DESCRIPTION

Employment Type: Full-time, Permanent.
Classification: Allied Health Assistant Level 3 (PN 37813)
Salary: $78,271 - $86,300 (Plus 12% Super)
Location: Canberra Health Services
Section: Community Recovery Services (Adult Community MHS)
Closing Date: 20 August 2025

This position is primarily located within the Community Recovery Services (CRS) but staff may be required to work across all of Adult Community Mental Health Services to meet operational demands. CRS teams operate across the Australian Capital Territory, adhering to the Adult Community Mental Health Model of Care.
CRS are a multi-disciplinary team of Nurses, Allied Health Professionals, Psychiatry Registrars and Consultant Psychiatrists, and Administration Service Officers.
CRS provide a recovery-focused, strengths-based approach to clinical case management to improve wellbeing and enhance functioning in the community for adults who:
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Are experiencing complex mental illness/disorder or psychological distress which is associated with significant functional impairment and/or significant risks.
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May be subject to a Psychiatric Treatment Order under the Mental Health Act 2015.
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Have multidisciplinary treatment needs that cannot be met elsewhere in the community or less intensive service.
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Require regular service contact over a medium to longer-term episode of care.
The successful applicant will work within a multidisciplinary team of allied health staff, nurses, psychiatrists, and administrative staff with high quality governance structures/supports. The successful applicant will support allied health and nursing staff, providing a broad range of mental health tasks over a sustained period to enable the person to improve in social and other areas of functioning, require less hospital admissions and engage more actively in treatment. The participation of the people who use the service, including families and carers, is encouraged in all aspects of a persons care and you will work in partnership with a range of government and non-government service providers to ensure the best possible outcomes for clients.
At this level, the successful applicant will be supported with direct & indirect supervision to provide high quality mental health tasks and achieve sound outcomes for people, contribute to the multidisciplinary team processes, undertake professional development and professional supervision, and participate in quality initiatives.