Hopscotch & Harmony is a well-established and respected multi-award winning private practice that has a strong focus on child and adolescent mental health and neurodiversity-affirming assessments.

We are looking for motivated and passionate psychologists who would like to further their career in our collaborative, client-centred child and adolescent private practice at our Werribee practice in Melbourne's west and Belmont in Geelong.

We pride ourselves in being a warm, friendly practice, and we welcome driven, passionate psychologists who enjoy a supportive team environment.

We offer full-time or part-time employment if your priority is stability and leave entitlements, and we offer contracting agreements for psychologists if you prefer autonomy and independence.

OPEN: Graduate Program for early career psychologists (General registration)

The Hopscotch & Harmony Psychologist Graduate Program is a 24-month immersion program for early career psychologists (<3 years post-general registration). It gives you the opportunity to be involved in every aspect of working as a paediatric psychologist in private practice.

These are full-time salaried positions

This opportunity is for psychologists with general registration who have excelled in their post-graduate program and are now ready to dive deep in to private practice. This role is for psychologists who wish to gain deeper knowledge and experience working with young people from 4 to 18 years and their families.

This exciting program presents a range of learning opportunities to maximise professional and personal development, including:

Exposure and support with a variety of child psychology presentations
Provision of targeted professional development and e-learning
Development of strong skills in four key areas of child psychology
Regular mentoring, feedback and individualised development plan
Time management & caseload management support to boost your confidence and capabilities
Community engagement activities to learn how private practitioners work with the wider community

Our Psychologist Graduate Program provides the ideal foundation to build an exceptional career as a child and adolescent psychologist in private practice and beyond.

You'll emerge from the program with strong clinical skills and confidence to either step up in to a new role at Hopscotch & Harmony or meet a new challenge that comes your way.This position is perfect for you if you:

Are new to private practice and want a clear, structured professional development pathway
Have a solid foundation of clinical skills that you have developed through your placements or early career experience
Have experience working with young people
Are excited, driven and passionate to be a part of our team!

Receive mentoring and training to develop a strong foundation in four key areas:

Child anxiety
Trauma
Relationship-based Parenting
Autism and ADHD assessment

After your three month orientation and training period, you will see an average of 20 clients a week and be involved in some of the following (depending on your personal and professional interests):

Assessment opportunities (Psycho-ed, Autism, ADHD)
Facilitation of small group programs
Facilitation of parent workshops/seminars
Online program development
Professional development activities
Relationship building activities

Why join our Graduate program for early career child and adolescent psychologists?

More than just a job, in this program you will:

receive support to develop your career as a child and adolescent psychologist through mentorship, professional development to dive deep into your preferred areas, and our online development program.
join other graduates and interns so you will have other early-career psychologists to lean on and learn from.
join a practice that embraces collegiality, professionalism, ethical practice and exceptional client care.

Join us in making a meaningful impact on the lives of our clients. We look forward to welcoming you to our team!

Why a career with Hopscotch & Harmony Psychology?

You can be confident that you are joining a friendly, supportive and well-established practice with strong leadership.

Our team members are so dedicated to making Hopscotch & Harmony an exceptional, innovative practice that we have been awarded Wyndham Council's best service based business three times, and are a 2026 finalist in the Australian Allied Health Awards for Excellence in Paediatric Practice. Furthermore, in 2022 our Director, Jessica Cleary achieved the Allied Health Awards Australian Psychologist of the Year and the 2022 Allied Health Leadership and Management Excellence awards.

We hire for cultural fit and especially employ psychologists who are committed to our company values of Belonging, Integrity and Courage.

What we've learned over the years...

Although our team members bring their unique selves to their jobs, over the years we have found that our thriving, most satisfied psychologists have the following traits in common: