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Transform Young Lives - Youth Mental Health Specialist | Noarlunga Community Team | SA Health

Join SA Health's Noarlunga Community Team Youth and transform the mental health journey for young people across Adelaide's southern communities. This full-time, ongoing Multiclass (AHP2/RN2) position offers the opportunity to provide specialist mental health support to young people aged 16-25 within an innovative, collaborative team environment. Make a real difference in young lives while advancing your career with South Australia's leading healthcare provider.

About the role: 

Reporting to the Team Manager, some of your duties for the role will include:

• Provide health education, counselling and/or therapeutic/rehabilitation programs to improve the health outcomes of individual clients or groups
• Undertaking team responsibilities such as leading meetings, attending urgent appointments and/or booked assessments as delegated
• Liaising and collaborating with other agencies, health care professionals and service providers to determine how to best meet the needs of people who have a mental health problem to ensure best outcomes for consumers
• Advocating for and on behalf of consumers and groups

About you:

• Demonstrated competency and proficiency in clinical skills appropriate to the area (individual counselling skills and group work skills including planning and preparing psycho educational. therapy group programs)
• Must be highly motivated and have the ability to engage with young consumers who have extremely high service needs
• Comprehensive assessment skills (including risk) to inform a psychological case conceptualisation and a treatment plan
• Ability to effectively communicate in written and verbal form, with individuals and groups

This is a single vacancy, with two possible appointment classifications. The successful applicants will be appointed in the position appropriate to their skills, qualifications, and experience.

Please note that this position is multi-classed as either a AHP2 and RNMC2 and classification will be determined by qualifications and experience.

Please see the attached Role Description for additional information.

Want To Know More? Contact: Matt Ballestrin, Team Manager -Outer South Community Mental Health, (08) 8384 9599, Matt.Ballestrin@sa.gov.au 

Application Closing Date: 11.55 pm Thursday 5th February 2026

Attachments:

• Clinical Nurse - Role Description
• Occupational Therapist - Role Description
• Clinical Psychologist - Role Description
• Social Worker - Role Description
• Australian applicant guidelines
• International applicant guidelines

Applicant Information:

• We also offer salary sacrifice benefits which provide the opportunity to save money by paying for some of your everyday expenses from your salary before it is taxed. Click here to find out more about salary packaging.
• The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.
• Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check and Immunisation compliance as indicated on the Role description.
• SA Health Services are required to implement the Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and vaccination policy in the workplace.
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply.  Job ref: 926780