Are you a passionate mental health professional ready to lead with impact? We're seeking a Senior Brief Intervention Therapist to deliver high-quality, evidence-based interventions tailored to individual mental health and psychosocial needs. Grounded in recovery-oriented, trauma-informed, strength-based, and motivational interviewing frameworks, this role offers the opportunity to make a meaningful difference while also contributing to clinical leadership and supervision. With a dedicated 0.75 FTE caseload, you'll have the space to support both clients and colleagues in a dynamic, supportive environment.
Benefits to you:
Besides shaping an innovative mental health service with dedicated staff and supportive leaders fostering a strong team culture, you'll enjoy competitive pay and a work environment that prioritises professional growth, skill-building, and staff well-being.
Additional benefits include:
· Joining a newly formed positive, inclusive, values-focussed team.
· Opportunity to salary package up to $15,900 of tax-free income.
· Access to an Employee Assistance Program.
· Rewards program that offers discounts on hundreds of household brands.
· Access to appropriate and supportive clinical supervision.
· Competitive compensation to align with clinical skillset.
On a day-to-day basis you will:
· Deliver high-quality, evidence-based brief interventions (e.g., CBT, DBT, ACT, IPT, SFT) tailored to complex mental health presentations.
· Conduct comprehensive assessments, risk evaluations, and group interventions for consumers with high-level psychosocial needs.
· Collaborate within a multidisciplinary team and build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders to support holistic care.
· Provide supervision to student placements and contribute to continuous clinical quality improvement aligned with Open Minds' Model of Practice.
· Maintain accurate clinical documentation, uphold confidentiality, and ensure compliance with governance, reporting, and risk management protocols.
About you:
· Hold a relevant tertiary qualification in health, counselling, behavioural sciences, or a related field, with postgraduate mental health qualifications and professional registration (AHPRA, AASW, PACFA, or ACA) highly regarded.
· Bring demonstrated experience delivering inclusive, evidence-based therapeutic interventions and risk management plans for individuals with complex mental health needs.
· Possess strong knowledge of the Australian mental health system, relevant legislation, and ethical frameworks, with well-established networks in local support services.
· Thrive in multidisciplinary environments, with excellent communication, documentation, and stakeholder engagement skills.
· Confidently provide supervision, contribute to group-based interventions, and support diverse and priority populations including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, CALD, and LGBTQIA+ communities.
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Diversity is Strength. We encourage people from diverse ages, gender, identity, cultural backgrounds and experience including First nations peoples, Cultural and linguistically diverse, LGBTQIA+, lived/ peer, mental health experience, to apply for this position.
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