Mental Health Clinician

Do you want to help make real change in a family’s life? Ready to be part of a multidisciplinary allied health team? Looking for increased work/life balance with flexible hours?

Connect Paediatric Therapy Services is leading the way in the Pilbara in providing high quality allied health services to children with disabilities and their families. Our clinics have expanded in Karratha and Broome and an opportunity for this important role is now available.

The Role: Based in the Karratha clinic, you will provide evidenced based mental health intervention, within a multidisciplinary team for children and adolescents with mild to moderate mental health presentations. You will also work closely with children who present with dual disability (disability and co-occurring mental health presentations). Under the guidance and support of our Senior Mental Health Clinician, you will work collaboratively with a large range of disciplines (including Speech Pathologists, Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Continence Physiotherapists, Dietitians and Positive Behaviour Support) to provide holistic care for your clients.

You will undertake a variety of assessments and screens including initial assessments with a detailed developmental history, and be provided the opportunity to develop formulations to support intervention planning. You will work closely with the key stakeholders in a child’s life to educate them to develop individualised strategies to support the child’s mental health in a variety of settings including the clinic, school and community-based therapy. This role will provide you with the opportunity to deliver services face to face and via telehealth across the Pilbara, Kimberley and beyond, with exciting opportunities for occasional travel to beautiful locations such as remote Pilbara & Kimberley towns.

Continued learning is embedded in Connect’s culture, and you will be supported with internal supervision and encouraged to continue professional development in your passion areas.

About you: Our ideal candidate will have a minimum of two years’ working with children and youth who experience anxiety and depression, emotional dysregulation and self-harm and be accredited with the appropriate body to provide mental health services through the Better Access Mental Health scheme and have experience. You will have experience working with children and adolescents with autism, FASD, Intellectual disability and/or developmental delays and thrive working as part of a multidisciplinary team. You will value the holistic approach to therapeutic intervention, have a passion for building quality relationships with your clients and their families and be comfortable holding difficult conversations.

• Self-motivated and adaptable to the needs of each client, as well as the team.
• Passionate about supporting and empowering families in regional WA.
• Knowledgeable of and committed to family centred practice.
• Able to provide quality written, verbal and interpersonal communication.
• Experienced in working as part of a multidisciplinary team, and independently.
• Excellent in time management and organisation.

What we offer:

• Flexible workplace arrangements – rostered days off/part time options.
• Additional 1-week Northwest Leave after 12 months of service.
• Paid Professional Development Leave – up to 3 days paid leave (pro-rata) after probation.
• Rural Health West Scholarships available – on acceptance of applications and dependant on eligibility criteria.
• Loyalty Leave – one weeks leave (pro-rata) after 3 years’ service.
• Incentive Bonus Scheme – Currently $300 bonus each quarter for achieving 100% of client service hours target.
• Realistic client service target hours – we invest in you!
• Structured clinical supervision – regular line management supervision, regular clinical supervision, peer supervision, multi/trans-disciplinary training workshops.
• Professional growth and development – possible Outreach opportunities, an environment of continuous and lifelong learning.
• Resources - use of work laptop and vehicle (to attend appointments) or mileage reimbursement.
• Relocation assistance (claimable through Rural Health West).
• Access to quality Employee Assistance Program (EAP) providing free sessions with qualified psychologists to help improve mental health and overall wellbeing.
• Work in a multidisciplinary team (over 200 years of combined experience) to support the needs of children and their families.
• Career progression opportunities with a ‘promote within’ culture.
• ‘End of term’ social events.

Employment Criteria:

• Current membership with AHPRA and other relevant professional body as a Registered Psychologist, Occupational Therapist or Social Worker.
• Registration with Medicare to provide services under the Better Health initiative.
• Completion of 100-point identification check.
• Ability to obtain a WA Working with Children Check.
• Ability to obtain NDIS Worker Screening Check.

About Connect: Connect has been thriving in regional WA since 2016, delivering services as a registered NDIS provider and servicing private clients. Our proven success as a local regional therapy provider is based on our understanding of the unique challenges to providing quality services in remote WA. Our solutions focused team is motivated to collaborate creatively to support children and young people with a variety of needs. It is our mission to give children in regional areas access to the high-quality services they need, and work towards bridging the gap in healthcare for Aboriginal communities. Our service model focuses on delivering multidisciplinary allied health services, utilising the latest evidence-based interventions. Connect prides itself on its positive, harmonious and inclusive workplace culture. Our team are vibrant, friendly and welcoming. We go the extra mile to always support each other. Connect values professional development and a ‘lifelong learning’ mindset and prioritise this by ensuring access to clinical seniors and providing frequent PD opportunities both internally and externally.

Connect Paediatric Therapy Services is an Equal Opportunity Employer, we embrace and value diversity and encourage people with a disability or Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander applicants to apply.