Mental Health Clinician Children's Health & Wellbeing Local
Clayton, VIC, AU, 3168
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About ELMHS
The Early in Life Mental Health Service (ELMHS) provides comprehensive mental health assessment and treatment for infants, children, adolescents, and young people aged 0–18 years and their families across the Southern Region. Our services include inpatient care during times of crisis, community-based (outpatient) treatment, group programs, family therapy, and specialist services
About the Children's Health and Wellbeing Local
The Children's Health and Wellbeing Local is a collaborative initiative that integrates community health, mental health, and family support services. It offers mental health consultations, assessments, and treatments for infants and children (0–11 years) and their families in the South-Eastern region of Victoria.
Designed as a central, one-stop location for mental health and wellbeing, this service enables Victorian families to access a wide range of specialist medical and allied health services, including paediatricians, occupational therapists, psychologists, speech pathologists, and parenting support.
The Local operates in partnership with the Early in Life Mental Health Service (ELMHS), Monash Children’s Hospital, and the Child and Family Program at Monash Health Community. As the first service of its kind, it has been co-designed with local communities, people with lived experience, and service providers—including Aboriginal Controlled Community Organisations—to ensure services are tailored to local needs and build on existing capacity.
“It’s a chance for us to change the system and do things differently to make measurable change in children’s lives. It will allow us to work together, innovatively, to improve the health and wellbeing of children and families.”
— Dr. Victoria McKay, Paediatrician
About the Role – Mental Health Clinician (Grade 2), Part-Time (0.6 EFT)
The Monash Children’s Local Mental Health Team provides mental health consultation, assessment, and treatment for infants, children, and their families. As a key member of this multidisciplinary team, the Mental Health Clinician will:
- Conduct assessments and provide treatment for children aged 0–11 experiencing mental health challenges.
- Deliver discipline-specific assessments, formulations, recommendations, and reports. - Work collaboratively with other professionals to ensure holistic, family-centred care.
📍 Primary location: Cranbourne
📍 Additional sites: Dandenong, Casey, and Cardinia
Please refer to the Position Description for further details.
About You
You are a passionate and experienced clinician seeking a unique opportunity to work within an innovative, multidisciplinary team. You are committed to making a meaningful difference in the lives of children and families through early intervention and integrated care.
To be successful in this role, you will have:
- Current general registration with AHPRA (or equivalent), with no restrictions
- Experience in a mental health service and/or extensive experience in a relevant field (e.g., paediatrics, statutory or non-government agencies)
- Sound knowledge of current clinical theory, evidence-based practice, and therapeutic approaches
- Ability to work effectively in a multidisciplinary team setting
- Commitment to safe, high-quality, patient-centred care
- Australian working rights
- A current driver’s licence
What Monash Health Offers
Competitive salary
Salary packaging options
A friendly and supportive team culture
Opportunities to work across diverse teams
Ongoing supervision and professional development
For a confidential discussion and to explore the opportunity further, Chantele Edlington, Team Mananger, 0439 194 849.
Position Description for Child Mental Health Clinician can be found here
Position Description for Mental Health Nurse Grade 3 can be found here
Child Mental Health Clinician specific discipline duties can be found here
We recognise the value of equal employment opportunity. We are committed to patient safety, promoting fairness, equity and diversity in the workplace and to Child Safe Standards. At Monash Health we are relentless in our pursuit of excellence and work to our six guiding principles and our five iCare values.
How to Apply
Applications are accepted via the Monash Health online EHub system. For information including how to apply and probity check requirements, please click here for the ‘Application Guide’
Applications will be screened upon receipt and selection activity may commence prior to the closing date.
Applications close: 29 July, 2025