Youth Mental Health Worker jobs in Bundaberg, QLD

Youth Mental Health Worker work in Bundaberg, QLD

Youth Mental Health Worker roles in Bundaberg, QLD sit within consistent vacancies across clinical and community roles. AOD, crisis, and complex case management are high-demand areas. Rural incentives commonly offered. Strong NDIS support sector growth. youth mental health worker positions are found across public health services, community organisations, and private practice in the region.

Youth mental health is one of the most active areas of growth in the Australian sector. The headspace network — with over 160 centres nationally — is the primary employer of youth mental health workers, providing services across mental health, physical health, alcohol and drugs, and vocational support for young people aged 12–25.

Wide Bay Hospital and Health Service provides public mental health services across the Wide Bay region, including inpatient and community mental health care based at Bundaberg Hospital. The service covers a broad geographic catchment including Hervey Bay, Maryborough, and surrounding rural areas, with community mental health teams operating from multiple sites.

Qualifications typically required

• Qualification in psychology, social work, nursing, OT, or youth work
• Experience or training in youth-specific therapeutic approaches
• Working with Children Check (mandatory)
• NDIS Worker Screening Check for relevant roles

Key employers in Bundaberg, QLD

• Wide Bay Hospital and Health Service
• Bundaberg Hospital
• headspace Bundaberg
• Wide Bay PHN
• Lives Lived Well
• UnitingCare Queensland
• Centacare