Clinician – Access & Brief Intervention

Who we are
At EACH, our vision is for a healthy and inclusive community.

Founded on the vision that everyone is entitled to good health, we’re one of the nation’s leading health and community service providers, offering a broad range of services for over 40 years. Our services include Community Health, Mental Health, NDIS, Counselling, Support for Older Australians, and Family Services.

Who we’re looking for
If you’re a Service Access professional, qualified with a diploma or degree in either Social Worker, Youth Worker, or Psychology Professional, enjoy variety in your day, and have demonstrated experience in working with young people and families in a mental health setting, you might be exactly the person we’re looking for!

As part of our headspace team based at Narre Warren, EACH is looking for an Access and Brief Intervention Clinician with experience in intake assessments with young people, knowledge and experience of brief intervention and single session therapy with families and carers, clinical skills in working with young people and their families/carers with mental health issues in an early intervention framework and experience in providing mental health assessments, psycho-eduction and short term interventions to young people experiencing mental health difficulties.

You will also have a thorough understanding of the mental health and broader service system to provide access allocation as part of the Intake Duty process, involving handling new referrals, phone screening and seeing walk-in appointments making a huge difference to the lives of young people.

What you’ll be doing
The Access and Brief Intervention Clinician position is a crucial role within the headspace service, and will be required to undertake a number of activities including but not limited to engaging, screening and providing limited brief interventions for young people aged 12-25 who seek help through headspace, their families, and carers. This position will work in conjunction with the headspace Intake team and partnering agencies. As the point of access to headspace for young people & other community members, this position will complete a comprehensive screening assessment of young people, coordinate supported referrals, and provide therapeutic holding and brief intervention.

As the point of access to headspace for young people & other community members, this position will complete a range of screening assessments of young people via phone and walk-in appointments, as well as coordinate referrals and provide single session support.

Who you’ll be working with
The Access and Brief Intervention Clinician is accountable to the Intake Team Leader and sits within the Intake Team. The position will be primarily based at the Narre Warren headspace centre, but the flexibility to work from other headspace service sites will be required.

Working with other professionals at headspace within a variety of disciplines, our team is dedicated to giving clients the best possible support.

What we offer
EACH offers all staff benefits by offering Not for Profit Salary Packaging, a flexible workplace strategy, and support through a comprehensive Employee Assistance Program.