At a Glance
- Tasks: Provide mental health support and assessments in a collaborative, multidisciplinary team.
- Company: Help aHead Caringbah, a hub for integrated mental health and wellbeing services.
- Benefits: Flexible work arrangements, salary packaging, professional development, and parental leave.
- Other info: Join a passionate team dedicated to supporting connected communities across NSW and ACT.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in people's lives while growing your career in mental health.
- Qualifications: AHPRA registration or relevant accreditation in mental health fields required.
The predicted salary is between 66150 - 80850 $ per year.
Help a Head Caringbah is an integrated, person centred hub connecting mental health, alcohol and other drugs, physical health and psychosocial supports.
Our multidisciplinary team brings clinical, peer, cultural and community expertise together to provide coordinated support that reflects peoples lives, relationships and wellbeing.
As a Mental Health Clinician at Help a Head Caringbah, you will bring specialist mental health expertise to a multidisciplinary team.
You will provide focused assessment and evidence based therapeutic support that strengthens the consumers goals and direction.
Your specialist input will be integrated around one shared wellbeing plan, so consumers experience support as connected and coherent rather than fragmented.
This position is a full-time fixed term opportunity until the 30 June 2027, with possibility for extension.
Full-time positions have the option to enjoy a monthly RDO.
This role may include extended hours as the service operates Monday - Friday, with some extended hours on these days (up to 7pm - two days per week).
- A positive work culture by offering flexible work arrangements that support your wellbeing
- Ongoing professional development and supervision
- Increase your take home pay by salary packaging up to $15,900 + $2,650 meals and entertainment
- GPH Staff Conference
- Employer paid parental leave on top of the government PPL Scheme
- Free and confidential Employee Assistance Program
Duties
- Deliver consumer focused, brief, goal oriented, evidence based psychological interventions (individual and group).
- Complete mental health (biopsychosocial) assessments and contribute to shared wellbeing and recovery planning as part of the integrated model of care.
- Participate in intake processes to support timely responses to referrals and appropriate matching of support intensity to need.
- Contribute to multidisciplinary meetings/case conferences and coordinated care, adding specialist mental health expertise without restarting care.
- Support family and carer involvement where possible and where the consumer wants this.
- Maintain accurate clinical documentation, data entry and file management in line with legislative, policy and funding requirements.
Skills & Experience
- Current full AHPRA registration as a clinical psychologist, registered psychologist, Credentialed Mental Health Nurse, or Occupational Therapist (accredited with OTA as meeting the Australian Competency Standards for occupational therapists in mental health), or accreditation with the AASW as a Mental Health Social Worker.
- Demonstrated experience in undertaking comprehensive mental health assessments and development of intervention plans in collaboration with consumers and their family and carers.
- Demonstrated skills and experience in providing holistic, evidence-based therapeutic services.
- Understanding of the biological, psychological and social underpinnings of mental health
- About Grand Pacific Health
What we care about most is supporting healthier, happier, more connected communities across NSW and the ACT.
We’re a for-purpose organisation delivering high-quality, low- or no-cost physical, mental and social health services.
With over 25 locations across NSW and ACT we are a passionate team we’re here for everyone, especially those experiencing or at greater risk of disadvantage.
Interested?
Applications close: Monday October 12th 2026
Shortlisting may begin prior to the closing date.
For more information contact: Bec Bennett, Service Manager, Caringbah Help a Head, 0412460***, ********@gph. org. au
Our Commitment to Inclusion
We welcome applications from people with lived experience, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, LGBTQIA+ communities, people from culturally diverse backgrounds, and people with disability.
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Mental Health Clinician in Sydney employer: Grand Pacific Health Ltd
Help aHead Caringbah is an exceptional employer that prioritises the wellbeing of its staff and the communities they serve. With a strong focus on professional development, flexible work arrangements, and a supportive work culture, employees can thrive while making a meaningful impact in mental health care. The opportunity to engage in multidisciplinary teamwork and access generous salary packaging further enhances the appeal of this role in a vibrant location dedicated to fostering healthier, happier communities.
