Clinicians- Client Assist (CACC) - Psychologist
Location
Melbourne, Victoria
Category
Health
Salary
Posted
27-Oct-2025
Work type
Casual/Temp
Contact
Joy Delos Reyes
Reference
179053-3
About the company:
Our client is a large federal government agency focused on providing high quality mental health assessment and clinical counselling services. They take pride on meeting client needs through a combination of proven clinical practices and new and emerging evidence-based approaches. Reporting to the Assistant Director, you will work with a professional team who are all dedicated to making a different in the lives of their clients.
About the role:
The successful candidate will deliver critical mental health support to clients, assess their needs, develop tailored intervention plans, and contribute to a team focused on improving outcomes for veterans. Your role will involve collaborating with multidisciplinary teams, maintaining detailed documentation, and ensuring compliance with departmental standards. This position offers a rewarding chance to impact lives positively while expanding your professional experience in a supportive, mission-driven setting.
- Support regional teams by reviewing and allocating clients for counselling services, ensuring they are suitable for both initial and ongoing support in line with service guidelines.
- Make sure all work follows clinical policies and that the correct forms and templates are used (such as intake, risk assessment, and care planning documents).
- Provide quality counselling and support services, including risk assessment, referrals, individual, couple, and family sessions, and case management, to help clients achieve their goals.
- Keep accurate and confidential client records, including session notes, care plans, risk assessments, and other updates in the client management system.
- Take part in professional development and clinical supervision to maintain your professional registration.
- Follow all relevant laws, ethical standards, and policies related to client care.
- Meet regularly with your manager and other clinicians to discuss client progress and care plans.
- Work with clients’ families and other treatment providers to make sure care is well-coordinated.
- Contribute to a safe, supportive, and professional work environment that aligns with organisational values and goals.
About you:
- You will have current registration with the Australian Health Practitioners Registration Agency (AHPRA) or Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW)
- You will have Working with Children (WWC) and/or Vulnerable People Checks/Clearance (Blue Card) ideally, or have it granted before commencing the role
- You will have experience in a similar clinical role
- You will have extensive case management experience
- You will be passionate about clinical psychology and social work to support mental health initiatives
- You will have excellent interpersonal skills with competence in the provision of trauma informed, holistic, client centered intake, assessment and brief intervention with vulnerable clients
- You will have experience providing support and intervention over the telephone for clients presenting a high risk of suicidality and apply appropriate assessment and safety planning
- You will have ability to complete clinically appropriate intake assessment and documentation with formulated risk assessments which are tailored, appropriate, and actioned in accordance with presenting risk
- Clinicians work in a rostered environment across between 7 am and 7pm on business days within a hybrid work from office/home model providing over the phone clinical services for Australian veterans and their families.
Benefits:
- Casual temp contract to start ASAP (pending federal police clearance)
- Long term temporary contract for 12 months
- $65 to $73 per hour plus super
- Full time role Monday to Friday
- Brisbane and Melbourne Locations
*** Please note to be eligible for this role you must hold Australian Citizenship ***
At Chandler Macleod, we are committed to fostering a diverse workforce where everyone is welcome. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, women, people living with a disability and the LGBTIQA+ community.
You can read more about our commitment to diversity and inclusion at https://www.chandlermacleod.com/diversity-and-inclusion







