About Us

Anglicare NT is a respected provider of quality human services across urban, regional and remote area. 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.

Anglicare NT offers great benefits, including a commitment to further training and development options, flexible working conditions, five (5) week’s annual leave and a strengths-based environment. We also offer great salary packaging options that can significantly increase your take-home pay.

Our motto of Hope, Kindness, Respect, Fairness and Integrity articulates our values of cultural respect, social justice and partnership. By living our values, we work to achieve excellent outcomes and make a lasting difference in the lives of Territorians.

About the Position

You will be responsible for the effective and high-quality implementation and delivery of headspace Palmerston services. This will include being actively involved in the final stages of the establishment of the new centre, overseeing the co-design process utilising effective engagement and consultation with young people, the community and service providers in the wider Palmerston region.

You will provide dynamic leadership including management to salaried, contracted, and co-located service providers to ensure the delivery of early intervention youth mental health services to young people aged 12-25 within the headspace model of evidence based best practice.

To be successful in this role you will have approved tertiary qualification and minimum 5 years' experience of leadership in a health-related discipline. Registration with the relevant regulatory body such as APHRA or membership of and adherence to professional standards, such as the AASW for Social Workers. Post graduate qualifications are desirable. And demonstrated effective leadership and management skills and experience in providing leadership with multidisciplinary teams is essential, ideally within an adolescent clinical mental health service.

Please note: It is a requirement that prior to commencing in this role, you must possess a Working with Children (Ochre Card), a National Criminal History Check (within 3 months) and a current Northern Territory manual driver’s licence.

It is mandatory for certain workers in certain settings in the Northern Territory to be vaccinated against COVID-19 in line with the NT’s Chief Health Officer’s direction. If you are wanting to work with us, you will be required to provide evidence of your COVID-19 vaccination status.

If you are interested in this position or would like to discuss further, please contact Julia Wormer, Operations Manager on 08 8931 5999.

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.