Overview
Make a lasting impact in rural mental health care as a Senior Mental Health Worker (Occupational Therapist, Psychologist, or Social Worker) with Darling Downs Health in Warwick. Join a collaborative, values-driven team where your expertise will support adults with complex needs through high-quality, person-centred clinical services and community engagement.
What Your Day Will Look Like
You'll deliver expert mental health care to adults with complex needs, using evidence-based approaches to assess, treat, and manage cases within a multidisciplinary team. Your day will involve meaningful collaboration with families, colleagues, and external agencies to enhance outcomes and strengthen community connections. You'll also lead service improvements, mentor emerging professionals, and contribute to research and education that drives lasting impact.
Let’s talk about you
Our ideal candidate will be someone who can inspire the following:
- Compassion – you will engage with others and demonstrate empathy, care, kindness, support and understanding.
- Integrity – you are open, honest, approachable, equitable and consistent in everything we do.
- Dignity – you treat others with respect, display reasonableness and take pride in what you do.
- Innovation – you embrace change and strive to know more, learn more and do better.
- Courage – you respectfully question for clarity and have the strength and confidence to Speak Up.
Why Us?
Darling Downs Health's (DDH) region is a large geographic area covering approximately 90,000 square kilometres across Southeast Queensland. We are one of the largest employers in the region, with a diverse team of more than 6,000 staff. We deliver frontline health services across our 30 facilities and care for nearly 300,000 people, support the birth of almost 3,000 babies and perform more than 15,000 breast screens. We offer rewarding career opportunities across a wide range of clinical and non-clinical areas throughout our health service and pride ourselves on providing a work culture that values and respects diversity in the workplace. DDH is committed to providing a safe, secure, supportive, and inclusive workplace.
Advantages
- Competitive wages, salary packaging and leave entitlements
- A diverse work culture
- Career development
- Professional development opportunities
- Education opportunities, Study and Research
- Paid parental leave
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Discounted Private Health Insurance
- Fitness Passport
- Work-Life Balance, Variety and Flexibility
- Generous Salary Sacrificing
Next steps
Applicants are to apply online and supply the requested documentation.
Additional information
- Seniority level: Mid-Senior level
- Employment type: Full-time
- Job function: Health Care Provider
- Industries: Hospitals and Health Care
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📌 Occupational Therapist, Psychologist or Social Worker - Senior (Mental Health Worker)
🏢 Darling Downs Hospital & Health Service
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