Mental Health Worker
Core
Provide intake, triage, assessment, care planning, counselling, and care coordination for young people aged 12-25, delivering low-intensity interventions and risk assessments.
Role type
Mental Health Worker (IC)
Builds
Youth-friendly mental health services and coordinated care pathways
Domain
Mental health / Youth services
Required skills
Psychosocial assessment, risk assessment, counselling, care planning, care coordination, engagement with families and carers, multidisciplinary team collaboration, community and agency referrals
Preferred skills
Experience with co-occurring concerns (alcohol and other drug use), Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural safety
Technologies
AHPRA registration, AASW membership
Responsibilities
Conduct psychosocial assessments to triage young people into mental health programs, deliver low-intensity interventions and duty responses, coordinate care with multidisciplinary teams and community partners, support young people with co-occurring mental health and substance use concerns
Seniority
Mid-level, hands-on IC