Addressheadspace opportunities Posted: Tue, 07 May 2024
Are you looking for the next step in your clinical career? Being a Clinical Team Lead at headspace will not only develop your clinical skills but will support you to become a clinical leader! It’s a role full of variety in a fast paced and well supported environment.
Our new Clinical Team Lead will work from the headspace centre in Bathurst, NSW. This is a permanent full-time role.
Why work for us?
- Regular clinical supervision from experienced clinicians
- Opportunity for career progression – your career is important to us!
- Salary Packaging options available – Up to $15,900 per year and an additional $2,650 on meal entertainment, accommodation and venue hire
- Reduce your living expenses by accessing retail discounts and cashback especially for our employees and their families
- Up to 5-weeks annual leave per year, plus additional leave over Christmas/New Year
- An annual well being allowance and access to our wellbeing hub
- Access to an annual Professional Development allowance
- Discounted private health insurance with Westfund
- Our workplace culture is person centred, progressive and a great place to work
What does the Clinical Team Lead do?
- Provide support, guidance, and mentoring of students and Youth Care Coordinator’s
- Actively assist in progressing the growth and development of the service, in line with the Strategic Plan and client demand.
- Undertake a range of assessments of young people as appropriate, and work with young people at different stages of mental illness.
- Work collaboratively with the young person to develop individual recovery plans and/or service plans that are person-centred and feedback led with the young person central to their own care planning.
- Psychological interventions as appropriate in collaboration with, or under direction of, other Psychologists and other Senior Clinicians.
- Facilitate intake and case conference meetings with internal and external service providers to ensure a positive and collaborative approach to assisting the young person
What you’ll have:
- Tertiary qualifications in Psychology, Social Work or other relevant allied health discipline
- Current full registration ((or a provisional psychologist towards the end of their internship) with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Authority (AHPRA) or current full membership with the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW)
- Have a minimum of 2-3 years’ clinical experience in the mental health sector
- Able to demonstrate an in-depth knowledge of recovery focused practice, specifically to the youth population.
- Have a clear understanding and/or knowledge of the concept and impact of mental health issues in the community.
