Employment Type: Temporary Full Time, up to 38 hours per week until 30/06/2026
Location: SWSLHD District Wide
Position Classification: Clinical Nurse Specialist Grade 2, Occupational Therapist Level 3, Social Worker Level 3, Senior Psychologist, Clinical Psychologist
Remuneration: Dependent on Classification
Clinical Nurse Specialist Grade 2: $2,170.29 - $2,176.29 per week
Occupational Therapist Level 3: $2,154.06 - $2,223.86 per week
Social Worker Level 3: $2,154.06 - $2,223.86 per week
Senior Psychologist: $2,284.57 - $2,475.55 per week
Clinical Psychologist: $2,093.71 - $2,551.92 per week
Speech Pathologist Level 3: $2,154.06 - $2,223.86 per week

Requisition ID: REQ581591
Application Close Date: 06/07/2025
Interview Date Range: 09/07/2025 - 16/07/2025
Contact Details: Dominique Limbrey | [email protected]

About the Opportunity
Ready to transform the lives of children and young people in crisis? The Liverpool/Fairfield Infant Child & Adolescent Mental Health Service (iCAMHS) is seeking dedicated professionals to join our Safeguards team, where innovation, compassion, and expertise come together to deliver life-changing care.

At iCAMHS, you’ll have the opportunity to make a real impact, providing critical mental health assessment and intervention to children and young people experiencing moderate to severe distress. As part of our frontline community team, you’ll lead assertive outreach, ensuring at-risk young people and their families receive timely, effective, and personalised support.
Our 7-day/week service is designed to adapt to the needs of children and families, offering flexible, mobile, and short-term intensive support when it’s needed most.

As a leader and mentor, you’ll supervise entry-level staff and students within a multi-disciplinary team structure, ensuring best practices are upheld while managing a meaningful caseload.
Your role will also involve advocacy and collaboration, working closely with families, educators, community organisations, and healthcare providers to deliver specialist Child & Adolescent mental health assessments, evidence-based brief interventions, and warm referral to ongoing support.

If you have experience in Child & Adolescent Mental Health or acute mental health interventions, we’d love to have you on board! Apply now and be part of a team that’s changing lives every day.

What You'll be Doing
As a Safeguards Senior Clinician to support the service delivery of the Safeguards model of care in Liverpool and Fairfield. The preferred person will demonstrate confidence with managing high risk complex presentations in young people, provide leadership, mentorship and supervision, to ensure the delivery of strengths based and recovery orientated mental health care and treatment within the Safeguards multidisciplinary outreach team. Able to work from a trauma informed culturally safe lens. Carry a clinical caseload providing intensive therapeutic interventions and care coordination, appropriate to the needs of the consumer.

Where You'll Be Working
SWSLHD Community Mental Health Services provide comprehensive, community-based mental health care across South Western Sydney.

These services cater to different age groups, including children, adolescents, adults, and older persons, ensuring specialised care throughout various life stages. The multidisciplinary teams offer a range of supports, including mental health assessments, crisis intervention, care coordination, and therapy. They work closely with inpatient services, GPs, and other community organisations to provide holistic care.

The focus on community health and wellbeing makes SWSLHD Community Mental Health Services an ideal place to work, providing opportunities for professional growth and the chance to make a meaningful impact on the community.

How to Apply
To be considered for this position, please ensure you address the below questions as thoroughly as possible. View our application guide for information on how to respond to criteria and improve your application.

1. Relevant qualifications in one or more of the disciplines as mentioned in Essential Requirements.
2. Can you describe a time when you provided evidence-based, strengths-focused, recovery-oriented assessment and treatment for a child or adolescent experiencing significant mental health challenges? How did you tailor your approach to meet their unique needs, and what was the outcome?
3. How do you ensure families and natural supports are actively involved in the treatment process while aligning with the NSW Mental Health Act 2007? Can you share an example of how you’ve successfully collaborated with a family to improve a young person’s mental health and recovery journey?
4. Applicants must possess an Australian C-Class driver's license (including P1 or P2). Those who hold a C class license (P1 or P2 included) from a state other than NSW must obtain a NSW C class (P1 or P2 included) license within three months of appointment. Learner's licenses are not permitted.

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