Work Type: Fixed-term - Full-time
Salary: $64,771 - $87,989
Grade: Grade not specified
Occupation: Health and allied health
Location: Melbourne - Western suburbs
Reference: 13533
About the Role
The RCH Mental Health Department offers Early Career Mental Health Clinicians a two-year program where they will develop skills and experience to work effectively with children aged 0-11 and their families. These clinicians will spend one year working in the Brimbank Melton Children’s Health and Wellbeing Local, and one year in our Infant, Child and Family Mental Health and Wellbeing services.
The Brimbank Melton Children’s Health and Wellbeing Local currently operates from Sunshine (and will permanently operate from Caroline Springs at the end of 2025) as a hub with paediatrics, allied health, lived experience, mental health and family services working in an integrated model of family-centred community care. Mental Health Clinicians contribute to integrated assessment, intervention and support to children and their families aged 0-11 with moderate psychosocial and developmental challenges, with an emphasis on prevention, early intervention and empowerment of families and communities, consistent with the recommendations that came out of the Royal Commission into Victoria’s Mental Health System (2021).
You will be responsible for:
Your skills and experience
If this sounds like you, click here to view the position description.
About the Department
The Royal Commission into Victoria’s Mental Health System’s final report was released in March 2021. It set out a blueprint for a future mental health and wellbeing system in Victoria to be achieved through a series of structural, cultural and clinical reforms to be implemented over ten years. Recommendation of the Final Report is to establish three Infant, Child and Family Health and Wellbeing Hubs, as the first Local Mental Health and Wellbeing Services for infants and children aged 0-11 and their families. One of these first three hubs is located in Brimbank Melton and the RCH Mental Health Service was chosen to provide the mental health component of the hub. The hubs fully integrate paediatrics, mental health and family services under the one roof so that families can receive the services they need in the one place.
For further information about careers in our Mental Health Department click here: https://www.rch.org.au/careers/career_pathways/Mental_health_careers/
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Application process
To apply, you will need a resume and a tailored cover letter outlining your skills, experience, and suitability for the position in line with the requirements of the position description.
Shortlisting for this position will commence immediately, we encourage you to apply promptly!
For more information about this position please contact Gareth Simpson, Team Coordinator, Email: [email protected]
Why work at the RCH?
RCH enjoys high employee engagement and is committed to staff safety and a positive culture through enactment of our Compact. We offer the opportunity to work in world-class facilities, surrounded by Royal Park and only a short tram trip from the heart of Melbourne city.
We also offer discounted staff parking, salary packaging, and an award-winning health and wellbeing program.
The RCH is committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from culturally and/or linguistically diverse background, all members of the LGBTQI community and people with disability.
It is a requirement of your employment that you be vaccinated against Influenza annually for Category A and B roles, in compliance with any public health orders in place at the relevant time, unless you have a medical exception in line with those public health orders, which has been accepted by The Royal Children’s Hospital. Applicants will be required to provide their Australian Government Immunisation History Statement, it is a requirement of the RCH to collect, record and hold vaccination information.
It is also a requirement of your employment that you comply with any direction given by The Royal Children’s Hospital that you be vaccinated against, or prove immunity to, any other disease, unless you have a relevant exemption.
Are you ready to join our team?
Apply online by clicking on the “Apply” button
Applications close: 8 September 2025