Senior Mental Health Clinician

Ready to take the next step in your clinical career? We are looking for an ambitious Senior Mental Health Clinician for our Geraldton team!

• Open to full-time or part-time employment | 0.8 - 1 FTE
• New Program - Youth Enhanced Service (YES)
• Contract until June 2027 - apply now!

What we offer

• Access to ongoing professional development opportunities
• Youth Focus is a recognised Inclusive Employer (Diversity Council Australia 2025-2026)
• Salary packaging commensurate to an NFP - up to $18,550 pa
• Generous paid parental leave (up to 13 weeks) and long service leave (up to 12 weeks)
• Additional annual leave, and other leave offerings (including gifted Christmas leave)
• An opportunity to make your mark and impact on a new youth mental health services

About the Role

Reporting to the Clinical Lead, this position will deliver evidenced based interventions to young people accessing Youth Focus services. The incumbent will provide supervision, mentoring and guidance to staff as required. The key responsibilities include:

• Provide office-based, outreach, and/or telehealth individual or group interventions to young people accessing services.
• Establish and maintain effective relationships with schools to facilitate access to psychological services to young people within a school setting
• Coordinate case management and evidence-based therapeutic mental health care based on individual needs of young people
• Conduct initial assessment of referrals to determine appropriate care pathways, severity of risk, and complexity of need
• Develop and implement risk management plans which support young people to manage factors impacting on identified risk of harm
• With support from the Clinical Lead, facilitate internal training and knowledge sharing sessions for staff, contractors and co-locators in consultation with the Leadership Team

Selection Criteria

To be considered for this position, applicants will have:

• Relevant tertiary qualifications with current full membership or registration (AHPRA or AASW)
• Experience working with young people (and their families) who have experienced a complex mental health concern, in both a case management and therapeutic role
• Demonstrated ability to provide high quality assessment and evidence-based psychological interventions, within a stress-vulnerability and recovery framework for young people
• Demonstrated experience in clinical practice within the mental health field, ideally with young people experiencing mental health disorders
• Ability to be self-motivated and function independently while being able to effectively work in a multidisciplinary team
• Post graduate qualifications in an area related to youth mental health (desirable)
• 'C' Class Driver's Licence and capacity to travel for work when needed
• Capacity to work evenings (until 7pm Mondays/Thursdays)

Applications

To be considered for the Senior Mental Health Clinician position, please send through:

• Your CV/Resume
• Cover letter that addresses the selection criteria 

Closing date for applications: 5.00pm, Tuesday 22 September 2026

Please note

• Appointment to the role is subject to the successful candidate providing a satisfactory National Police Clearance and Working with Children Check
• Shortlisting will commence immediately, and the role may close earlier than the date mentioned above if we find a suitable candidate
• Due to the high volume of applicants, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted
• For further information, feedback or a confidential discussion about the position please contact Human Resources on 08 •••• •333 or humanresources@youthfocus.com.au

About Us

Youth Focus is a for-purpose organisation that creates brighter futures for young people in WA by offering a range of no-cost mental health services. Established in 1994, Youth Focus delivers innovative and accessible mental health services and programs across WA to help young people aged 12 to 25. A key component of this is our role as the lead agency for five headspace Centres, including our Geraldton Youth Hub located on Southern Yamatji Country.

Youth Focus is committed to ensuring every individual that interacts with us feels safe and is able to bring their whole selves, being welcomed with equity, dignity and respect. In doing so, we understand that we must first include, listen, and reflect in order to build trust, connect, and partner. We celebrate individuality and are guided by the stories and journeys of the communities in which we live and work. Everyone is welcome at Youth Focus.