APS6 Clinician

Are you passionate about making a difference in the lives of individuals and families who are in need of mental health support?  Are you highly skilled and compassionate Clinician looking for a meaningful career opportunity. 
 
We are partnering with our client, Open Arms to recruit a number of APS6 Clinicians for their 24/7 Contact Centre.  Open Arms provides individual, couples and family counselling to help improve resilience as well as enhancing mental health wellbeing.
 
As a Clinician, you will play a crucial role in supporting the mental health and well-being of those who have served our country.  Your responsibilities will include:

• Triaging and coordinating intakes and referral of clients to the regions for allocation to services. This will include referrals of individuals, couples, families and complex and potentially high risk cases via a number of referral pathways.
• Provision of high-quality clinical services including assessment and referral, evidence based individual, couple and family counselling, and case management to eligible clients in order to achieve outcomes identified in care planning processes.
• Provision of specialised counselling intervention tools and models dependent on client needs and ensuring work is carried out to a high standard of professionalism, efficiency and effectiveness.
• Provision of specialised counselling intervention tools and models dependent on client needs and ensuring work is carried out to a high standard of professionalism, efficiency and effectiveness.
• Ensuring risk assessment and safety planning is completed during intake calls and appropriate follow up action taken.
• Applying quality assurance principles and procedures to ensure the clinical practice, reporting and invoicing activities of outreach counsellors meet contractual requirements.
• Participation in and contribution to ongoing learning and development activities and maintenance of professional status.

To be successful you will have:

• Qualifications as a registered Psychologist / Mental Health Occupational Therapist / Mental Health Registered Nurse with full AHPRA registration or
• Qualification as a Social Worker eligible for membership of the AASW and eligibility for Mental Health accreditation.
• Working with Children (WWC) and/or Vulnerable People Checks/Clearance must be obtained prior to commencement.
• Flexibility to work within a 24/7 roster.
• An Australian Citizen and willing to undertake a National Police Clearance

In return you will receive:

• An 18 mth contract + extensions, $93,976 - $106,713 + over time penalities outside of Monday to Friday 7am to 6pm + 15.4% super.
• 9 day fortnight
• Whilst full time on offer, may consider part/time, minimum 28 hrs per week
• Ongoing training and development
• Hybrid model
• Brisbane, CBD

If you’re interested and have the relevant skills and experience please apply now or contact Mel Ireland at DFP Recruitment on 07 3239 2598, mireland@dfp.com.au.

DFP welcomes applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds and people with disability. In addition, DFP will provide reasonable adjustments for individuals with disability throughout the recruitment process. If you identify as a person with disability and require adjustments to the application, recruitment, selection and/or assessment process, please advise via adjustments@dfp.com.au or 1300 337 000 and indicate your preferred method of communication (email, phone, text) so we can keep in touch and meet your accessibility needs.