Very Helpful Chats is a virtual psychology and allied health practice providing mental health treatment, assessments and coaching to neurodivergent adults and adolescents. We are now seeking new clinical team members and contractors – anywhere in Australia – to provide neurodiversity-affirming clinical services via telehealth.

Position Summary :

The Psychologist / Occupational Therapist / Speech therapist and Dietitian will be responsible for providing mental health treatment, assessments, coaching, NDIS capacity-building services and other clinical services to neurodivergent adults and adolescents via telehealth.

Employee Benefits:

• Employees will receive ongoing employment in a permanent work from home role. Full-time and part-time roles are available. Choose your days and times around your needs and commitments.
• Salary negotiable dependent upon experience post registration/accreditation, starting at $85,000 for new grads and prov psychs and up to $120,000 for experienced professionals with >8 years in the profession.
• A very supportive management and administration team will handle the marketing to help you find your ideal clients – matched to your strengths and interests. 
• You will be working with great colleagues in a workplace where you will receive genuine respect and understanding for your neurodivergence, disability, and physical and mental health needs. We treat our staff just as well as we do our clients!
• Includes supervision, training, CPD webinars and courses, daily team communication & interaction.  

Independent contractor benefits:

•  Be your own boss as an independent contractor in a business-to-business arrangement. We provide you with marketing, administration and diary management and you provide our clients with high-quality, evidence-based neurodiversity-affirming clinical services.
• A very supportive management and administration team will handle the advertising and marketing to help you find your ideal clients matched to your strengths and interests.
• You will be contracting to a workplace where you will receive genuine respect and understanding for your neurodivergence, disability, and physical and mental health needs.
• Contractor rates between $100 and $190 per appointment dependent upon experience post-registration-accreditation. 

Key Requirements (depending on discipline) may include :

• Qualifications, registration/accreditation and experience working as a psychologist or provisional psychologist, occupational therapist, speech therapist or dietitian (essential)
• Experience delivering mental health treatment to adults and/or adolescents (essential).
• Experience working with neurodivergent adults including Autistic adults, adult ADHD’ers, adults with learning differences, intellectual disability (desirable)
• Experience delivering mental health treatment to adults and/or adolescents living with chronic physical health conditions, chronic illness or chronic pain (desirable).
• Experience providing sensory and interoceptive interventions for neurodivergent adults or adolescents (desirable).
• Experience in psychological assessment of ADHD and Autism and report writing (desirable).
• Experience in the assessment of functional capacity and disability needs and report writing for NDIS purposes (desirable)
• Lived experience of ADHD, Autism, learning differences, disability, mental illness, chronic physical illness or chronic pain (desirable).
• Own computer with high speed, reliable internet and a private office (essential).

Job responsibilities (depending on discipline) may include the ability to:

• Deliver neurodiversity-affirming individual consultations via telehealth to adult and adolescent clients seeking mental health treatment, coaching, sensory and interoceptive support, and NDIS capacity-building services.
• Provide other clinical services to clients via telehealth as agreed and in line with skills and experience.
• Conduct psychological assessments to identify Autism or ADHD in adult and adolescent clients and prepare neurodiversity-affirming written reports.
• Conduct assessments of functional capacity and disability needs and prepare written reports for NDIS applications and reviews.
• Conduct risk assessments and develop safety plans when indicated.
• Develop treatment goals and intervention areas in collaboration with clients that are tailored to the individual’s needs, disability and life circumstances.
• Meet reporting requirements for clients referred under Medicare and DVA.
• Participate in supervision and continuing professional development activities to maintain registration requirements.
• Maintain confidentiality of clients in accordance with federal and state privacy laws.

HOW TO APPLY:

1. Have a look at our website www.veryhelpfulchats.com.au and see if you think you would be a good fit.

2. If you have any questions before applying please email Nicolle at recruitment at veryhelpfulchats.com.au

3. Please submit your application through the Happy HR system by clicking ‘apply now’ on the relevant job ad:

Dietitian: https://www.happyhr.com/jobs/single-page/?id=823
Psychologist: https://www.happyhr.com/jobs/single-page/?id=819

Occupational therapist: https://www.happyhr.com/jobs/single-page/?id=820
Speech therapist: https://www.happyhr.com/jobs/single-page/?id=823