Employee Benefits
- 11 Wellbeing Days pro-rata (to support worker well-being) in addition to Annual Leave
- Awesome Not-for-Profit Salary Sacrificing options of up to $15,899 per FBT year.
- Portable Long Service Leave (from eligible organisations).
- Regular Clinical Supervision.
- Excellent Learning & Development opportunities.
- Minimum $106,562.82 (pro-rata) Salary negotiable.
- Relocation Assistance available for eligible candidates.
About the Role
Are you a skilled mental health professional passionate about making a difference in the lives of young people? As our Senior Mental Health Clinician, you’ll deliver high-quality, evidence-based interventions within the headspace stepped care model, supporting youth facing mild to moderate mental health challenges. This role blends clinical work with mentorship, guiding a multidisciplinary team to deliver culturally inclusive, youth-centered services that truly make an impact.
Alongside managing a diverse caseload, you’ll actively contribute to staff training, clinical supervision, and continuous improvement initiatives, ensuring services meet the highest standards. Your work will shape pathways for staff development and support student growth, all while fostering collaboration with key stakeholders across the region. If you’re ready to bring your expertise, leadership, and creativity to both headspace and Brophy Family and Youth Services, we’d love to have you on our team!
A full list of key duties is outlined in the Position Description
Do your skills include:
- Demonstrated experience and advanced skills in delivering mental health interventions in a range of mental health settings to young people experiencing mild to moderate mental health presentations.
- Advanced clinical skills in managing young people at risk, including suicide and violence risks.
- Demonstrated experience in the provision of clinical supervision and skill development, including secondary consultations.
- Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of the appropriate legislation, case management practice, and the ability to adhere to policy and procedures.
- Proven track record in building and maintaining effective working relationships with a range of internal and external stakeholders.
Are your credentials:
- Qualifications in social work, psychology, mental health nursing, occupational therapy.
- Current full registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Authority (APHRA); Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW) or other Allied Mental Health Professional registration authority.
- A current Drivers Licence.
Desirable;
- Current eligibility as an Allied Mental Health Professional to provide Medicare funded psychological therapies.
How to Apply:
Please upload your current CV, as well as a Cover Letter outlining why you’d be perfect for the role and include statements briefly addressing the key selection criteria.
About Brophy (headspace Lead Agency)
Brophy Family & Youth Services has supported children, young people, families, and the southwest Victorian community for almost 50 years. We live here; this is our community; we believe in people and in their ability to create the life they want.
At Brophy, you will join a team of just over 200 employees delivering over 40 programs and services across areas, including youth engagement, mental health, family violence, foster care, housing support, employment support, and disability services.
At Brophy our Vision is not just focused externally on our community – we feel just as passionate about our employees being meaningfully connected through their roles with us to create the life they want, and that as a workforce, we achieve this together through innovation and healthy relationships, and by positively contributing to building an advantaged community.
Brophy’s headspace services are growing across the region – from our Warrnambool services, now in operation for almost 15 years; we also provide a satellite service in Portland and are now working to establish a new headspace centre in Hamilton.
Diversity and Inclusion at Brophy:
Brophy is dedicated to fostering an inclusive environment that ensures safety and a sense of belonging for everyone.
We embrace individuals of diverse races, ethnicities, genders, sexual orientations, ages, religions, abilities, and nationalities, recognising the richness that varied experiences bring to our efforts in supporting individuals and building stronger communities.
Our commitment extends to actively listening, learning, and evolving to become an accessible, inclusive, and secure organisation for all, encompassing First Nations peoples, members of the LGBTIQA+ community, individuals with disabilities, and those with culturally diverse backgrounds.