Job description
Agency Department of Health Work unit Mental Health Services
Job title Specialist Mental Health Worker - Child and Designation Professional 2
Adolescent Team
Job type Full time Duration Fixed to 19/10/2027
Salary $92,910 - $110,781 Location Darwin
Position number 32559 RTF Closing 09/03/2026
Contact officer Daniel Olsen, Team Manager on or
About the agency
Apply online
APPLICATIONS MUST INCLUDE A ONE-PAGE SUMMARY ABOUT YOU, A DETAILED RESUME AND COPIES OF YOUR
TERTIARY QUALIFICATIONS.
Information for applicants – inclusion and diversity and Special Measures recruitment plans
The NTPS values diversity. The NTPS encourages people from all diversity groups to apply for vacancies and accommodates
people with disability by making reasonable workplace adjustments. If you require an adjustment for the recruitment process or
job, please discuss this with the contact officer. For more information about applying for this position and the merit process, go
to the OCPE website.
Aboriginal applicants will be granted priority consideration for this vacancy. For more information on Special Measures plans, go
to the OCPE website.
Primary objective
The Specialist Mental Health Worker is responsible for the provision of specialist assessment and intervention to children and
adolescents who are experiencing mental health problems and provides educational and consultancy services to their careers and
other professionals in the context of a multidisciplinary team.
Context statement
Psychology graduates and early career psychologists are encouraged to apply.
Key duties and responsibilities
1. A clinician competent in delivering mental health services within Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services in the context
of a multidisciplinary team.
2. Manage a mixed caseload of children and young people in which assessment, clinical intervention and case management to
accepted clients is provided, with supervision from senior clinicians.
3. Maintain regular attendance at clinical meetings and contribute to the development of individual care plans. Responsible for
the implementation of clinical guidelines and standards related to their professional services within the area of child and youth.
4. Maintain accurate and up to date clinical and service delivery records, in accord with established information systems and
protocols, including completing case reviews, risk assessment, and outcomes measurers where appropriate
5. Maintain high standards in report writing, accurate and up to date clinical records and service provision statistics through use
of established information systems.
6. Follow defined service quality standards, work health and safety policies and procedures relating to the work being undertaken
in order to ensure high quality, safe services and workplaces.
7. Foster a positive workplace culture.
Selection criteria
Essential
1. Qualification in Psychology with full registration to practice as a Psychologist with Australian Health Practitioner Regulation
Agency (AHPRA).
2. Demonstrated experience in the mental health assessment, treatment and rehabilitation methods appropriate to children and
adolescents.
1. Demonstrated knowledge of current issues, standards and trends in the delivery of mental health services to the target
population.
4. Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with clients, carers and other professionals from diverse cultural backgrounds
and to prepare written reports of a high standard, and in the use of electronic information systems for the maintenance of
clinical and service delivery records.
1. Demonstrated capacity to work effectively within a multi-disciplinary team, engaging in ongoing professional development and
contribution to professional peer consultation.
Further information
Positions may be subject to pre-employment checks such as immunisation requirements, working with children clearance notice
and criminal history checks. A criminal history will not exclude an applicant from this position unless it is a relevant criminal history.
For immunisation requirements - Category A (direct contact with blood or body substances) or Category B (indirect contact with
blood or body substances), check with contact person for requirements.
Approved: March 2025 Director of Allied Health A/General Manager
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Job description
Agency Department of Health Work unit Mental Health Services
Job title Senior Mental Health Worker - Child and Designation Professional 3
Adolescent team
Job type Full time Duration Fixed to 19/10/2027
Salary $114,199 - $127,898 Location Darwin
Position number 32559 RTF Closing 09/03/2026
Contact officer Daniel Olsen, Team Manager on or
About the agency
Apply online
APPLICATIONS MUST INCLUDE A ONE-PAGE SUMMARY ABOUT YOU, A DETAILED RESUME AND COPIES OF YOUR TERTIARY
QUALIFICATIONS.
Information for applicants – inclusion and diversity and Special Measures recruitment plans
The NTPS values diversity. The NTPS encourages people from all diversity groups to apply for vacancies and accommodates people with
disability by making reasonable workplace adjustments. If you require an adjustment for the recruitment process or job, please discuss
this with the contact officer. For more information about applying for this position and the merit process, go to the OCPE website.
Aboriginal applicants will be granted priority consideration for this vacancy. For more information on Special Measures plans, go to the
OCPE website.
Primary objective
The Senior Mental Health Worker is responsible for the provision of specialist assessment and planned intervention for children and
adolescents who are experiencing mental health problems and provides educational and consultancy services to their carers and other
professionals in the context of a multidisciplinary team.
Key duties and responsibilities
1. An experienced clinician competent in delivering services within Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services and in the context of a
multidisciplinary Child and Adolescent Team.
1. Manage a complex and mixed case load of children and young people in which assessment, clinical intervention and case management
to accepted clients is provided.
3. Support improvements in the community needs-driven distribution of services, including the development of new service models in
response to Department of Health (DoH) and National mental health reform directions.
4. Responsible for the implementation of clinical guidelines and standards related to their professional services within the area of child
and youth.
5. Maintain high standards in report writing, accurate and up to date clinical records and service provision statistics through use of
established information systems.
6. Follow defined service quality standards, Workplace Health and Safety policies and procedures relating to the work being undertaken
in order to ensure high quality, safe services and workplaces.
1. Foster a positive workplace culture through exemplary leadership practices and role modelling behaviour.
Selection criteria
Essential
1. Relevant qualifications in Psychology or Social Work with full registration to practice as a Psychologist with the Australian Health
Practitioners Regulation Agency (AHPRA) or eligibility for practicing membership of the Australian Association of Social Workers
(AASW).
1. Demonstrated, recent clinical experience in the mental health assessment, treatment and rehabilitation methods appropriate to
children and adolescents.
1. Demonstrated knowledge of current issues, standards and trends in the delivery of mental health services to the target population.
2. Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with clients, carers and other professionals from diverse cultural backgrounds and to
prepare written reports of a high standard.
5. Demonstrated capacity to work effectively within a multi-disciplinary team, engaging in ongoing professional development and
contribution to professional peer consultation.
Desirable
1. Post graduate qualifications beyond entry to practice in speciality.
2. Capacity and registration (where required) to supervise allied health students (Master of Clinical Psychology and social work).
Further information
Positions may be subject to pre-employment checks such as immunisation requirements, working with children clearance notice and
criminal history checks. A criminal history will not exclude an applicant from this position unless it is a relevant criminal history. For
immunisation requirements - Category A (direct contact with blood or body substances) or Category B (indirect contact with blood or
body substances), check with contact person for requirements