Youth Forensic Senior Mental Health Clinician

YOUTH FORENSIC SENIOR MENTAL HEALTH CLINICIAN

Community Forensic Youth Mental Health Service (CFYMHS)

Parkville Youth Mental Health and Wellbeing Service (PYMHWS)

2 year Fixed-Term | 1 x Full Time & 1 x Part Time 0.8 FTE |  Parkville, VIC and local travel

Base Salary $110k - $126k pa (pro rata) + Super & Salary Packaging

What if your next mental health role could influence not only a young person’s care—but how entire systems respond to complexity and risk?

 

We’re recruiting a Youth Forensic Senior Mental Health Clinician to join our expanding Community Forensic Youth Mental Health Service (CFYMHS) at Parkville Youth Mental Health and Wellbeing Service.

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.  

CFYMHS brings together specialist forensic youth mental health expertise to provide consultation, assessment, care coordination, and targeted intervention. Working in close partnership with key service systems, the model is designed to strengthen responses to vulnerable young people presenting with behaviours of concern and improve long-term outcomes. Positioned within a broader reform agenda across youth justice, education, and child-serving sectors, this role sits at the forefront of system-wide change. 

About the Role:

This is a specialist senior role combining:

• Advanced forensic mental health assessment and formulation.
• Early intervention with young people presenting with complex behaviours of concern.
• Specialist consultation across mental health, Youth Justice, Child Protection and Department of Education.
• Clinical leadership, supervision and workforce development.
• System-wide capacity building and service development.

You’ll work at the intersection of mental health, neurodevelopment, trauma, psychosocial adversity and forensic risk helping services understand what is driving a young person’s presentation and what responses are most likely to make a difference.

 

This is more than individual clinical care.

 

It’s an opportunity to strengthen how services across Victoria understand complexity, manage risk and intervene earlier with vulnerable young people.

If you’re an experienced clinician ready to combine clinical expertise, forensic practice, leadership and system influence, we’d love to hear from you.

About You:

You are a skilled and thoughtful experienced senior clinician with a strong interest in forensic and child and adolescent mental health, committed to improving outcomes for young people with complex needs.

• Eligible disciplines: RPN, Occupational Therapist, Social Worker Grade 4 / Psychologist Grade 3
• Relevant professional registration (e.g. Psychology with Clinical/Forensic/Neuro endorsement, Social Work, Occupational Therapy or Registered Psychiatric Nurse)  
• Extensive experience in youth mental health and/or forensic mental health settings
• Strong expertise in complex assessment, formulation and risk management
• Experience working within multidisciplinary and cross-sector systems
• Excellent consultation, communication and stakeholder engagement skills
• Demonstrated ability to provide clinical leadership, supervision and support to others
• Commitment to trauma-informed, developmentally appropriate and culturally safe care
• Interest in service development, teaching and system capacity building

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 and 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

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 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 soon as suitable candidates are received. Advertising may cease prior to the closing date.

We provide reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process to support all applicants. If you require any adjustments, please let us know via the application prompts or inform our People and Culture team if you’re contacted for an interview.

To view the full Position Description, please click HERE