Parkville Youth Mental Health and Wellbeing Service (PYMHWS) is a new, dedicated public youth mental health service and is the first of its kind in Australia. We are looking for a passionate and dedicated individual to join our team.

MENTAL HEALTH CLINICIAN – HOSPITAL IN THE HOME

Permanent Ongoing | Full or Part-Time (minimum 0.6 FTE) | 📍 Footscray

Join a multi-disciplinary team providing acute and complex mental health care to young people and families in the comfort of their own homes.

• Permanent Ongoing | Full or Part Time 0.6 - 1.0 EFT
• Travel for home visits incl. in work hours | AM, PM & weekend shifts
• Salary Packaging | 5 weeks Annual Leave | Monthly ADO

About Us:

Parkville Youth Mental Health and Wellbeing Service (PYMHWS) is Victoria’s newest public mental health service dedicated to the care of young people aged 12 to 25 experiencing complex mental health challenges. 

PYMHWS is leading a bold and values-driven transformation in youth mental health care across Melbourne’s north and west. We exist to walk alongside young people, their families, carers, supporters and kin delivering care that is accessible, inclusive, developmentally appropriate, evidence-informed, and grounded in lived experience. Our service model is shaped by the voices of young people and their communities, and underpinned by a commitment to safety, equity, and continuous learning.

At PYMHWS, we are working with our community and partners to build in a future where all young people can access world-class mental health support, close to home. As we grow, we are looking for passionate, skilled, and visionary professionals to join us in shaping a new era of youth mental health in Victoria.  

The Opportunity:

The Mental Health Clinician will be a key clinical support within the Hospital in the Home (HITH) program as part of a rotating roster. This position is central to delivering comprehensive care, evidence informed care within the HITH model.

HITH is an acute service providing early intervention to young people with severe and complex mental illness within the home environment.

Operating seven days a week, the multidisciplinary HITH team delivers accessible, collaborative, and coordinated mental health care to young people aged 12 to 25 years and their families/carers across Melbourne’s northwest and western suburbs.

Our service is made up of compassionate, curious, and dedicated professionals. As we continue to grow, we are seeking an experienced, kind and collaborative Mental Health Clinician to support the delivery of comprehensive acute and complex mental health care to young people and their families of the Hospital in the Home program.  

Why Join PYMHWS?

• Be part of building a legacy for youth mental health in Victoria
• Work alongside passionate, visionary leaders in a values-led organisation
• Salary packaging options, up to $11,600 tax free earnings
• 5 weeks annual leave plus monthly ADO for full time employees
• Flexible working arrangements including remote work options where possible
• Employee wellbeing focused, access to EAP
• Fitness Passport membership
• Flexible, inclusive, and supportive workplace culture
• Opportunities for professional growth and development

About the Role:

Mental Health Clinicians deliver acute mental health care to young people in their own homes, whilst offering psychoeducation and support to families who are from a broad range of culturally and linguistically diverse communities and socio-economic backgrounds. 

You will demonstrate high standards of clinical care that are responsive to each young person’s developmental stage and presenting issues, and informed by existing evidence and guidelines.

The role offers you opportunities for providing key discipline specific individual, family and systems interventions aimed to support and facilitate recovery and well-being.

We deliver individually formulated care plans that comprise of psychopharmacology, therapeutic interventions (CBT plus other targeted interventions), family inclusive practices, vocational and educational support, intensive outreach, and crisis support.

What You'll Do:

• Complete mental health assessments, including formulation of care plans, crisis management plans, outcome measures, progress notes, discharge summaries, and all other required documentation.
• Undertake mental health interventions, crisis response, and family and systems based work within the client and carer’s context.
• Ensure care is guided by evidence based, culturally safe, and trauma-informed principles that incorporate the diverse needs of young people, their families, and support systems, to facilitate recovery and promote wellbeing.
• Demonstrate the capacity to provide, or develop skills in, integrated assessment, treatment, and care for young people with dual diagnoses.
• Provide responsive, strengths-based, and youth-focused care and advocacy for all young people and their families, including those from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds and the LGBTQIA+ community.
• Contribute to a culture of compassionate teamwork, learning, and continuous improvement.

About You:

You will be experienced in, and passionate about, providing acute, developmentally appropriate, and evidence-based mental health care to young people and their families in the community, including those requiring complex support through the Hospital in the Home program.

✔️ Eligible disciplines: RPN Grade 3 / Occupational Therapist, Social Worker and Psychologist Grade 2

✔️ Relevant registration and qualifications (see position description for details)

✔️ A minimum of 12-24 month’s experience in tertiary clinical practice within the mental health field, including young people experiencing mental health disorders

✔️ Ability to develop, implement and evaluate client-centred individual service plans, risk assessments and diagnostic formulations

✔️ Clinical experience and skills in engaging and working collaboratively with families in a mental health setting

✔️Demonstrated interpersonal and communication skills (written and verbal) as well as abilities in problem solving and negotiation

✔️ Motivated by youth-focused, inclusive, and recovery-oriented care

Ready to Make a Difference?
If you're looking to be part of something truly meaningful—we’d love to hear from you.

For a confidential discussion, contact Steve Wiggins, NUM on 0438 938 861

Interested applicants are encouraged to apply as soon as possible. Recruitment is ongoing, with interviews commencing as soon as suitable candidates are received. Advertising may cease prior to the closing date.

To view the full Position Description, please click HERE

All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Record Check and a Working with Children Check. Successful applicants will be required to provide evidence of an immunisation assessment prior to commencement.

PYMHWS stands in solidarity with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in work and care. We are proud to be a workplace that champions diversity, inclusion and equality for our staff and our community.  Our goal is for our people to feel safe, included and supported so that they can be at their best every single day. We encourage talented people from all backgrounds, abilities, and identities to apply to our vacancies, and will consider adjustments to support such applications.