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Senior Youth Mental Health Clinician - Transform Young Lives 

The Youth Mental Health Stream works to provide high quality, evidence based mental health assessment, treatment, and support with navigating health services for young people aged 16 - 24 years old. The early identification, intervention, and prevention of mental health distress can help prevent the potential long-term impacts of mental illness, maximising the wellbeing and mental fitness of young people within the local community.

About the role: 

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

• Providing direct, expert clinical care, and providing individual case management to a defined population of young people
• Delivering non-discriminatory treatment and support that is sensitive to the social and cultural values of the consumer, the consumer’s family and carers and the community
• Supporting Intake Seniors with discussion of referral pathways for youth consumers
• Providing high-quality, effective, evidence-based mental health interventions to consumers with complex mental health disorders to assist in recovery.

About you:

• A strong understanding of the unique developmental challenges and psychological needs of adolescents and young adults, as well as familiarity with evidence-based assessment and intervention approaches for young people who have high or complex needs
• Awareness and sensitivity to cultural, ethnic, and social diversity when working with youth and families from varying backgrounds
• Willingness to engage in ongoing professional development, attend workshops, training, and stay up-to-date with the latest research and practices in youth mental health
• Effective leadership skills including highly developed skills in communication, problem solving, conflict resolution and negotiation.

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 an AHP3 or RN3 and classification will be determined by qualifications.

Please see the attached Role Description for additional information.

Want To Know More? Contact: Louise Hann, Team Manager – SCMHS Marion - Acute/Mood Team, (08) 7425 8500, Louise.Hann@sa.gov.au  

Application Closing Date: 11.55 pm Tuesday 26th may 2026

Attachments:

• AHP3 Senior Youth Clinician - Role Description
• RN3 Nurse Consultant - 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: 937917