Psychologist / Behaviour support specialist

Mental Health • Newcastle, New South Wales 2300, Australia • Full-time
AI Job Summary
  • Current AHPRA registration as a Psychologist and/or NDIS Commission Behaviour Support Practitioner registration.
  • Experience conducting assessments and evidence-based interventions for adults with moderate to severe mental health presentations.
  • Conduct functional behavioural assessments and develop positive behaviour support plans for people with disability.

Role Type

Permanent • Full-time • Mid-level Senior

Description

🏠 Flexible Working Hours to Support Your Work-Life Balance 

📍 Opportunities Available in Newcastle/Hunter, Sydney or the Central Coast – Full-Time, Part-Time or Contracting 

💙 Rewarding and Diverse Adult Community Caseload Across Aged Care, NDIS, and DVA 

👥 Industry-Leading Supervision, Training & Career Development 

🧑‍💻 Extensive Admin & Scheduling Support So You Can Focus on Your Clients 

💡 Tailored Career Pathways to Develop Your Clinical Interests & Leadership Potential 

About Us 

For nearly 20 years, Recovery Station has provided community and clinic-based allied health across the Greater Hunter, Central Coast, Sydney and Illawarra, with a focus on disability and senior health. We exist to empower people to live a quality life, and we want you happy, healthy and fulfilled too. 

What You’ll Get 

  • Flexibility to fit work around your life 
  • Pay matched to your experience, plus optional RDOs and financial bonuses 
  • Work from home, in the office or via telehealth, with a laptop and phone/data allowance 
  • Daily admin support from a dedicated team member 
  • Travel reimbursed at $0.96/km 
  • Confidential Employee Assistance Program 
  • Monthly wellbeing events, like trivia and barefoot bowls 

Grow Your Career 

  • Thorough orientation and regular one-on-ones to build your CPD plan 
  • Team meetings, in-service sessions and MDT liaison with fellow clinicians 
  • Career pathways: supervision, complex caseloads or management. You choose 
  • All-company training day with external presenters 
  • Mental health debriefs with your team in a safe space 

The Role 

You’ll provide mental health services to adults in the community, using your clinical skills to help each person reach their best personal, social and emotional wellbeing. Interventions build skills, promote wellness, adapt environments and prevent relapse. 

Location and Hours 

  • Full-time or part-time 
  • Admin team schedules your appointments so you’re not zigzagging around Newcastle 

Who You’ll Support 

You’ll offer trauma-informed, person-centred, evidence-based support to people with moderate to severe mental health presentations, including acute and chronic psychotic disorders, schizophrenia, bipolar, anxiety, depression, PTSD, alcohol and drug use disorders, dissociative disorder, sleep problems and OCD. 

What You’ll Bring 

  • Advanced clinical skills and comprehensive report writing 
  • Experience delivering clinical assessments and interventions 
  • Experience with functional behavioural assessments and positive behaviour support plans (with and without restrictive practice) for people with disability 

Qualifications and Requirements 

  • AHPRA registered Psychologist and/or NDIS Commission Behaviour Support Practitioner number 
  • Relevant degree, ie Psychology ore related 
  • Current driver’s licence and own vehicle 
  • Current WWCC and NDIS Worker Screening (or willingness to obtain) 
  • Willingness to follow NSW Health COVID and flu vaccination requirements 

The Next Steps 

Want to know more? Watch highlights from our latest training day, plus team stories and Q&As on social media and YouTube. 

Questions? Call Karen on 0435 338374 or email careers@recoverystation.com.au. 

Company Overview

Recovery Station provides community and clinic based allied health services, with a strong focus on disability and senior health. For nearly 20 years we have consistently grown and now proudly offer services nationally via telepractice and in the community across Sydney, the Hunter, Central Coast, Illawarra and Melbourne. Together, our passionate, multidisciplinary team of OTs, Mental Health OT’s, Psychologists, Speech Pathologists, Physiotherapists, Exercise Physiologists, Dietitians and Allied Health Assistants collaboratively share their knowledge and experience to holistically design an individualised service to help improve the quality of life for people living with a disability or looking to age as independently as possible.