Leave loading
  • Opportunity for extra tax savings through Salary Packaging and Novated Leasing. For more information visit SalaryPackagingPlus  
  • Access to free courses, qualifications and coaching via Sydney Education
  • Access to confidential EAP counselling for staff and their families
  • Because we care about your health: Free annual influenza vaccination, discounted Fitness Passport membership, and free telehealth nutrition and wellness resources from qualified professionals.

For more information about other benefits, please visit SLHD Benefit

 

This recruitment may be used to create a talent pool for similar future roles (ongoing or temporary) that may arise over the next 18 months.

 

Working for Sydney Local Health District - NSW Health 

This is a Category A position. To be employed by NSW Health you are required to provide evidence of vaccination to comply with the NSW Health Occupational Assessment, Screening & Vaccination against Specified Infectious Diseases Policy (PD2024_015).

 

SLHD is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity and inclusion. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and people with disability are encouraged to apply for all internal and externally advertised positions. If you require assistance, please advise the contact person at the time of your application.

            

Stepping Up aims to assist Aboriginal job applicants by providing information about applying for roles within NSW Health. For more information, please visit: https://www.steppingup.health.nsw.gov.au/

   

Sydney Local Health District is committed to implementing the Child Safe Standards

 

For more information about SLHD please visit ‘Working With Us’

 

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For enquiries, please contact Renae Van Der Pol on (02) 9114 4100 or email at renae.vanderpol@health.nsw.gov.au

  

Join the team enriching health in millions of ways every day, apply now!


Applications Close: 16 June 2025

 

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