Do you want to be part of an innovative organisation that makes a real difference?

Who are we?

At Sonder, we’ve been helping people across South Australia to improve their wellbeing and live better lives since 1993. We support thousands of people each year with mental health challenges, drug and alcohol use concerns, chronic disease management and employment.

Why are we hiring?

You may have noticed recently that Sonder has been advertising a large number of role opportunities - this is all due to our significant growth which has resulted in us being able to support more people in more communities. Whilst our growth has led to us now employing over 300 people, we’ve made sure to retain our friendly culture and practical approach.

What benefits can we offer?

When you work with Sonder, you become part of the Sonder family and that provides you with a number of benefits such as:

• Flexible working arrangements (compressed hours/ opportunity to work at different locations)
• Extra week of paid leave over Christmas
• Professional development allowance
• Can offer endorsement supervision
• Generous salary packaging options
• Meal & entertainment allowances
• Paid parental leave, and much more!

Sonder are open to negotiating further benefits with the successful applicant to ensure an excellent working environment for you.

Learn about the position:

The Mental Health Clinician will work as part of a multidisciplinary mental health team to deliver focused psychological interventions for individuals with mental health disorders in a primary care setting.

Reporting to the Mental Health Clinical Leadership Group, your responsibilities will be:

• Providing clinical therapeutic services (individual and group) to clients across a range of teams (adult, adolescents, women in the perinatal period, children, acute etc.) within the Sonder service areas.
• Planning and implementing assessment and treatment services
• Group program development and implementation where appropriate and necessary
• Liaison and consultation with other professional employees
• Participation in individual and group supervision, and attendance at team meetings and external meetings

Locations: Positions available at both our Northern and Western Centres

Experience requirements:

• Demonstrated experience working within a fast-paced environment.
• A minimum 2 years supervised experience in the area of mental health.
• A minimum 2 years relevant professional development and or supervision.
• Experience in delivery cognitive behaviour therapy and other evidence based interventions.

Qualification requirements:

• Knowledge and experience in using the Microsoft suite of software and databases.
• Qualified in one of the following disciplines and membership to associated professional body; Psychology, Social Work, Occupational Therapy, or Mental Health Nursing
• Current and full registration with the appropriate registration authority (AASW, AHPRA)
• Current National Police Check
• Current Child Safe Environments

*We encourage all applicants to read through the full position description before applying. This can be found at http://sonder.net.au/careers/

Please note: In accordance with the Emergency Management Direction No 2, regarding Healthcare Setting Workers, it is a condition of employment that you have the first dose of COVID-19 vaccination by 8th November 2021 or have an endorsed medical exemption that meets government requirements.

How to apply:

Applicants are requested to send a cover letter and resume to Sonder via our careers portal on our website.

Feel free to send any enquiries to [email protected], using the subject line: Mental Health Clinician - North & West enquiry via EthicalJobs.