Mental Health Counsellor

2 weeks ago

Perth, Australia Life Without Barriers Full time

**Job no**: 505078
**Employment type**: Full Time, Part Time
**Location**: Perth
**Categories**: Mental Health

**About the Role**

You will provide culturally sensitive, evidence based counselling to individuals aged 12 and over from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds who are experiencing mild to moderate psychological distress. You’ll play a key role in empowering clients through a person-centred, strengths based approach.

This is a **full-time or part-time maximum term position** until **30 January 2026**, with the likelihood of extension. The role is primarily based at our **Leederville office**, with regular travel required to **Langford and Mirrabooka** to support clients across service locations.

**Key Responsibilities**
- Deliver face-to-face therapeutic counselling tailored to individual client needs.
- Use evidence-based, culturally responsive practices to support positive mental health outcomes.
- Identify and manage clinical risks and complex client issues.
- Maintain accurate, timely clinical records in line with organisational and legislative standards.
- Provide relevant, structured feedback to referring practitioners and primary care providers.
- Participate in multidisciplinary meetings, case reviews, and reflective practice.
- Uphold ethical standards in accordance with AASW, ACA, PACFA, or AHPRA frameworks.
- Foster strong working relationships with GPs, CALD communities, and partner services.

**Skills & Experience**
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Psychology, Counselling, Social Work, or a related field.
- Registration with AASW, ACA, PACFA, or AHPRA.
- Effectively communicate in English and one or more other languages (essential), and experience in working with language interpreters (preferred).Experience providing mental health support to clients from CALD backgrounds.
- Proficient in assessments and therapeutic interventions for mild to moderate mental health presentations.
- Skilled in managing client risk within a clinical governance framework.
- Strong time management and organisational skills.
- Unrestricted driver’s licence (or willingness to discuss alternative arrangements).

**Benefits**
- Competitive salary plus salary packaging
- Very supportive team environment
- Laptop + iPhone included

**How to Apply**

**Applications close at midnight on Monday 2nd June 2025.**

**About the Organisation**

Almost half of Australian adults will experience a mental health illness at some point in their life. You can make a meaningful difference to the Australian community by joining the Life Without Barriers team. Our mental health teams provide client-led, recovery-orientated mental health support, creating positive change in such a vital industry.

Life Without Barriers is a leading social purpose organisation of 8,000 employees working in more than 500 communities across Australia. We support children, young people and families, people with disability, older people and people with mental illness. We work with people who are homeless and refugees and asylum seekers. Join a community of people dedicated to breaking down barriers.

We want to employ people who reflect the diversity of our clients to ensure we can support each client's individual needs and wants. We encourage people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background and people with disability to apply

**Advertised**: 19 May 2025 W. Australia Standard Time
**Applications close**: 02 Jun 2025 23:55 W. Australia Standard Time

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