Health and Wellbeing Consultant

2 days ago


St Albans, Victoria, Australia genu Full time $88,010 - $91,979 per year

Location: Sunshine

Brand: Disability & Ageing

Date Posted: 28 Aug 2025

  • Location: Victoria - Sunshine & St Albans
  • Employment Status: Full Time Permanent Position
  • Salary: TRP $88,010 - $91,479
  • Not-for-Profit Benefits: Salary packaging options up to $15,900 per annum each FBT year, plus additional meals and entertainment benefits up to $2,649 p.a

About You

At genU, we are a group of passionate, driven individuals dedicated to making lives happier and healthier, especially for people with disability, the ageing, and those experiencing disadvantage. As a profit-for-purpose organisation, we invest directly back into the communities we serve.

Harnessing diversity

At genU, we're not all the same. And that's one of our greatest strengths. We draw on the differences in who we are, what we've experienced and how we think.

We welcome diversity in all its forms, including culture, gender, disability, neurodiversity, age, sexuality, religion, spirituality, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander heritages. We respect the intersections of these identities and recognise the unique experiences and insights they bring to our organisation. Our commitment is to foster a welcoming, innovative, safe, empowering, and a respectful environment where these values are upheld every day.

Join our team

Are you an experienced Mental Health Counsellor or Social Worker (Mental Health) with a focus on ensuring best practice? genU are looking for a talented Health and Wellbeing Consultant to join the team and support our Matchworks division.

In this role, you will provide health & wellbeing support to job seekers from a broad range of backgrounds and abilities. You will utilise your specialist skills to provide a person centred, holistic approach to support clients toward improved management of their mental health in order to facilitate successful engagement with employment. You will also use your counselling intervention skills when support clients.

Key responsibilities:

As Health & Wellbeing Consultant, your responsibilities include:

  • Providing counselling and mental health support to individuals on a one-to-one basis and in groups.
  • Conducting biopsychosocial assessments and using short term evidence-based, best practice interventions to assist clients to better manage their health and wellbeing.
  • Creating individualised support plans for clients that focus on return to work and assist clients into lasting employment.
  • Referring clients to relevant external health or specialist services as required.
  • Delivering relevant health and wellbeing training to operational staff.
  • Ensuring service delivery meets the quality standards outlined in our clinical governance framework.
  • Efficient in maintaining accurate record keeping that tracks client progress within ethical and legal standards.

About you:

We are looking for caring and empathetic individuals who:

  • Tertiary qualifications in Psychology, Counselling or other recognised qualification under the Health Professional Award
  • Registration with a professional association, with one of the following regulatory bodies: AHPRA, ACA, ASORC, or AASW.
  • Accredited mental health Social Workers needed to be registered by the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW)

Requirements:

  • Current NDIS Worker Screening Check (or willingness to obtain).
  • Current Working with Children Check (or willingness to obtain).
  • Completion of the NDIS Worker Orientation Module.

Employee benefits

genU offers a range of benefits, including:

  • Extra leave: 15 days of personal leave

  • Salary packaging: Non-for-profit salary packaging up to $15,900 per annum, plus additional meals and entertainment benefits.

  • Discount shopping programs: Save at over 450 retailers, including Coles, Woolworths, JB HI-FI and Officeworks.

  • University study benefits: 25% fee reduction via a Torrens University scholarship for undergraduate and postgraduate courses at Torrens University.

  • Employee referral program: Earn a cash bonus for referring successful candidates.

  • Health and wellbeing support: 24/7 access to a holistic employee assistance program.

  • Professional development: In addition to a comprehensive induction program and ongoing professional development, genU is committed to providing opportunities for career progression. You will have access to a range of accredited training modules, staff mentoring programs and our internal jobs board.

To request a copy of the position description please email recruitment at or for any questions or to discuss adjustments during the recruitment process, please contact James Rose on or at

Applications will be reviewed as they are received, so don't wait—apply today



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