Mental Health Clinician - YP-COPMI
Help shape brighter futures—support parents and children through compassionate, family-focused mental health care with YP-COPMI in Newcastle.
Remuneration: $39.01 - $67.15 per hour + super + salary packaging
Employment Type: Permanent Part Time
Position Classification: Clinical Nurse Specialist Gde 2, Clinical Psychologist, Psychologist, Counsellor Lvl 3, Occupational Therapist Lvl 3, Social Worker Lvl 3
Location: Newcastle Community Health Service
Hours Per Week: 32
Requisition ID: REQ580968
Applications Close: Sunday, 13th July 2025
YP-COPMI is a specialist mental health service for Children of Parents with a Mental Illness. This position sits within the local Newcastle Adult Mental Health Team based at James Fletcher Hospital Campus. YP-COPMI works alongside the allocated adult mental health clinician and teams collaboratively with a family focused lense to support care for both parent and children. YP-COPMI has a key role in establishing key care pathways and referrals to ongoing providers in the community. This role is underpinned by the NSW Health Family Focused Recovery Framework.
About the role:
YP-COPMI provides time limited, specialist child and infant mental health support, either provided through direct patient care or case consultation – when a young person’s parent is linked with an Adult Mental Health Team for a range of severe or complex mental health disorders.
You will offer specialist assessment, joint care coordination, and therapeutic interventions alongside adult mental health clinicians, using a flexible, mobile, and culturally safe approach. You will also provide expert consultation to both internal teams and external stakeholders to build capacity for family-focused practice across services, with a strong emphasis on recovery-oriented, trauma-informed care.
About you:
We are seeking an emotionally intelligent, client centred, passionate and enthusiastic Senior Clinician – who has the ability to support the needs of parents and their infants who are experiencing acute mental health. Expert interpersonal relationships will be key in this role, in order to optimise care provision.
Requirements:
- Appropriate tertiary qualifications, professional registration/membership as applicable, plus significant clinical experience in Child and Youth Mental Health:
- Clinical Psychologists must have minimum postgraduate Masters in Clinical Psychology and current registration with AHPRA
- For Social Work/Occupational Therapy, qualification in accordance with Schedule C, and eligibility for Level 3 of the NSW Health Service Health Professionals (State) Award. Social Worker eligible for membership of AASW or Occupational Therapy with current registration with AHPRA.
- For Nursing, current unrestricted registration with AHPRA & meet the requirement for Clinical Nurse Specialist 2 grading under the NSW Public Health System Nurses' & Midwives' State Award.
- Current unrestricted Australian drivers’ licence.
What we can offer you:
At Hunter New England Health, enjoy a career where you're challenged by interesting work and surrounded by spectacular locations. You'll contribute to the team enriching health in millions of ways every day. On top of this we also offer:
- Sustainable Healthcare: Together towards zero
- Proximity to shopping and other services
- 4 weeks annual leave (pro-rata for part time employees)
- Paid parental leave (for eligible employees) - giving you the opportunity for true Worklife balance
- Salary packaging options - up to $11,600 plus novated leasing
- Fitness Passport for health and well-being - discounted gym options for you and your family
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for staff and family members
- Opportunity to work and collaborate with a range of non-clinical and clinical professionals
Additional information:
- An eligibility list will be created for future permanent part time and temporary part time vacancies.
- We are unable to accommodate visa sponsorship for applicants requiring a visa for this position.
Need more information?
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For role related queries or questions contact Julie Walter on Julie.Walter@health.nsw.gov.au
Information for Applicants:
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This is a Category A position. Recommended applicants will be reviewed for compliance with NSW Health policy directive PD2024_015: Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination against Specified Infectious Diseases for Category A positions prior to offer. All new employees must agree to comply with the requirements outlined in the policy.
