Mental Health Clinician in Darwin

Make a difference in the lives of young people and their families.

Well‑supported role with supervision and clinical consultation. Salary Packaging option & 5 weeks annual leave.

Anglicare NT is a respected provider of quality human services across urban, regional, and remote areas. Anglicare NT offers a range of career opportunities in the community and social services sector in a diverse range of fields such as children and youth, family relationships and counselling, refugee and migrant, corporate services, financial counselling, mental health, disability and home care, social enterprises, and specialist homelessness services.

About headspace: headspace is a busy and innovative youth mental health service providing a variety of mental health, medical, sexual and other health related services as well as vocational, functional groups and social services to young people aged 12 to 25 years and their families.

At headspace, we offer great benefits, including:

• Generous Leave Entitlements: enjoy five (5) weeks annual leave plus twelve (12) weeks paid parental leave to balance work and life.
• Professional Growth: access evidence-based therapeutic training, ongoing learning opportunities, and five paid study days each year.
• Positive Team Culture: work within a positive team culture with like-minded staff all striving to support young people and families in our communities.
• Wellbeing Support: benefit from our Employee Assistance Program for confidential guidance and care.
• Early access to long service leave: from 7 years of continuous service.
• Salary packaging options: that can significantly increase your take-home pay.

About the Opportunity: For many young people, a first experience of psychosis can feel confusing and overwhelming. At headspace Darwin, we help young people aged 12–25 find hope, understanding and a pathway to recovery at one of the most critical moments of their lives.

We’re looking for a skilled, compassionate clinician to join our Early Psychosis team, working within the Australian Early Psychosis Program (AEPP) model of care. This is a rare opportunity to provide wrap ‑ around, evidence ‑ based, long ‑ term support, not just short ‑ term crisis responses.

In this role, you’ll:

• Deliver youth ‑ friendly, recovery ‑ focused assessment and therapeutic interventions for young people experiencing symptoms of psychosis.
• Support clients from initial presentation through to ongoing engagement and recovery.
• Conduct comprehensive risk assessments and collaborative safety planning.
• Work closely with families, carers and external services using a “no wrong door” approach.
• Practice within a strength ‑ based, trauma ‑ informed and culturally safe framework, including working alongside young Aboriginal people and their families.
• Contribute to group programs, community education and service development.

To be successful you will:

• Have an approved tertiary qualification in a relevant health discipline (e.g. Social Work, Psychology, OT, Mental Health Nursing).
• Hold current registration with AHPRA or professional membership (e.g. AASW).
• Have experience delivering mental health interventions with young people.
• Be confident in risk assessment, safety planning and collaborative care.
• Have the ability to work respectfully and collaboratively with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people, their families, communities, staff, and Aboriginal controlled organisations.

Note: The filling of this position is intended to constitute a special/equal opportunity measure under section 8(1) of the Racial Discrimination Act 1975 (Cth), section 57 of the Antidiscrimination Act 1996 (NT) and section 12 of the Equal Opportunity Act 2010. Special Measures vacancies are open to everyone including Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. However, Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander applicants will be granted priority consideration for this vacancy.

As part of the recruitment process, please address the key selection criteria using the online application on the Anglicare NT website. For further information on this exciting opportunity, please contact the Program Manager Early Psychosis on (08) 8931 5900.

Applications for this position may be closed earlier than anticipated or extended at the discretion of the hiring manager.

Please note: It is a requirement that prior to commencing in this role, you must provide 100 points of identification to confirm Australian citizenship or eligibility to work in Australia; possess a Working with Children (Ochre Card), a current National Criminal History Check (within 3 months) and a valid NT driver’s licence.

Unfortunately, we aren't able to sponsor candidate visas. If you don't have the independent right to work in the country you're applying for, we will not be able to progress your application.

Experience of working closely with and having a strong understanding of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander culture would be considered an advantage.

Anglicare NT is a Child Safe, Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer and strongly encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to apply. Anglicare NT is committed to providing a safe working environment and taking all reasonably practicable steps to ensure that its people and the community are protected against vaccine-preventable diseases.