Senior Access Clinician

• 0.8 FTE (Tuesday to Friday), ongoing position
• Based at our Rosny Park office, on the lands of the muwinina People
• Competitive salary based on quals & experience + 12% Super + Salary Packaging benefits of up to $18,550 p.a.

Help young people access the right support, at the right time.

At headspace Eastern Shore, we support young people aged 12-25 and their families to navigate challenges relating to mental health, physical health, alcohol and other drugs, and work or study. As part of a multidisciplinary team, you'll play a critical role in ensuring young people can access timely, high-quality support when they need it most.

Your role, your impact

As our Senior Access Clinician, you'll be one of the first clinical touchpoints for young people entering the service. Using your clinical expertise and sound judgement, you'll assess needs, manage risk, support safety planning and connect young people and families with the right supports at the right time.

This role suits an experienced clinician who enjoys combining intake, triage, direct clinical work and care coordination. Working with young people experiencing a range of mental health concerns, including complex and co-occurring needs, you'll help ensure no young person falls through the gaps by providing responsive, client-centred and family-inclusive care.

In this role you will:

• Lead intake, triage and assessment activities for young people accessing headspace Eastern Shore
• Conduct mental health, risk and safety assessments and provide evidence-based early intervention support
• Develop safety plans and deliver short-term interventions, including single session therapy, family support and psychoeducation
• Coordinate referrals and treatment pathways to connect young people with the most appropriate supports
• Manage a caseload requiring senior clinical expertise, including young people experiencing complex and co-occurring concerns
• Partner with families, carers and support networks to deliver family-inclusive care
• Contribute to multidisciplinary case discussions and service improvement initiatives
• Build stakeholder relationships and strengthen referral pathways to improve service access and integrated care
• Provide clinical leadership and guidance on risk management, consent, confidentiality and mandatory reporting

About you

You’re an experienced mental health clinician who can quickly build rapport with young people and families while confidently managing assessment, triage and risk processes.

You’ll bring:

• Minimum tertiary qualification/s in Nursing, Psychology, Occupational Therapy or Social Work and registration with AHPRA or eligibility for membership with AASW
• Experience supporting young people experiencing mental health concerns, including complex or co-occurring presentations
• Experience conducting intake, psychosocial and risk assessments
• Experience developing safety plans and responding to clinical risk
• Strong understanding of child and youth mental health and early intervention frameworks
• Excellent attention to detail and ability to balance competing priorities
• Confidence navigating complex service systems and referral pathways
• Current Driver's Licence

What will make you stand out?

• Experience delivering Single Session Therapy
• Dual diagnosis capability and experience
• Experience working within headspace or youth mental health settings
• Experience providing telehealth or online counselling services

What's in it for you?

Each is the Lead Agency for headspace. At Each you’ll be supported to be your best.

We provide:

• Diversity & belonging – We value all backgrounds, abilities, and identities and are committed to cultural safety
• Boost your take-home pay – Not-for-Profit Salary Packaging (up to $15,900 tax-free per year) plus an extra $2,650 tax-free for meals and entertainment
• Employee benefits - Maxxia offer a range of benefits to their salary packaging customers including cashback from over 400 retailers (including supermarkets, cinemas, travel, clothing retailers)
• Professional development & training – Access mentoring, supervision, leadership 
  
  pathways, and discipline-specific learning
• Endless career opportunities – With over 200 programs across QLD, NSW, ACT, TAS and VIC, there are plenty of pathways to progress
• More leave when you need it – 4 or 5 weeks annual leave (dependent upon award or agreement coverage), paid parental leave, personal/carer’s leave, cultural and gender affirmation leave, and the option to purchase extra leave
• Extra savings on the side – Access novated leasing for a cost-effective way to manage your vehicle expenses
• Free, confidential support – Our Employee Assistance Program is available for you and your family

To view the full Position Description, click here or visit each.com.au, go to Work With Us > Careers > Open Roles and search for this position.

For more information or a confidential conversation, please contact Rach Sylvester – headspace Services Manager, via [email protected]

Applications Close: Tuesday 27th October 2026

Please note that applications will be reviewed as they are received. Interviews may take place during the advertising period, so don't miss out and apply today.

Our Commitment to Inclusion at Each

At Each, inclusion is at the heart of how we work, connect and care. We're committed to a workplace where everyone feels safe, respected and able to be themselves. We celebrate diversity in all its forms, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, LGBTIQA+ communities, people with disability, people from diverse cultural and faith backgrounds, people with lived and/or living experience and people of all ages and genders.

Each is a child safe organisation with zero tolerance for child abuse, and we are committed to protecting the safety and wellbeing of all children and young people.

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