Perinatal Mental Health Professional

Employment Type: Temporary Full Time, 38 hours per week until 30/06/2028

Location: Bankstown Community Health Centre

Position Classification: Senior Social Worker Level 3 & Psychologist

Remuneration: Dependent on classification

Psychologist: $2, $1,541.85 per week

Senior Social Worker Lvl 3: $2, $2,240.23 per week

Requisition ID: REQ621823

Application Close Date: 30/11/2025

Interview Date Range: 03/12/ /12/2025

Contact Details: Bec Bedding |

About The Opportunity

Join a Groundbreaking first of its kind Equity Model of Care - Supporting Families through a Midwifery Group Practice and Child and Family Health model.

We're seeking passionate clinicians to join an innovative, equity-driven model of care designed to reach and support vulnerable families across the first 2000 days of life. This whole-of-family approach centres on continuity of care, connection, and proactive care in trusted, community-based settings.

In these roles, you will:

• Build trusted relationships through early, supported engagement and ongoing continuity of care.
• Partner with families alongside a known midwife and child and family health nurse, delivering coordinated, evidence-based care from pregnancy to early childhood.
• Empower families with seamless service navigation, while ensuring the right support is delivered at the right time.
• Use digital tools like Watch Me Grow – E to enhance communication, promote developmental milestones, and keep families engaged and informed.
• Early career midwifery and nursing staff encouraged as part of this innovative model.

Be part of a team reimagining maternal and early childhood care to reduce barriers, foster trust, and achieve better outcomes for women, children and families.

What You'll Be Doing

The Perinatal Mental Health Professional is responsible for providing a high-quality specialist consultative service to staff and clients within the Equity Project Team. The Perinatal Mental Health professional provides clinical expertise, support and consultation to women in the antenatal period and up until five years postnatally. This includes service development and evaluation and advanced reasoning and clinical practice skills in the management of women with mental health issues in the perinatal period. This position may be responsible for the supervision, teaching and training of other mental health clinicians, health care professionals from other disciplines and students.

Trauma Informed Practice

Healthy Kids and Families Directorate staff work within a trauma informed framework with an understanding of and responsiveness to the impact of trauma on children, young people and their families. The position will ensure that services are provided in a manner that is welcoming, safe and appropriate for all, including individuals, families and communities who have experienced trauma. By adopting a traumainformed and family sensitive approach, health services can play a key part in identifying and meeting the needs of children, young people, individuals, families and communities who are vulnerable.

Where You'll Be Working

SWSLHD Primary & Community Health provides a comprehensive range of community-based services designed to improve and maintain the health and wellbeing of individuals and communities across South Western Sydney.

These services include prevention, early intervention, assessment, acute and post-acute treatment, health maintenance, and continuing care. The team supports diverse populations, offering specialised programs for children, young people, older adults, and at-risk communities.

With over 800 dedicated staff, including Aboriginal Health Workers, nurses, doctors, and allied health professionals, the service ensures high-quality care close to where people live.

The focus on community health and wellbeing makes SWSLHD Primary & Community Health an ideal place to work, providing opportunities for professional growth and the chance to make a meaningful impact on the community.

How to Apply

To be considered for this position, please ensure you address the below questions as thoroughly as possible. View our application guide for information on how to respond to criteria and improve your application.

• A social work degree which provides eligibility for membership of the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW) or Full registration as a Psychologist with the Psychology Board of Australia. Completion of a four-year sequence of accredited undergraduate study in the discipline of psychology (or equivalent completed overseas).
• Recent, relevant clinical experience including demonstrated advanced practice with women experiencing mental health concerns in the perinatal period
• Demonstrated well-developed assessment, screening, intervention and therapy skills with a focus on mother/infant interaction
• Demonstrated effective time management skills and ability to work independently and as part of a multi-disciplinary team
• Demonstrated commitment to professional development and evidence-based practice.
• Applicants must possess an Australian C-Class driver's license (including P1 or P2). Those who hold a C class license (P1 or P2 included) from a state other than NSW must obtain a NSW C class (P1 or P2 included) license within three months of appointment. Learner's licenses are not permitted.

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Additional Information

Salary Packaging

South Western Sydney Local Health District employees are able to enjoy the benefits of salary packing. Visit Smart Salary for more details.

Health & Fitness

South Western Sydney Local Health District employees receive discounted Gym Membership/Corporate Wellbeing Programs, including Fitness Passport.

Transforming Your Experience

Transforming Your Experience (TYE) is SWSLHDs key strategy to always positively transform your, our patients, our consumers, our staffs and our communities experiences across our organisation and services. Our vision is that our care is always safe, high quality and personalised and all our staff are supported and empowered to achieve their full potential. SWSLHD upholds the CORE Values – Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment.

At South Western Sydney Local Health District we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, where we don't just accept differences but we honour and support it. Committed to providing a working environment that thrives and values diversity, we encourage people of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander background, people with a disability and people from the LGBTQI+ community to apply.

SWSLHD is committed to driving a child safe culture that upholds children and young people's rights. We strive to ensure children and young people feel safe, supported and included in their care. Existing staff of SWSLHD and those seeking employment are required to take the safety, welfare and wellbeing of children and young people seriously while taking action to keep them safe from harm and abuse.

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