📍 Location: headspace, Mount Druitt, NSW
🕒 Type: Full-time, Max-Term position until June 2026
💼 Program: headspace Primary Care Team
📅 Applications Close: 11:55pm, Sunday 19th October 2025

headspace Mount Druitt, a community mental health program run by Uniting, aims to reduce the burden of disease in young people aged 12-25 years caused by mental health and related substance use disorders through early identification and effective, evidence-based intervention. www.headspace.org.au

The Youth Access Team Clinician is responsible for facilitating integrated holistic health care, with the aim of improving outcomes for young people accessing headspace Mount Druitt. As a first point of contact for many young people and their families, you will play a pivotal role in building rapport, conducting intake and assessments, and coordinating care to support each young person's recovery journey.

You will:

• Conduct intake and psychosocial assessments, including complex risk evaluations
• Develop collaborative care plans aligned with a young person’s identified goals
• Provide brief interventions and link clients to appropriate services
• Work in close partnership with GPs, allied health clinicians, and support workers
• Foster collaborative relationships with external community and youth service providers

About You

• You are passionate about youth mental health and eager to make a real impact. You thrive in a multidisciplinary team and value evidence-based, recovery-focused care.

Essential Criteria:

• Relevant tertiary qualifications in Mental Health Nursing, Psychology, Social Work or Occupational Therapy
• AHPRA Registration or eligibility with AASW
• Demonstrated experience of clinical practice within the mental health field (includes clinical placements and relevant volunteer work such as Lifeline).
• Demonstrated ability to provide triage and assessment of individuals with preference for assessment skills in a mental health setting.
• Demonstrated ability to provide evidence-based clinical practice
• Willingness to collaboratively plan and coordinate a comprehensive bio-psycho-social approach and interventions to meet the needs of consumers.

Benefits & culture

As an organisation we celebrate our diversity and welcome all people regardless of ethnicity, faith, sexual orientation and gender identity. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and people from a diverse cultural background are encouraged to apply.

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If you are passionate about making a real difference in mental health care for young people, we encourage you to apply and click the Apply button & attach your Resume

How to Apply

If you're passionate about making a difference in the lives of young people, click Apply and attach your resume.

📧 For questions, contact:
Pallavi Bhatia – Talent Acquisition Specialist
✉️ [email protected]

Employment with Uniting is subject to satisfactory background checks including National Police Check, Working with Children Check, and reference checks.

About Uniting

Uniting NSW.ACT contributes to the work and mission of the Uniting Church in NSW and the ACT through social justice advocacy, community services and spiritual care. We provide care and support for people through all ages and stages of life, with a focus on people experiencing disadvantage and vulnerability. Our purpose is to inspire people, enliven communities and confront injustice.

Uniting is a Child Safe Organisation committed to promoting the safety, wellbeing and inclusion of children and young people.

Empowered by diversity

At Uniting, inclusion isn’t just something we value – it’s how we work. Our culture and practice reflect the vibrant diversity of our colleagues, and the clients and communities we serve.