Expression of Interest for Allied Mental Health Professionals
headspace Bunbury is a service for 12-25 year olds and offers youth friendly facilities and access
to services including general health, mental health, sexual health, alcohol & drug information and
education & employment information. More information about headspace can be found at
www.headspace.org.au
headspace Bunbury welcomes expressions of interest from suitably qualified and experienced
Allied Mental Health Practitioners (Clinical or Registered Psychologists, Mental Health Accredited
Social Workers or Occupational Therapists) to work in their Centre with young people aged 1225, and their families, to deliver focused psychological strategies funded through MBS payment.
You must be accredited through either AHPRA or the AASW as a specialist mental health
professional and have a Medicare Provider Number to be eligible. You also need to have current
Professional Indemnity Insurance, National Police Clearance, Working with Children Check, and
an ABN.
As a contracted allied mental health professional you would be working in an early intervention
framework via Better Access (MBS) funding and under headspace guidelines. You would be
working with young people 12-25 years and their families or carers, who have been referred by a
general practitioner under a mental health treatment plan. Contractors will be required to assist
administratively with collecting data for headspace National and also keeping electronic medical
records for headspace Bunbury.
Contractors will be provided with:
 Use of consultation room from which to provide sessions at no cost
 Administrative office support e.g. booking appointments, client reminders and processing
Medicare payments, training on medical/data software
 The use of telephone, computer, internet and photocopier
 Collegial support including participating in joint care and service planning in a
multidisciplinary team
 Opportunities to participate in headspace peer supervision and professional development
activities
Financial arrangements:
 Services delivered at headspace Bunbury are to be at no cost and will be renumerated
via bulk billed without upfront or co-payment
 headspace Bunbury will remit to the contractor all Medicare billings received for the
contractor’s services
 headspace Bunbury will make such payments on receipt of an appropriate fortnightly
invoice
To express your interest in taking up this opportunity please complete the form attached and
return to Janalie at: [email protected]
Expression of Interest for Allied Mental Health Professionals
Name
Email
Phone
Qualification(s)
Experience working
with young people
aged 12-25
Suicide Prevention
Registered
Medicare (Better
Access) Registered
Current Working With
Children Check and
expiry date
How many sessions
per week are you
interested in
delivering?
Do you have a
preferred day and
time for delivering
sessions?
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