• Part-time (0.4 - 0.8 FTE) fixed term position until 30/07/21 (possible renewal subject to funding)
• NFP Salary Packaging increasing take home pay; work/life balance
• Parkville base (initially commence working from home)
• Leading organisation in youth mental health

Exciting opportunity for a youth mental health clinician to directly support young people using our MOST platform as it rolls out across Victoria. 

About the role and its impact

Orygen Digital is seeking to hire youth mental health clinicians to directly support young people using our Moderated Online Social Therapy (MOST) platform as it rolls out across Victorian youth mental health services. As the Online Youth Mental Health Clinician, you will assist MOST users with other appropriate features, such as social networking, and peer and vocational support. This role is responsible for maintaining weekly contact with MOST users, via messaging, discussions on the online forums, text message or telephone contact. This role will work collaboratively with other internal and external staff in support of young people, such as peer and vocational workers, and other clinicians.

There is flexibility to request your preferred fixed number of hours per week for this role, ranging from 0.4 to 0.8 FTE. As Orygen is currently recruiting to a number of similar clinical roles within our headspace centres, there is also an option to apply for a “blended” role where clinicians may work across both programs, such as three days with headspace and two days with Orygen Digital. If you are interested in this blended approach, please apply for BOTH roles and indicate this in your application, specifying number of days you wish to work in each role. This opportunity offers exciting possibilities in developing a deeper understanding of health care delivery and technologies for mental health. For a list of these blended roles, please click here or visit our website.  

As a guide, remuneration of $57,265 – $75,148 per annum pro rata plus superannuation is offered, dependent on skills and experience; NFP generous salary sacrificing opportunities are also available to the successful candidate.

Please refer to the Position Description for other duties, skills and experience required for this position.

About you

To be considered you will need:

• A tertiary qualification in a relevant discipline including psychology, social work, occupational therapy or other mental health profession with eligibility for appropriate membership with accredited registering body;
• An understanding of youth mental health systems and an ability to apply this knowledge to the Orygen Digital context;
• Experience working in clinical settings within the Victoria youth mental health system;
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and demonstrated ability to facilitate a therapeutic alliance via digital means;
• Demonstrated awareness of mental health and social issues, experience working with individuals experiencing crises, and experience working with individuals working with high risk clients;
• Passion for empowering young people to achieve their mental health goals. 

About us

Orygen is the world’s leading research and knowledge translation organisation focusing on mental ill-health in young people. Find out more on our website.

Orygen is an equal opportunity employer. We are dedicated to attracting, developing and retaining our staff irrespective of gender identity, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability and age. Applications are encouraged from all sectors of the community.  We strongly encourage applications from the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community.

Orygen is committed to providing an inclusive work environment that supports employees to achieve their career goals without compromising their life goals.  With this in mind Orygen offers a range of employment benefits including generous paid leave, flexible work arrangement, access to NFP salary packaging and an employee assistance program.

For a private and confidential discussion, please contact Dan Code at [email protected], using the subject line: Online Youth Mental Health Clinician enquiry via EthicalJobs.

Orygen reserves the right to close the advertisement before this date is reached. Therefore, it is encouraged that you submit your application as soon as possible.

A position description is attached.