Clinical Manager

About Us

Youturn is a national not-for-profit which delivers Health and Community Services to vulnerable people of all ages across Australia. Trusted to deliver safe, inclusive, and supportive programs, Youturn ensures that those we support can have access to secure and affordable housing and enjoy optimal mental well-being, allowing them to thrive and live a healthy, meaningful life.

The Opportunity

As Clinical Manager of a Youth Enhanced Service (YES) you will lead, develop, oversee and evaluate implementation of service delivery to young people and their family/carers/kin and friends in accordance with funding agreement requirements. You will foster an environment that promotes youth health and support with a focus on youth participation, access, and family-focused care.

The Clinical Manager will use their clinical expertise to facilitate excellence in integrated, holistic health and social care, youth participation and family-centred practice, with the goal of improving outcomes for young people, their families/carers/kin and the community. 

As a Clinical Manager you will provide clinical leadership and oversight for the centre through the provision of complex clinical case service delivery, professional leadership and supervision. You will be required to monitor high risk young people and ensure that appropriate assessment, management and follow up support/referral is provided.

Please respond to each of the following criteria in your cover letter: 

Essential Requirements

• Possession of tertiary qualifications in psychology, social work, nursing, occupational therapy, or related discipline along with registration with the relevant discipline specific board. 
• Demonstrated experience at effectively leading and reporting on complex planning and service development environments. 
• Demonstrated experience in managing and developing operational systems for a health or community services organisation, including effectively planning and allocating resources in order to maximise operational efficiency and meet funding deliverables.
• Demonstrated experience in managing all aspects of staff and team performance including recruitment, staff orientation, supervision, performance reviews, staff disciplinary action, performance development and team building. 
• Demonstrated capacity to effectively engage in leadership and management processes, including multidisciplinary and/or cross sector initiatives and partnerships with a wide range of professionals, organisations and stakeholders.
• Experience in direct service provision to young people and providing youth friendly, family focused mental health services or programs, including being able to respond effectively to crisis and high-risk situations. 
• Demonstrated experience in the establishment and management of clinical systems including the development, implementation and review of clinical governance models, privacy and confidentiality principles.
• Proven track record in building and maintaining effective working relationships with a range of internal and external stakeholders. 
• Capacity to provide evidence-based psychological interventions to young people including the delivery of group programs.
• Desirable: Understanding of the Australian health care system, key issues in primary health care, the mental health service system, including the range of professionals that work within, or come into contact with, the mental health sector.

Other Requirements

• This position will require travel, telehealth and home visit modes of service delivery.  Overnight accommodation stays will be reimbursed. 
• Successful applicants will also need to hold a ‘C’ class Open driver licence, State Working with Children Check and hold, or be eligible to apply for, a Licensed Care Suitability Check issued by the QLD Department of Child Safety, Youth Justice and Multicultural Affairs.

Why join Youturn?

• Flexibility: Enjoy work-life balance with flexibility for negotiating start/finish times, tailoring your career to your lifestyle! 
• Benefits & Leave: Recharge with 5-days of pro-rata paid wellness leave each year and enjoy additional benefits including corporate fitness discounts.  Gain access to a wide range of exclusive offers across various retailers through our partnership with Rewards Gateway!  Unlock 12-weeks paid parental leave benefits after just one year of dedicated service.  
• Salary Packaging: Maximise your income by increasing your take home pay with an annual salary commencing at $121,000 plus 11% Superannuation, plus a generous $15,900 salary package and annual leave loading! 
• Culture & Values: Supporting young people in their time of need, is at the heart of what we do at Youturn.  Our organisational culture is built on trusting relationships that are meaningful and inclusive. We listen to understand, we embrace diversity and we offer a safe space free from judgement.  
  To ensure our young people receive individualised support, we invest in team members who embody our values to foster a collaborative culture of excellence.

We’d love to meet you!
If you have the skills, experience and passion to fit our team, please take the next step and apply by submitting your resume and cover letter.

For everyone who shares our passion
We encourage applications from people of all ages, nationalities, abilities and cultures – including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, the LGBTQI+ community and people living with disability. 

Please note that shortlisted candidates will be interviewed as applications are received.