Mental Health Practitioner

About Us:
Anglicare Sydney is a leading and highly regarded community NFP organisation in Australia.

Our vision is to see Jesus Christ honoured, lives enriched and communities strengthened. To achieve this, we are looking to attract the most capable and mission aligned people to join us.

For over 160 years Anglicare has been serving people in need
- providing care to older people and services to the vulnerable. We began because of people who saw a need in the community and who were compelled to make a difference. People motivated by Christian love and a passion to serve. If this describes you, we would love to invite you to join us

Mental Health Practitioner | Supporting Recovery from FDSV| Liverpool & Campbelltown

Anglicare and CatholicCare have collaborated to deliver a life-changing program called Supporting Recovery. As mission-aligned organisations, Anglicare and CatholicCare care about people and our mission is to make a genuine difference in the lives of people in the community.

The Supporting Recovery program delivers Family, Domestic and Sexual Violence (FDSV) trauma-informed mental health care services within South West Sydney to support victim-survivors in their longer-term recovery.

This is a Maximum Term (till June 2026) part time role, 3 days a week, based at Campbelltown.

Key elements of the service include:

- Victim-survivors of FDSV and their families have free access for up to 2 years to evidence-based trauma informed mental health care.
- Provision of psychological therapies and other appropriate wellbeing and social interventions.
- Collaborations with other services to facilitate coordination of care and assist with referral pathways.
- Community engagement activities to increase community awareness.

Purpose of the role:
Provide family, domestic and sexual violence (FDSV) trauma-informed mental health care services, including psychological therapies and other appropriate wellbeing and social interventions within South Western Sydney to support victim-survivors in their longer-term recovery.

Key Responsibilities (not limited to):

- Ensure the program’s delivery of best practice psychological therapies and wellbeing interventions.
- Provide trauma-informed mental health care services to victim-survivors of FDSV.
- Given the nature of the program/services, travel across South Western Sydney and additional hours of work may be required.
- Ensure services are welcoming, accessible, compassionate, person-centred, trauma informed, culturally safe and inclusive of all who present. Include perspectives of First Nations peoples, people with disability, members of LGBTQIA+ communities and people from CALD communities.
- Work collaboratively with Local Care Team, Catholic Care colleagues and external stakeholders to ensure a positive experience for program clients.
- Ensure services are consistent with the Supporting Recovery Model of Care.
- Work with Anglicare Clinical Leads and Catholic Care Clinical Leads, seeking supervision and support as required and needed including attending monthly group supervision, individual 1:1 supervision, and case consultation as needed.
- Adhere to program risk management framework to identify and mitigate program risks
- Contribute to the safety culture by keeping the workplace complying with safe work practices and support other team members to comply with safe work practices.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience needed:

- Tertiary degree qualification applicable to role - i.e. psychology, counselling, social work, nursing or similar.
- Registration with relevant professional body - i.e. minimum level 2 ACA, PACFA provisional, AHPRA, AASW mental health social worker accreditation.
- Training and experience in at least two of the following psychological therapies and interventions: Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT), Hoping to Overcome PTSD through Empowerment (HOPE), Intervention Model, Family therapies/Narrative therapy, Occupational therapies, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapy, Somatic Therapy, Mindfulness
- Current NSW Driver’s Licence.
- 2+ years experience working with clients experiencing mental health challenges and FDSV (mandatory).
- 5+ years experience and best practice knowledge of working with children and young people with experiences of trauma.
- Previous relevant training and experience supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and CALD clients (desirable).
- Police check and WWCC.

Application Close Date: March 21, 2025