HealthWISE has excitedly been named lead agency for
headspace Armidale!
Make a meaningful contribution to your community and help us
create healthier communities as our Mental Health Clinician in headspace
Armidale.
Armidale | Full-Time | Permanent
About the role
The purpose of this role is to provide recovery-oriented, evidence-based therapeutic intervention services to young people with mild to moderate mental health presentations. The successful candidate will work alongside other Mental Health Clinicians to deliver high-quality mental health services. This includes working under supervision within professional practice standards and guidelines set by headspace Armidale and HealthWISE.
To find out more about headspace visit http://headspace.org.au
Key responsibilities
Engage young people aged 12–25 using a relational,
strengths-based, trauma-informed and culturally safe approach. Apply deep
listening and comprehensive biopsychosocial assessment frameworks to explore
mental, physical and sexual health, substance use and social, educational and
vocational needs with young people and their family and support networks.
Deliver high-quality, evidence-based clinical services,
including brief interventions, single-session support, individual therapeutic
interventions and other treatment approaches tailored to the young person’s
presentation, goals and stage of recovery.
Develop clinical formulations informed by assessment
findings and collaboratively create, implement, and monitor individualised care
plans and therapeutic goals that respond to each young person’s unique
strengths, needs and circumstances.
About you
Essential:
- Degree level qualifications in Psychology, Social Work, Occupational Therapy, or Mental Health Nursing
- Current full registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Authority (AHPRA) or current full membership with the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW).
- Minimum 2 years’ experience working as a qualified mental health clinician.
- Experience and solid knowledge of the National Standards for Mental Health Services.
- Ability to work both independently and collaboratively in a multidisciplinary team.
- Experience working and engaging with diverse populations including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, members of the LGBTQ+ community and those from a culturally and linguistically diverse background.
- Highly developed verbal and written communication skills.
- Excellent organisational and time management skills.
Desirable
- Experience in the not for profit/non-government sector and the Australian public health sector.
- Experience in the youth and/or mental health sector.
- A broad understanding of the primary care health system and mental health service system in Australia.
- A broad understanding of the challenges and experiences of young people in Australia, including specific community factors.
- High levels of professionalism, confidentiality and discretion.
- Positive and collaborative team player.
- Reliable and results focused.
About Us
HealthWISE is a specialist provider in rural and remote NSW
and southern QLD. We deliver a wide range of community-led services across
every life stage, with a strong and growing focus on mental health and youth
wellbeing.
Our purpose is to create healthier communities as we deliver
integrated primary, allied and mental health services, including youth-specific
and culturally responsive programs, with a long-standing commitment to
Aboriginal and LGBT+ health.
What we offer
- Mentoring and career development pathways
- Opportunities to contribute to meaningful change in regional and rural communities
- Competitive salary and superannuation
- Salary packaging
How to apply
Applications Close: Thursday 30th July 2026 – 5pm
A cover letter and resume are required for all applicants.
Suitable candidates may be interviewed before the closing date. For this reason, applicants are advised not to delay in applying for this role.
Please contact Georgie Oates for a copy of position description
and other questions via headspace.armidale@healthwise.org.au or (02) 6771 1146
