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, Cherry Creek & Malmsbury locations

Provide specialist clinical leadership to strengthen culturally safe, responsive and community-connected mental health care for young people in Victoria’s youth justice system.

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, inclusion and continuous learning.

At PYMHWS, we are working with our community and partners to build a future where all young people can access high-quality mental health care that recognises their individual strengths, identities, relationships and communities.

As we continue to grow, we are looking for passionate, skilled and visionary professionals to join us in shaping a new era of youth mental health care in Victoria.

The Opportunity

The Multicultural and Multifaith Senior Mental Health Clinician is a specialist senior clinical position within the Custodial Forensic Youth Mental Health Service (FYMHS).

Custodial FYMHS provides specialist multidisciplinary mental health assessment, treatment, consultation, care coordination and transition support to young people within Victoria’s youth justice custodial system.Young people involved in the youth justice system come from diverse cultural, linguistic, religious and spiritual backgrounds. Their experiences of mental health, help-seeking, family, identity, trauma, justice involvement and recovery may be shaped by culture, faith, migration and settlement experiences, experiences of racism and discrimination, family and community relationships, and connection to culture and belonging.

This newly established role will strengthen FYMHS’ capacity to understand and respond to these experiences and ensure culturally safe and responsive practice is embedded within mental health assessment, risk assessment, formulation, treatment, recovery planning, multidisciplinary decision-making and transition from custody.

Working as both a senior clinician and specialist practice resource, you will provide direct clinical care while strengthening the capability of clinicians, multidisciplinary teams and the broader service to deliver culturally safe and responsive care.

You will use specialist cultural knowledge, community perspectives and advanced clinical expertise to influence individual care, multidisciplinary formulation and decision-making, transition planning, workforce capability and broader service development.

The role will also support stronger connections between FYMHS, families, community organisations, cultural and faith-based services and other relevant supports, helping to promote continuity of care and culturally responsive transition and reintegration planning for young people moving from custody back into the community.

About You

You are an experienced senior mental health clinician who combines strong clinical expertise with a demonstrated commitment to culturally safe, equitable and person-centred mental health care.

You are curious and reflective in your practice and recognise that cultural identity is individual, dynamic and intersectional. You are comfortable having thoughtful conversations about culture, faith, spirituality, identity, family, racism, discrimination and belonging and can support other clinicians and teams to develop confidence and capability in doing the same. 

You will bring:

• Professional qualification as a Registered Psychiatric Nurse, Psychologist, Social Worker or Occupational Therapist, with relevant registration and/or professional eligibility requirements.
• Eligibility for appointment at RPN Grade 4 / Grade 4 Occupational Therapist / Social Worker or Grade 3 Psychologist, as applicable.
• At least 5 years’ relevant clinical experience in tertiary, specialist and/or youth mental health services, with demonstrated capacity to work at a senior clinician level.
• Demonstrated advanced clinical expertise in comprehensive mental health assessment, risk assessment, formulation, treatment, care coordination and recovery-oriented care for young people experiencing complex mental health needs.
• Demonstrated ability to undertake complex clinical and forensic formulation, contribute to multidisciplinary risk assessment and decision-making, and provide high-level clinical consultation within complex service environments.
• Demonstrated specialist knowledge and expertise in multicultural and/or multifaith practice, developed through substantial professional experience, community engagement and/or sustained relationships with culturally diverse communities and organisations.
• Demonstrated experience working effectively with young people, families and communities from diverse cultural, linguistic, religious and spiritual backgrounds.
• Demonstrated ability to work respectfully and collaboratively with community leaders, cultural organisations, faith communities and other representative organisations.
• Demonstrated ability to provide clinical consultation, supervision, mentoring and capability building to multidisciplinary mental health clinicians and teams.
• Ability to translate cultural knowledge, community perspectives and emerging evidence into practical improvements in clinical assessment, formulation, treatment planning, transition planning and broader service delivery.
• Strong understanding of the ways culture, faith, spirituality, migration and settlement experiences, racism, discrimination, family, community and identity may intersect with mental health, help-seeking, engagement and recovery.
• Sound understanding of the youth justice and/or criminal justice system and relevant forensic, health, community and social service systems.
• Strong interpersonal, consultation and stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to build effective relationships across mental health, justice, family, community, cultural and faith-based systems.

Experience working within youth justice, forensic mental health or with justice-involved young people will be highly regarded.

Why Join PYMHWS?

• Be part of building a legacy for youth mental health in Victoria.
• Join a growing specialist forensic youth mental health service with opportunities to shape practice and service development.
• Work alongside passionate multidisciplinary clinicians and leaders in a values-led organisation.
• Make a tangible contribution to improving equity and cultural safety for young people experiencing significant mental health and social disadvantage.
• Salary packaging options of up to $11,600 tax-free earnings.
• Five weeks annual leave plus a monthly ADO for full-time employees.
• Flexible working arrangements where operationally appropriate.
• Employee Assistance Program and wellbeing initiatives.
• Fitness Passport membership.
• Professional development, supervision and opportunities for continued growth.
• Flexible, inclusive and supportive workplace culture.

Location

The position works across Custodial FYMHS services at Parkville, Cherry Creek and Malmsbury Youth Justice Precincts, with travel between sites according to service and clinical need.

Workplace vehicles are available for required travel between service locations, with travel undertaken within working hours.

Ready to Make a Difference?

If you are passionate about improving mental health outcomes for young people and want to help shape a service where culture, faith, identity, family and community are recognised as integral to high-quality mental health care, we would love to hear from you.

For a confidential discussion, contact Jarryd Phillips - Talent Acquisition Specialist on 0447 586 077

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

Please Click here for the position description & for full qualification, registration and selection criteria requirements.

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