Mental Health Clinician in Darwin

Access to paid professional development opportunities.

This specialist role provides assessment, evidence-based treatment and care coordination for young people experiencing eating disorders or severe disordered eating, while working closely with families and key service providers to achieve positive outcomes.

Working as part of a multidisciplinary team, you’ll collaborate closely with the Royal Darwin Hospital Child and Adolescent Eating Disorder Service, GPs, families and community partners to ensure young people receive the right support at the right time.

As Clinician you will:

• Provide assessment, treatment and care coordination for young people experiencing eating disorders and severe disordered eating.
• Deliver evidence-based interventions including Family Based Treatment (FBT), CBT-E, or other best-practice approaches.
• Work collaboratively with young people, families and support networks to promote recovery.
• Coordinate care across multiple services to ensure integrated and effective treatment.
• Provide secondary consultation and support to clinicians and other service providers.
• Contribute to service development, quality improvement initiatives and evidence-based practice.
• Support positive outcomes for young Aboriginal people and their families through culturally responsive practice.

To be successful in this role you will have:

• A relevant tertiary qualification (Allied Health) and professional registration or membership (such as AHPRA or AASW).
• Experience delivering mental health interventions and care coordination.
• Experience working with eating disorders, or strong mental health clinical skills and a willingness to undertake specialist training.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.
• The ability to work collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams and across service systems.
• 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.

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.