Job Description

Team Leader – Mobile Assessment and Treatment Team (MATT)
headspace Early Psychosis (hEP) Canberra
Join a team redefining youth mental health
About the role
• Full time 76 hours per fortnight
• Based at headspace Canberra in Lyneham
• HPA Level 4 ( $65.00 to $72.15 per hour) + Super
• Not-for-profit salary packaging benefits up to $18,500 per annum
Provide senior clinical and operational leadership within a clearly defined multidisciplinary structure. You will lead the MAT Team, set clinical and operational standards, strengthen workforce capability, and ensure safe, responsive, and high-quality outreach care for young people experiencing early psychosis.
What you will do
• Lead the Mobile Assessment and Treatment Team (MATT) in delivering assertive outreach, crisis response, and home-based treatment for young people experiencing early psychosis
• Provide clinical and operational (direct line) leadership, ensuring high-quality, recovery-oriented and trauma-informed care
• Oversee intake, triage, and prioritisation of referrals, ensuring timely and appropriate response to clinical need
• Support complex biopsychosocial, mental state and risk assessment decision-making
• Guide and supervise clinicians in formulation, treatment planning, and case coordination
• Lead coordination with inpatient units, emergency departments, GPs, schools, and community services to ensure seamless care pathways
• Provide supervision, mentoring, and practice leadership across the team
• Ensure high standards of documentation, data quality, and outcome measurement (EMR systems)
• Contribute to clinical governance, incident review, quality improvement, and service development
• Support integration of MATT into headspace Canberra by collaborating with the Continuing Care Team (CCT), Functional Recovery Team (FRT) and co-located headspace Canberra Primary Care team.
• Drive service improvement initiatives and workforce development activities within hEP Canberra
About the program
headspace Early Psychosis follows the Orygen EPPIC model, delivering integrated youth mental health care through:
• Mobile Assessment and Treatment Team (MATT)
• Continuing Care Team (CCT)
• Functional Recovery Team (FRT)
The MAT Team provides intensive, outreach-based support for young people experiencing acute or emerging psychosis, ensuring care is delivered early, flexibly, and in the community.
About you
• Approved tertiary qualifications in relevant discipline, and provisional or full membership with AHPRA or an appropriate professional body.
• Minimum 5+ years mental health experience, including youth mental health and early psychosis (desirable)
• Strong experience in leadership, supervision, and multidisciplinary team environments
• Demonstrated ability to manage complex, high-acuity community presentations
• Skilled in assertive outreach, crisis intervention, and risk management
• Strong understanding of recovery-oriented, trauma-informed and culturally safe practice
• Knowledge of ACT mental health systems, legislation, and service pathways
• Current Australian driver’s licence
• Ability to work flexibly in community-based outreach settings and rotating service needs
Why Uniting
• Salary packaging that increases take-home pay
• 4 Me Days – extra paid leave each year (pro rata) to rest and recharge
• 4 CPD Days per year
• Ongoing training and leadership development opportunities
• Opportunity to lead an innovative outreach mental health model
• Collaborative, multidisciplinary and values-driven team culture
• Real impact in improving outcomes for young people and families
If you are passionate about leading a team in making a real difference in mental health care, we encourage you to apply and click the Apply button & attach your Resume
Advert Closing: 11:55pm, Thursday 14th May 2026
For questions, contact: Geraldine Garcia – Operations Manager – headspace Early psychosis ggarcia@uniting.org or Pallavi Bhatia, Talent Acquisition Specialist at pbhatia@uniting.org
About Uniting
Uniting NSW.ACT contributes to the work and mission of the Uniting Church in NSW and the ACT through social justice advocacy, community services and spiritual care. We provide care and support for people through all ages and stages of life, with a focus on people experiencing disadvantage and vulnerability. Our purpose is to inspire people, enliven communities and confront injustice.
Uniting is a Child Safe Organisation committed to promoting the safety, wellbeing and inclusion of children and young people.
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At Uniting, inclusion isn’t just something we value – it’s how we work. Our culture and practice reflect the vibrant diversity of our colleagues, and the clients and communities we serve.