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.

MULTICULTURAL AND MULTIFAITH SENIOR MENTAL HEALTH CLINICIAN

– CUSTODIAL FYMHS

Parkville Youth Mental Health and Wellbeing Service (PYMHWS)

Permanent Ongoing | Full-Time 1.0 EFT | 📍 Parkville and Cherry Creek

Build a trauma-informed and community-connected service for young people from multicultural and multifaith backgrounds in the Victorian Justice System

• Join Victoria’s newest Public Mental Health Service dedicated to youth
• Permanent Ongoing | Full-time 1.0 EFT | Parkville & Cherry Creek based
• 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 Multicultural and Multifaith Senior Mental Health Clinician is a key position within the Forensic Youth Mental Health Service (FYMHS). FYMHS provides specialist youth mental health care in custodial settings (Parkville and Cherry Creek sites) to young people and their families/carers.

Our service is made up of compassionate, curious, and committed people. As we continue to grow, we are looking for a committed Senior Mental Health Clinician to provide cultural knowledge, clinical leadership, supervision, and governance to a multidisciplinary team supporting young people in custody, with a focus on recovery-oriented care. This role delivers comprehensive mental health assessments and relationally informed psychological case management and interventions.

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:

The Multicultural and Multifaith Senior Mental Health Clinician is a newly established senior allied health position within Custodial FYMHS, created to strengthen the service’s capacity to deliver culturally responsive, safe, and inclusive care for young people within custodial settings.

This position plays a pivotal role in shaping a culturally safe Custodial FYMHS environment, ensuring that care is not only clinically sound but also culturally relevant, respectful, and community connected. The Senior Clinician will directly support young people’s recovery journeys while advancing systemic and workforce capability to meet the diverse cultural and faith needs of the communities served by Custodial FYMHS.

The successful candidate will bring:

• Disciplinary expertise as a qualified mental health professional (Psychologist, Social Worker, Occupational Therapist, or Mental Health Nurse);
• Deep cultural and/or faith-based knowledge and lived experience, underpinned by sustained relationships with one or more culturally and linguistically diverse communities; and
• A demonstrated ability to support individuals and families navigating complex systems of care, including justice, health, and community sectors.

In addition to contributing to workforce development and service improvement initiatives, the Senior Clinician will maintain a clinical caseload, providing comprehensive mental health assessments, formulations, and evidence-based interventions, and contributing to the development and implementation of collaborative treatment and recovery plans.

The role is embedded within Custodial FYMHS team and is based across both the Parkville and Cherry Creek Youth Justice Precincts. When required to travel to other service locations a workplace vehicle and travel time is included within working hours.

What You'll Do:

• Conduct culturally attuned assessments, formulations, and treatment interventions with young people within both custodial and community settings.
• Develop recovery-oriented, holistic care plans that integrate cultural, spiritual, and family considerations.
• Support clinicians to engage in culturally responsive assessment, psychoeducation, formulation and treatment planning. Provide consultation to FYMHS clinicians on issues of cultural safety, faith, and identity.
• Guide key-stakeholders and care teams in engaging families, faith leaders, and community services in a culturally respectful, safe and inclusive manner.
• Partner with FYMHS Leadership to embed and integrate cultural safety, competency and responsiveness into service delivery, policy, and training.
• Identify gaps and develop strategies to better respond to emerging multicultural and multifaith community needs within custody.

About You:

A senior mental health clinician experienced in, and passionate about, early intervention and evidence-based care for young people experiencing severe mental health difficulties including personality disorder.

✔️ Eligible disciplines: RPN Grade 4 / Grade 3 Occupational Therapist, Social Worker and Psychologist

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

✔️ Minimum 5 years' experience in tertiary and/or youth mental health and a demonstrated ability to supervise mental health clinicians, and function both autonomously and collaboratively with other clinical and organisational leaders

✔️ Lived or deep professional experience working with a cultural, religious or spiritual group that is significantly represented in the youth justice system.

✔️Demonstrated sustained connection to that community, including collaboration with leaders, or representative organisations.

✔️ Sound knowledge of the youth justice and/or criminal justice system and other relevant community based forensic services

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 Caitlin Reid, Talent Acquisition Specialist – 0427 271 857.

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.