Flourish Australia has an exciting opportunity for a motivated Clinical Lead to oversee the day to day clinical operations at the headspace Bankstown centre in a parental leave relief position.
The parental leave relief position is:
* Closed-term Full-time (76 hours per fortnight) from June 2026 to 2 July 2027
* Based in Bankstown
* Working Monday to Friday
* Attractive remuneration package starting from $106,900 - $137,000 (commensurate with experience & qualifications) + Super + Tax-Free Salary Packaging!
About the Opportunity
As the headspace Clinical Lead, you will be provide leadership and oversight of the clinical services of headspace Bankstown. This role combines clinical governance, supervision and service development with direct clinical work, including complex assessments and therapeutic interventions. The Clinical Lead works closely with the Clinical & Operations Manager to implement best practice, contribute to continuous quality improvement, and maintain compliance with accreditation and safeguarding requirements.
Your main responsibilities as the Clinical Lead will include (but are not limited to):
* Working as a member of the leadership team to oversee the day-to-day clinical operation of the service.
* Oversee processes to ensure appropriate case planning and coordination for young people and their families accessing headspace.
* Assertively monitor young people where risk is indicated, including regularly assessing the current level of risk and developing action plans to mitigate any risks.
* Provide assessments and evidence-based interventions, including group interventions, with young people (and their families/carers) accessing headspace.
* Undertake a range of assessments of young people and their families/carers as appropriate, including intake assessments, initial bio-psychosocial assessments, assessments of functioning, outcome measures, and symptom severity measures.
* Work collaboratively with the young person and their families to develop individual recovery plans and/or service plans including relevant interventions that are person-centred and directed by the young person as much as possible.
Selection Criteria
* Minimum three years post-qualification experience delivering mental health assessments and evidence based interventions (click through to advertisement for full criteria)
* Maintain membership of the appropriate professional body.
* Demonstrated ability to engage in multidisciplinary and/or cross sector initiatives, and partnerships with a wide range of professionals, organisations and stakeholders.
* Experience providing clinical supervision and clinical leadership within a multidisciplinary team.
Benefits
* Level 4 (HPSS) on the Flourish Australia Enterprise Agreement (2018)
* Tax-Free Salary Packaging available up to $15,900 + additional $2,650 for entertainment benefits such as meals and holiday accommodation
* Generous leave provisions including 17.5% leave loading and 2 additional days of personal leave + extra day paid leave over Christmas/New Year
* Family-friendly and flexible working conditions
* Opportunities for career progression, professional development and training such as Mental Health First Aid and ASIST
* Employee Assistance Program for confidential wellbeing support
* Regular supervision (reflective practice), ongoing 1:1 mentoring, strong team support and a comprehensive induction program
* Workplace Community Groups such as our Rainbow Network for LGBTQ+ staff members & allies and YarnUp for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staff members
* Exclusive personal Fleet pricing discounts with our preferred automotive supplier
* Employee discounts at 400+ popular retailers (Woolworths, Expedia, Myer, Kmart etc)
Our positions are open to all suitably qualified applicants. We have a strong commitment to participation of people with lived experience of mental health issues in our workforce. We value diversity and encourage applications from suitably qualified people from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander backgrounds, people from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse communities, LGBTQ+ communities and mature age candidates.
Applications close 1 June at 5pm.
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