This is your opportunity to be part of the Youth Mental Health Initiative (YMHI, pronounced ‘you-me’) Service. YMHI is a new initiative supporting young people (aged 12-25) with complex mental health needs who are too acute or complex for primary care services but not unwell enough for acute services. The YMHI service provides flexible and person-centred specialist mental health assessment, interventions and care coordination for these consumers and their carers. Consumers who access this service may be experiencing multiple complex mental health challenges resulting in elevated levels of distress and reduced levels of functioning. They may include being impacted by complex trauma, having complex psychosocial circumstances and/or requiring flexible approaches to engage with mental health services.

YMHI seeks to be a genuinely culturally safe service, with all staff on a cultural learning journey. The YMHI model of care has been developed in consultation with Aboriginal staff and community and supports culturally safe ways of knowing, being and doing.

YMHI clinicians will be co-located at Headspace and will partner closely with Headspace staff to deliver care to consumers. This is a unique opportunity for the clinician who values relationships and partnerships with multiple stakeholders and loves to provide truly collaborative care to young people and their families.

The YMHI team will be located at 3 sites across Western NSW (Cowra, Dubbo and Orange). Whilst service provision will be targeted to their nominated town, they will collaborate as a multidisciplinary team with their YMHI colleagues. The team will be comprised of 5 senior clinicians who are highly skilled in youth mental health. This presents an excellent career progression opportunity for clinicians who are passionate about youth mental health.

YMHI service hours have been developed following extensive community consultation, which identified the need for the service to offer after-hours appointments. As such, the YMHI service will operate Mondays 0830-1700hrs, Tuesdays and Wednesdays 0930-1900hrs, Thursdays 0830-1800hrs, and Fridays 0830-1400hrs, though these hours may be subject to change.

The team is led by a passionate team leader who deeply values their team’s wellbeing alongside excellence of service provision. The team is also supported with monthly group clinical supervision and regular professional development opportunities.

Positions also available in Orange and Dubbo.