CAMHS Mental Health Clinician (Social Worker)

Empower young lives—support, advocate, and make a lasting impact with CAMHS Manning!

Where you'll be working:
Join the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) Manning, based at Taree Community Health Centre (64 Pulteney Street). You'll be part of a specialist mental health service dedicated to supporting young people (0–17 years) and their families across the Manning region. Travel within the region may be required during work hours, ensuring care is accessible where it’s needed most.

About the role:
As a Social Worker within CAMHS Manning, you'll provide high-quality assessment, treatment, and case coordination for children, young people, and their families/caregivers experiencing complex and severe mental health challenges. You will:

• Work within a multi-disciplinary team model to provide specialist person centred clinical intervention to children/young people and their families/carers, to ensure delivery of innovative and developmentally appropriate clinical practice and therapeutic interventions.
• Participate in the delivery of trauma informed care and its application in working with children/young people with mental health concerns and their families /carers.
• Exercise independent professional judgement.
• Ensure the care delivered sits within professional, organisational, legal, and ethical boundaries and reflects evidence based, best practice knowledge and embraces a collaborative, client centred, family and culturally sensitive approach.
• Identify and act on opportunities for improvement in clinical practice and participate in initiatives to enhance service delivery and consumer outcomes. 
• Work semi-autonomously on tasks related to assessment, formulation & clinical documentation

About you:
In HNELHD CAMHS, we provide Specialist Child and Adolescent Mental Health and Family Based Assessments. Our model of care supports individual, dyadic and family therapy treatment with specialised clinical support within the team and in professional supervision.As a Social Worker within Child & Adolescent

Mental Health Service you will provide a high-quality assessment, treatment and case coordination service to children, young people, and their families/caregivers. You will provide discipline specific expertise to the multi-disciplinary team discussion and work alongside a supportive team of Aboriginal Mental Health Clinicians, Psychiatry, Occupational Therapy, Psychology, Nursing, Dietetic, and Speech Pathology disciplines.

Requirements:

• Tertiary qualifications in Social Work.
• Eligibility for membership with the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW).
• Experience in child and adolescent mental health.
• Current NSW Working with Children Check and National Police Check.
• Current driver’s licence (as travel within the region may be required).

What we can offer you:
The support provided within the Manning team, our HNELHD CAMHS network, and other partners, creates a rewarding workplace where staff can provide specialised intervention for complex presentations.

At Hunter New England Health, enjoy a career where you're challenged by interesting work and surrounded by spectacular locations. Join the team enriching health in millions of ways every day:

• Sustainable Healthcare: Together towards zero.
• Proximity to shopping and other services.
• Monthly Allocated Days Off (for full-time employees).
• 4 weeks annual leave (pro-rata for part-time employees).
• 6 weeks annual leave (for eligible full-time nurses).
• Paid parental leave (for eligible employees) – supporting true work-life balance.
• Salary packaging options – up to $11,600 plus novated leasing.
• Fitness Passport – discounted gym memberships for you and your family.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) – for staff and family members.
• Ongoing training, supervision, and career development opportunities.
• Take the next step in your career—join a team making a difference in young lives every day.

• An eligibility list will be created for future permanent full or part time and temporary full or part time vacancies.
• We are unable to accommodate visa sponsorship for applicants requiring a visa for this position.