CAMHS Clinician - Social Worker level 1/2 Psychologist – Tumut
Murrumbidgee Local Health District (MLHD), Community Mental Health Service - Tumut is looking for a motivated and skilled CAMHS Mental Health Clinician. In this role you will be responsible for delivering holistic, person-centred and trauma-informed care to children and adolescents with complex mental health needs and their families and carers. You will be collaborating with a multidisciplinary team to assess, plan and deliver comprehensive, mental health care to the regional community of Tumut and surrounds.
Our benefits:
A collaborative, teams-based multi-disciplinary approach to patient care
Engaging and intellectually stimulating work
A team that is inclusive, respectful, and values the diverse communities it serves
A position dedicated to empowering others to achieve their goals
Salary packaging, novated leasing, and Health and Wellbeing Support
482 Sponsorship Considerations
Relocation considerations (up to $5000 pending location)
Employment type: Full time / Part time and casual opportunities
Position classification: Social Worker 1/2, Psychologist, Counsellor 1/2, Occupational Therapist 1/2, Sexual Assault Worker 1/2Registered Nurse
Remuneration: $76,364.00 - $117,755.00 per annum, pro rata (+ super +17.5% leave loading where applicable)
Hours Per Week: up to 38
Requisition ID: REQ671217
Location: Tumut
About the Team
The Tumut CMHAOD team has approximately 9 multidisciplinary clinicians and a range of support staff, who provide MH AOD services, across the life span. Tumut CMHAOD is collocated with Tumut Health Service.
We work closely with Grand Pacific Health and other community organisations to ensure people receive the and other community organisations to ensure people receive the right care for their needs. At a district level we have access to clinical leaders for MH, AOD and other specialty services such as Aboriginal Mental Health, eating disorders and Perinatal Infant Mental Health.
What you’ll be doing:
The focus is on Children and Adolescents with acute, complex or high needs who require a specialist mental health approach.
Identified outcomes are:
Successful therapeutic engagement with children and adolescents experiencing or at risk of developing severe mental illness.
Better experience of care through integrated and coordinated service models.
Prevention of unnecessary hospitalisations through timely access to appropriate and targeted clinical care
Active use of a multiagency care plan for the child or young person with, or at risk of, severe and complex mental illness, to help link providers across multiple services involved in a young person's care
Improved support for families and carers of children and adolescents experiencing severe mental illness
Our priority populations include school aged children and adolescents who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, are from culturally and linguistically diverse background, identify as LGBTIQ+, who are experiencing social and/or economic disadvantage, who are at risk of withdrawing from education or employment, who have experienced trauma, or who are at risk of hospitalisation.
Candidates will need to meet the following criteria:
Have an in-depth understanding and ability to provide Mental Health services in a curious and empathetic way
Demonstrate a high level of professionalism with ability to work independently and as a part of a multidisciplinary team
Have sound communication skills, both written and verbal
Be able to manage and prioritise a diverse workload
Hold a relevant Australian qualification as a Counsellor, Psychologist, Social Worker or Registered Nurse, or must hold a minimum of a bachelor’s degree in a relevant field e.g. community welfare, or other qualification deemed equivalent by the employer.
Peak body membership eg AHPRA / AASW / PACFA
More information:
1) Download the position description
2) Find out more about applying for this position.
For role related queries or questions contact Anthony Gomez, Community Mental Health Drug & Alcohol Team Manager Tumut - on 0436 639 801 or [email protected]
Applications close: 17 July 2026
MLHD welcomes applications from people of all backgrounds and is committed to building a workforce that reflects the communities we serve.
We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds and the LGBTIQ+ community.
If you identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander, you can access recruitment application support through the Stepping Up initiative.
This is a NSW Health Category A position which requires immunisation and screening for certain diseases. The full list of requirements are outlined in the NSW Health OASV Policy (Page 11). You will be required to complete the OASV Undertaking/ Declaration Form and TB Assessment Tool during the recruitment process. Please upload this with your application along with any other vaccination evidence that you may have.
NSW Health is committed to implementing the Child Safe Standards.
