Senior Mental Health Clinician - Head to Health Kids Hub

Employment Type: Temporary Full Time (Up to June 2026) / Job Share Considered
Position Classification: Counsellor Level 3/4, Nurse Manager Grade 2, Social Worker Level 3/4, Occupational Therapist Level 3/4, Clinical Psychologist, Senior Clinical Psychologist, Psychologist, Senior Psychologist, Welfare Officer Level 3/4
Remuneration: $77,358.00 - $147,108.00 pa (+ superannuation + salary packaging options)
Location: Orange, NSW – Find out more
Hours Per Week: 38
Applications Close: 10 April 2025 – 11:59pm

Senior Mental Health Clinician - Head to Health Kids Hub
Child & Family Youth Services Directorate - Head to Health Kids Hub

About the role

New service. New team. New approach.
You’re invited to take a lead role.

Head to Health Kids hub is a new community-based service providing mental health and wellbeing support for children up to the age of 12 years.

We’ll be delivering a service that provides care navigation and tailored support, and specialist assessment and treatment for children and their families with mild to moderate emotional, behaviour and mental health challenges.

Located in Orange with satellite services in Bathurst, we’ll be using flexible and creative approaches to increase the well-being and functioning of our clients, providing support from the hub, in the community, virtually, and in the home.

You’ll use the full range of your clinical and assessment skills, in a solution focused team that thrives on the challenge of delivering services and establishing a new approaches to meeting the needs of our children and community.

You’ll be joining an experienced and skilled multidisciplinary team, who share similar goals, and who’ll support and work collaboratively with you.

 You’ll be delivering the best of outcomes for local children and families, building their capacity, their wellbeing, and improving their future.

This is a career defining opportunity in a unique service.

As a Mental Health Care Navigator at Head to Health Kids, you’ll play a core role in initiating the delivery of high-quality clinical services to children (0-12 years) experiencing mild to moderate mental health and well-being challenges. You’ll take a child centred approach but will extend your scope to focus on the families and carers of our clients to contribute a truly wholistic health service in our community.

As the first point of contact with our clients you’ll use your assessment and flexible problem-solving skills to the fore, to determine the needs of our clients, and shape our response to it. You’ll be pivotal in engaging and supporting children and families within the Head to Health Kids Hub and guiding their support with other service providers.

You’ll be working closely with a range of internal and external care providers and partner organisations across health, education, social services, Aboriginal health, and disability sectors to ensure continuity of care for our clients and increase access to support options for children in our community, which will make full use of your communication and advocacy skills.

You’ll have the benefit of practicing within an experienced multidisciplinary team including allied health, nursing and medical staff reflecting the Hub based nature of the service, which will add to the scope of the support you’ll receive and be able to provide.

This is a core position within the service and the team and you’ll have access to ongoing support and mentoring in your role as well as opportunities for professional development.

This is a temporarily funded position until 30 June 2026 with the possibility of extension subject to funding.

To find out more about the role click to view the Position Description

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