The mental health service set to address youth challenges with medical, social and emotional support is one step closer to opening its doors in Katherine.
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The government funded Headspace is in the process of recruiting for a number of different positions.
The job listings follow a long path of delays for the service as it has worked to get the project off the ground.
Katherine has been identified as an area of high need, with high rates of reported psychological distress among young people and significantly higher youth suicide rates across the Northern Territory.
Headspace Katherine is recruiting an administration assistant, Indigenous well being worker, community engagement worker and a youth mental health worker.
The service is also looking for a chair person to "provide independent leadership to the Headspace Katherine Consortium".
Funding for the hub, which will provide primary mental health services for young people experiencing mild to moderate mental health concerns, was announced in July 2017 by NT Senator Nigel Scullion.
Despite a delay in finding a location, space in the Randazzo Centre on Katherine Terrace was found late last year and the go-ahead for construction was announced last month.
Once complete, the long-awaited youth mental health service will coordinate services and support to prevent young people in the region from falling through the gaps.
"We are looking forward to welcoming young people and their families to the centre once the building work is completed," Anglicare NT executive manager of mental health, Jade Gooding said in March.
"The internal fit-out of the centre will be welcoming, fun and youth friendly, incorporating valuable input from consultations already held with young people and community members."
The Federal Government has invested more than $1.3 million to establish the service in Katherine, which was expected to be in operation in the middle of 2018.
"The Headspace model is based on early intervention with the knowledge that adolescence and early adulthood is a critical time in a person's life, with research showing that 75 per cent of mental health disorders emerge before the age of 25," Ms Gooding said.
To apply for any of the positions head to the Anglicare website here.
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