Position Title
Adolescent Forensic Mental Health – Early Intervention Team, Mental Health Clinician (HP4/CNC2) - Wagga Wagga Justice Health- TFT up to 31 Dec. 2026
Employment Details
Employment Type: Temporary Full Time
Position Classification: CNC2, Social Worker Lvl 4, Occupational Therapist Lvl 4, Psychologist/Clinical Psychologist
Remuneration: dependent on position classification plus superannuation
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: REQ638149
Applications Close: 23 February 2026 at 11:59pm AEDT
About the Role
We are Just the Place to grow your career and be part of a valued team delivering care where it is needed most. Be part of a supportive environment where you can apply your skills to address complex healthcare needs while broadening your treatment capabilities to maximise patient outcomes. We are a challenging yet rewarding place to take your career further, with industry‐leading safety standards and opportunities for job training to progress your career.
This early intervention clinician position supports a new initiative called the Cockatoo Project in Wagga Wagga, which partners with Youth Justice to provide specialist mental health care for young people at risk of entering the criminal justice system. Working within a multidisciplinary and state‐wide collaborative framework, the role delivers early identification, assessment, intervention and consultation across school, community and telehealth settings.
Key Responsibilities
* Delivering evidence‐based early intervention programs including School‐Link and Teen Got It!
* Conducting comprehensive mental health assessments of young people and their families or carers
* Providing individual and group interventions via face‐to‐face and telehealth modalities
* Offering clinical consultation to key stakeholders including schools, CAMHS, Youth Justice and internal Justice Health teams
* Exercising independent professional judgement in complex clinical scenarios
* Providing clinical supervision to junior clinicians and students
* Contributing to service development, evaluation, research and quality improvement initiatives
* Maintaining outcome measures and reporting to support ongoing service evaluation
This is a senior clinical role requiring strong leadership capability, advanced clinical expertise, and the ability to work autonomously within a brief, early‐intervention model of care.
Our Team and Service
Justice Health NSW is a state‐wide, board‐governed, specialty network delivering healthcare services to adults and young people who come into contact with, or are at risk of coming into contact with, the criminal justice system across secure inpatient, custodial, court and community settings.
The Early Intervention Team sits within Adolescent Forensic Mental Health and supports a range of programs aimed at intervening early for young people in contact with or at risk of contact with the criminal justice system. Early Intervention encompasses two state‐wide initiatives including School‐Link and Getting in Early on Time (Got It!).
School Link is a collaboration between NSW Ministry of Health and NSW Department of Education. It is one of a range of initiatives launched in 1999 to improve the mental health of adolescents and young people in NSW. School Link supports early identification of mental health issues for young people and assists in identifying pathways to care for students with mental health problems and disorders. The program also aims to improve mental health literacy within schools, TAFE NSW and other learning environments. As part of the formal state‐wide collaboration, the early intervention clinician will work with School Link Coordinators from other local health districts to support the implementation of school‐based mental health promotion, prevention and early intervention programs for young people who are in contact with the criminal justice system.
The Teen Got It! program provides evidence‐informed early‐intervention for young people with disruptive behaviour disorders. Clinicians work with young people and their parent/carer to increase their knowledge and capacity to better manage emotions and behaviours, and subsequently reduce their risk of recurrent criminality, poor mental health, difficulties with personal relationships and poor educational achievement. The program is delivered through a group intervention in schools and a telehealth state‐wide individual intervention for young people and their caregiver.
Salary and Benefits
Your annual salary in line with your grade classification plus superannuation is just the beginning. You will also have access to a number of benefits:
* Additional allowances and salary packaging options.
* Fitness Passport (if eligible).
* Genuine career progression and skill‐set development.
* Support from an enthusiastic and invested team of managers and colleagues.
Diversity and Inclusivity
We are an equal‐opportunity employer. We employ all ages and genders, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, culturally and linguistically diverse groups, the LGBTQIA+ community, veterans, refugees and people with disability.
This is also a Targeted Aboriginal Position. Preference will be given to applicants of Aboriginal descent. Exemption is claimed under Section 21 of the Anti‐Discrimination Act 1977.
Ready to Apply?
The first step is to submit your resume and answers to the following targeted questions:
* Do you hold a degree in Social Work, Occupational Therapy, Psychology, or another qualification deemed equivalent by the employer, which provides eligibility or membership of the relevant professional association/full registration through the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency; Clinical Nurse Consultant Grade 2 (CNC2): current authority to practice as a Registered Nurse with the Nursing & Midwifery Board of Australia.
* Do you have three years full‐time clinical experience working in the related specialty field?
* Describe a situation where you had to work collaboratively with other clinicians and stakeholders, and what actions you took to foster healthy and successful communication.
* Provide an example where you supported a young person with complex needs, and your keys to success.
Need more information?
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For role related queries or questions contact Trisha Lloyd on Trisha.Lloyd1@health.nsw.gov.au
Applications Close: 23 February 2026 at 11:59pm AEDT
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