You’ll step into a senior clinical role where you can influence service delivery, support a dedicated team, and make a genuine difference in the lives of young people.
What’s on offer:
* Excellent work–life balance with a permanent part-time position
* Competitive salary – $135K FTE inclusive of full salary packaging benefits
* Clinical leadership with real autonomy and impact
* Supportive, values-driven organisational culture
* Ongoing professional development, supervision and learning opportunities
* Beautiful coastal lifestyle in the Illawarra region
Perfect for experienced Mental Health Social Workers, Psychologists, or Mental Health Occupational Therapists wanting to advance their leadership career.
The Opportunity
As Clinical Lead, you will oversee and support the clinical operations of a youth mental health service, ensuring safe, effective and high-quality care. You will guide best‑practice approaches, strengthen clinical processes, and support a team responding to a broad range of mental health and wellbeing needs.
What You’ll Be Doing
* Deliver evidence‑based psychological interventions to young people aged 12–25, including assessments for complex presentations.
* Lead clinical decision‑making, risk management, and assessment pathways across the service.
* Provide clinical supervision, consultation, and mentoring to multidisciplinary clinicians and students.
* Oversee case reviews, care planning, clinical workflows, and waitlist management.
* Support onboarding, training, and ongoing professional development of clinical staff.
* Contribute to clinical governance, quality improvement activities, and accreditation processes.
* Maintain high‑quality clinical documentation, reporting, and data entry standards.
* Build and sustain collaborative relationships with schools, GPs, health providers and community organisations.
What You’ll Bring
* AHPRA registration as a Psychologist or Occupational Therapist, or
* AASW Mental Health Social Worker accreditation (or working towards it)
* Advanced clinical skills including assessment, triage, risk management and evidence‑based therapies.
* Experience providing clinical supervision and clinical leadership within a multidisciplinary team.
* Strong understanding of youth mental health, early intervention, and family‑inclusive practice.
* Excellent organisational skills with the ability to manage competing priorities.
* Experience contributing to clinical governance, quality improvement and service development.
* High‑level digital literacy including confidence using clinical software.
Other Requirements
* National Criminal Record Check
* Working With Children Check
* Current driver licence
* Vaccinations as required by organisational policy
Why Partner with Abrs to secure your next role?
Our values aren’t just things we believe in. They’re our entire foundation. They’re the very reason we exist, and the reason we’ve returned every single cent of profit we’ve earned to charity. Abrs is Australia’s only charity‑owned Not‑For‑Profit recruitment agency with 100% of our net revenue returned to fund programs that assist children, youth and families.
To apply hit APPLY NOW as we are shortlisting for this position NOW. For a confidential discussion or to find out more about the role please call Karen Lilley on 0439 498 ***.
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