Family Clinician – headspace Nowra Grand Pacific Health

JOB DESCRIPTION

  • Make a positive difference to the lives of young people in the community
  • Generous salary packaging options – increase your take home pay!
  • Join a team that is passionate, inclusive and supportive
About us
 
headspace provides support to young people aged 12-25 experiencing mild to moderate or emerging mental health issues. The multidisciplinary team at headspace Nowra work to improve health, social, vocational and educational outcomes for young people.
 
Grand Pacific Health is the lead agency of headspace Nowra.  We are a not-for-profit, primary health care organisation providing locally-tailored, high quality physical and mental health services across NSW and the ACT.
 
About the position
 
The Family Clinician will work with the headspace team, young people and their family, carers and friends to provide an evidence-based, family inclusive service to people accessing the headspace centre. 
 
The Family Clinician will also support the headspace team in the work they do with families, take a lead in developing relationships and referral pathways with family services in the Nowra region as well as lead the teams approach to family and carer involvement in service development. 
 
This is a part time (15 hours per week), fixed term opportunity to 30 June 2024 with possibility for extension.  Hours and days are negotiable.
 
Why join GPH? 
 
  • Flexible work arrangements to find your best work life balance
  • Continuous learning and development opportunities
  • Regular supervision and support 
  • Generous salary packaging options – increase your take home pay!
  • We make a positive difference to the lives of those we support!
We are looking for someone with:

  1. Passion and experience working with young people, families, friends and carers
  2. Relevant qualifications in either counselling, social work, psychology or equivalent
  3. Experience delivering group and individual interventions with families and carers
  4. Demonstrated knowledge of evidence-based approaches to assessment and family intervention
Interested?
 
Visit our website www.gph.org.au/employment to download Position Description and our Employee Benefits Information and click the ‘apply’ button to submit your application. 
 
For more information contact: Emily Pretzler, Service Manager, phone 02 4446 7300 or email [email protected]

Applications close: Sunday 10 September 2023
 
*Please note that short-listing of candidates will commence prior to the closure of this role, so please do not delay submitting your application.
 
We welcome applications from people with lived experience of mental health, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from the LGBTQI community, young people from multicultural communities and people with a disability.
 
Selected applicants will be asked to provide evidence of compliance with COVID-19 Vaccination. 
 

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