Clinical - Senior Clinician

📍 Location: headspace Mount Druitt + outreach across Penrith, Parramatta & community
🕒 Type: Casual opportunity, rotating shifts with WFH options
💼 Program: headspace Early Psychosis (Uniting)
💰 Salary: HPA Level 3 (commensurate with experience) + Salary Packaging (pay less tax)
💵 Additional loading: 15% for evenings, 50% for weekends

Make a lasting impact on youth mental health in Western Sydney

We are seeking a Senior Clinician to join our Mobile Assessment & Treatment Team (MATT) at headspace Early Psychosis, operated by Uniting. This vital outreach program supports young people aged 12–25 who are at risk of or experiencing a first episode of psychosis.

You’ll work within a supportive multi-disciplinary team to deliver assertive community-based care, conducting biopsychosocial assessments and delivering brief interventions.

Role Overview

The overall aims of clinical care within the Mobile Assessment and Treatment Team service will include

• Deliver assertive outreach support in community and home settings.

• Conduct thorough biopsychosocial assessments and provide evidence-based mental health interventions.

• Detect early signs of psychosis and intervene proactively.

• Engage with young people and their families to promote recovery and prevent deterioration.

• Work on a rotating shift roster (with loadings for evenings/weekends).

• Travel between Mount Druitt, Penrith, and Parramatta as well as community locations.

• Collaborate with social workers, psychologists, nurses, and medical staff.

About You:

• Qualifications & Registration
  Degree-qualified in Social Work, Nursing, Psychology, or Occupational Therapy
  Eligible for AHPRA registration or appropriate professional body membership
• Full Driver’s Licence

Experience & Skills

• 5+ years in mental health, with strong community and outreach experience
• Expertise in conducting assessments, crisis intervention, and care planning
• Clinical leadership experience and staff supervision skills
• Deep understanding of early psychosis models and youth development
• Familiarity with relevant legislation (e.g., Mental Health Act, CYPCPA)

Why Join Us?

• 💰 Salary Packaging – take home more pay
• 💼 Professional Development – training in clinical, cultural, and recovery-oriented care
• 🤝 Team Culture – multi-disciplinary, stable, and supportive team environment
• 🚗 Flexibility – WFH options and flexible rostering
• 🚀 Career Growth – opportunities across Uniting’s large network

📧 Enquiries:
Pallavi Bhatia – Talent Acquisition Specialist
📩 [email protected]

About Uniting: When you’re part of Uniting NSW.ACT, you’re part of a diverse, purpose-led team of people who are really making a difference to the world around them. We contribute to the work and mission of the Uniting Church in NSW and the ACT through social justice advocacy, community services and spiritual care. We provide care and support for people through all ages and stages of life, with a focus on people experiencing disadvantage and vulnerability. Our purpose is to inspire people, enliven communities and confront injustice.

Uniting leaders and employees work together to create a culture that is safe, inclusive and person-centred. We bring this to life every day through our values: compassionate, respectful, imaginative and bold.

Uniting acknowledges the continuing sovereignty and rich cultural diversity of Australia’s First Peoples. We pay our respects to all Elders – past, present, and emerging – and to all First Peoples on whose lands we live and work. Uniting is a Child Safe Organisation committed to promoting the safety, wellbeing and inclusion of children and young people.