Calling out to passionate and courageous OT's, Mental Health Nurses, Social Workers and Psychologists. Full Time, ongoing position, located in KalgoorlieCompetitive Salary at Level 5 of the SCHADS Award + Super + Salary Packaging + Employee Benefits Growth and development Opportunity in a supportive culture  About HOPE HOPE has been a community service in Western Australia for over a century, providing much needed support to people affected by alcohol and other drugs, mental health, youth justice issues, family and domestic violence and socioeconomic disadvantage. Hope is the lead agency for headspace Kalgoorlie, an innovative and growing service working with young people in Kalgoorlie across the four streams of headspace centres being Mental Health, AOD, Physical and Sexual Health and Work and Study. About the role:As the Mental Health Clinician, you will be required to hold a full case load in our headspace service whilst upholding clinical standards across the service with the Clinical Lead.This will see you driving evidence-based clinical practice, assessment and treatment, auditing case files, all while adopting a continuous improvement approach!The Mental Health Clinician also works collaboratively with the Manager to ensure that the services have an integrated approach to mental health, in line with best practice literature.In this role you will be supporting the service in achieving and maintaining HMIF accreditation in conjunction with our centre managers and clinical leads.Requirements of the role:We are looking for someone with a strong work ethic, who reflects and improves on their own practice.  You will be adaptable, with the ability to work with mixed modality of therapeutic approaches, such as CBT, DBT, narrative therapy, and trauma informed practice. Having experience in the headspace model of care and HMIF (headspace model integrity framework) will be highly valued and will allow you to support services effectively.Within the headspace network, a ‘mental health clinician’ includes:Allied health professionals (AHPs; usually psychologists, social workers), and psychiatrists who have full and current professional registration to practice from their relevant peak professional body (e.g. AHPRA, AASW);Occupational therapists who have full and current professional registration to practice from AHPRA, and who have completed additional mental health specific training or endorsement in mental health.Division 1 Mental Health Nurses (with mental health specific training, or endorsement in mental health); Appointments will be subject to Australian residency/visa, satisfactory National Criminal Record checks, the Working With Children Check, records, Current C or A class driver's license, and suitable work referee.Our Culture  Hope strives to provide a safe workplace and promotes progressive policies that prioritise the health, safety and unique needs of our team. Hope’s ambition is to be an employer of choice by supporting staff to grow, learn, innovate and achieve their potential. We invest in developing our people to sustain the workforce built on ‘growing our own’.  Find out more about Hope on our website. If you need support to submit your application, please email hr@hopecs.org.au  Your benefits  Knowing you are making a real difference in your community and being in a team that celebrates your successes and supports you during challenges  Not-for-profit salary packaging, reducing your tax (details via AccessPay)   Discounts with a major health insurance provider Free external, confidential counselling through our EAP Service and clinical supervision in counselling roles What to expect next  We vow to respond to every candidate that applies for a role at Hope.  If your application is shortlisted, you will receive a phone call to discuss your skill further and may be invited to attend an interview either online or in person at our local office/Hub.Applications are assessed upon submission  May close earlier if suitable applicant is found. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are strongly encouraged to applyHOPE acknowledges and welcomes diversity in all its forms amongst staff and clients, including culture, language, race, ethnicity, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, intersex variations, religion, and socio-economic and relationship status

Mental Health Clinician

Calling out to passionate and courageous OT's, Mental Health Nurses, Social Workers and Psychologists.

 

  • Full Time, ongoing position, located in Kalgoorlie
  • Competitive Salary at Level 5 of the SCHADS Award + Super + Salary Packaging + Employee Benefits 
  • Growth and development Opportunity in a supportive culture 

 

About HOPE 

HOPE has been a community service in Western Australia for over a century, providing much needed support to people affected by alcohol and other drugs, mental health, youth justice issues, family and domestic violence and socioeconomic disadvantage. Hope is the lead agency for headspace Kalgoorlie, an innovative and growing service working with young people in Kalgoorlie across the four streams of headspace centres being Mental Health, AOD, Physical and Sexual Health and Work and Study.

 

About the role:

As the Mental Health Clinician, you will be required to hold a full case load in our headspace service whilst upholding clinical standards across the service with the Clinical Lead.

This will see you driving evidence-based clinical practice, assessment and treatment, auditing case files, all while adopting a continuous improvement approach!

The Mental Health Clinician also works collaboratively with the Manager to ensure that the services have an integrated approach to mental health, in line with best practice literature.

In this role you will be supporting the service in achieving and maintaining HMIF accreditation in conjunction with our centre managers and clinical leads.

Requirements of the role:

We are looking for someone with a strong work ethic, who reflects and improves on their own practice.  You will be adaptable, with the ability to work with mixed modality of therapeutic approaches, such as CBT, DBT, narrative therapy, and trauma informed practice. Having experience in the headspace model of care and HMIF (headspace model integrity framework) will be highly valued and will allow you to support services effectively.

Within the headspace network, a ‘mental health clinician’ includes:

  • Allied health professionals (AHPs; usually psychologists, social workers), and psychiatrists who have full and current professional registration to practice from their relevant peak professional body (e.g. AHPRA, AASW);
  • Occupational therapists who have full and current professional registration to practice from AHPRA, and who have completed additional mental health specific training or endorsement in mental health.
  • Division 1 Mental Health Nurses (with mental health specific training, or endorsement in mental health);

 

Appointments will be subject to Australian residency/visa, satisfactory National Criminal Record checks, the Working With Children Check, records, Current C or A class driver's license, and suitable work referee.

Our Culture  

Hope strives to provide a safe workplace and promotes progressive policies that prioritise the health, safety and unique needs of our team. Hope’s ambition is to be an employer of choice by supporting staff to grow, learn, innovate and achieve their potential. We invest in developing our people to sustain the workforce built on ‘growing our own’. 

 

Find out more about Hope on our website. 

If you need support to submit your application, please email hr@hopecs.org.au  

Your benefits  

  • Knowing you are making a real difference in your community and being in a team that celebrates your successes and supports you during challenges  
  • Not-for-profit salary packaging, reducing your tax (details via AccessPay)   
  • Discounts with a major health insurance provider 
  • Free external, confidential counselling through our EAP Service and clinical supervision in counselling roles 

What to expect next  

We vow to respond to every candidate that applies for a role at Hope.  

If your application is shortlisted, you will receive a phone call to discuss your skill further and may be invited to attend an interview either online or in person at our local office/Hub.

Applications are assessed upon submission 

 

May close earlier if suitable applicant is found. 

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are strongly encouraged to apply

HOPE acknowledges and welcomes diversity in all its forms amongst staff and clients, including culture, language, race, ethnicity, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, intersex variations, religion, and socio-economic and relationship status

To apply online, please click on the appropriate link below. Alternatively, for a confidential discussion, please contact Erica Panizza on 0863926309, quoting Ref No. 1089644.