Occupational Therapist, Psychologist, Social Worker or Speech Pathologist - Senior (Mental Heal[...]

Job Description

Are you passionate about making a meaningful difference in the lives of young people? Darling Downs Health is seeking an experienced Senior Occupational Therapist, Psychologist, Social Worker, or Speech Pathologist to join our Yannanda Adolescent Unit in Toowoomba. In this role, you’ll deliver high-quality, recovery-focused mental health services to children and adolescents with complex presentations, working collaboratively with families, carers, and a multidisciplinary team to create positive, lasting impacts.What Your Day Will Look Like…. As a senior mental health worker, you'll provide expert clinical care, drawing on evidence-based practices to assess, diagnose, and implement tailored interventions for children and young people. You'll collaborate closely with a dedicated multidisciplinary team to develop and evaluate recovery-focused treatment plans. Your day will involve liaising with families, carers, and external stakeholders to optimize outcomes, mentoring less experienced staff, and contributing to service development and quality improvement initiatives. With opportunities for leadership, research, and professional growth, this role offers the chance to shape the future of mental health care for young people.Let's talk about you! Our ideal candidate will be someone who can inspire the following: Compassion – you will engage with others and demonstrate empathy, care, kindness, support and understanding. Integrity – you are open, honest, approachable, equitable and consistent in everything we do. Dignity – you treat others with respect, display reasonableness and take pride in what you do. Innovation – you embrace change and strive to know more, learn more and do better. Courage – you respectfully question for clarity and have the strength and confidence to Speak Up. Why Us? Darling Downs Health's (DDH) region is a large geographic area covering approximately 90,000 square kilometres across Southeast Queensland. We are one of the largest employers in the region, with a diverse team of more than 6,000 staff. We deliver frontline health services across our 30 facilities and care for nearly 300,000 people, support the birth of almost 3,000 babies and perform more than 15,000 breastscreens.We offer rewarding career opportunities across a wide range of clinical and non-clinical areas throughout our health service and pride ourselves on providing a work culture that values and respects diversity in the workplace. We also believe that all our employees should be treated fairly, with dignity and with respect. DDH is committed to providing a safe, secure, supportive, and inclusive workplace.Benefits! Competitive wages, salary packaging and leave entitlements A diverse work culture Career development Professional development opportunities Education opportunities, Study and Research Paid parental leave Employee Assistance Program (EAP) Discounted Private Health Insurance Fitness Passport Work-Life Balance, Variety and Flexibility Generous Salary Sacrificing Next step…. Applicants are to apply online and supply the requested documentation.Find out more about us! Work with Us | RuralWork with Us | Toowoomba#WorkDDHHS #therightfitOccupational group Psychology, Counselling & Social Work#J-18808-Ljbffr