Job Info
Location: MOUNT BARKER, SA
Salary: Hourly Rate
Job Type: Contract position | Casual position
Job Description
ABOUT THE ROLE Make a real difference when it matters most. In this role, you’ll provide rapid, focused interventions to clients aged 16+, using evidence-based approaches like Single Session Therapy and Solution-Focused practice to create meaningful change.
You’ll guide clients to the right supports, ensure seamless care coordination, and contribute to building a stronger, more responsive clinical service at the Medicare Mental Health Centre in Mount Barker. This role is fixed term until 30 June 2027 with an opportunity to extend subject to funding. ABOUT THE CENTRE
Open 365 days a year, the Medicare Mental Health Centre offers a welcoming, low-stigma entry point for people aged 16+ in distress or crisis. With no appointment required, clients can access immediate support, assessment, and brief, evidence-based care from a multidisciplinary team, including lived experience practitioners—tailored to individual needs, including AOD support. THE BENEFITS
Impactful Work – Help transform lives through a welcoming, stigma-free, walk-in mental health service staffed with a highly passionate multidisciplinary team. Salary Packaging – Access a range of salary packaging benefits, including your professional memberships, to increase your take-home pay.
Work-Life Balance – Enjoy 5 weeks annual leave because your wellbeing matters too. Career Growth & Support – We invest in you with clinical supervision, professional development allowances, and specialised training. Innovation – Be part of a team pioneering new approaches to mental health care—your ideas and expertise will shape this evolving service.
Positive Culture – Work in a supportive, values-driven environment that prioritises teamwork, respect, and inclusivity. ABOUT YOU We are seeking clinicians who are strength-based and committed to providing inclusive and accessible mental health support, working together in a team of people with lived experience.
You’ll be experienced in brief and crisis interventions, including single session therapy and solution-focused approaches. Current registration with AHPRA as a Mental Health Nurse, Psychologist or Occupational Therapist OR accreditation with the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW) as a Mental Health Social Worker (or working towards) Working
With Children Check and National Police Check, or willingness to obtain before commencement Availability to work across a 7-day roster – morning, afternoon, weekend and public holiday shifts available READY TO APPLY?
We’re building a team that reflects the real world. We value diverse perspectives, lived experience, and voices from non-dominant cultures. We strongly encourage applications from
First Nations peoples, LGBTQIA+ communities, and culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. If you think you’d be a great fit for our team, apply today! Upload a copy of your resume and a cover letter telling us why you’re applying.
Applications will be reviewed as they’re received, so Apply Now