Family and Youth Counsellor

• Role Title: Family and Youth Counsellor

• Role Type: Max-term (1 Year), Part-time (24 Hours Per Week)

• Role Grade: Health Professional Level 3 (Allied Health – Social Worker, Counsellor, Occupational Therapy, Psychology)

• Department and Location: Burton Street Centre, St Vincent's Hospital, Darlinghurst

• Salary: $112,396 - $116,038 p.a + Super + Salary packaging

Better and fairer care. Always.
We are St Vincent's Health Australia, Australia's largest not-for-profit provider of health and aged care services.

Founded by The Sisters of Charity in 1857, our +30,000 healthcare superheroes operate public and private hospitals, residential aged care, community and virtual care, and outreach programs.
 

About the Role:

• Deliver high-quality specialist family-based therapeutic interventions, psychosocial assessments, and health education to young people and families, including facilitating psychoeducational and therapeutic groups, while ensuring culturally safe, person-centred care.

• Recognise and respond to child safety, welfare, and wellbeing concerns in compliance with NSW legislation and mandatory reporting requirements, providing advocacy and liaison with external services such as Mental Health, Sexual Health, Aboriginal Health, Criminal Justice, GPs, and housing agencies.

• Contribute to clinical service development through planning, implementation, evaluation, and reporting of initiatives, routine outcome measurement, and active participation in quality improvement, policy development, and clinical research activities.

• Provide supervision and mentoring to students and junior staff within training scope, engage in clinical review and reflective practice, and participate in ongoing professional development, including training, peer feedback, and use of audio/video recording for skill enhancement.

• Maintain accurate and confidential documentation of client progress in electronic medical records, uphold client advocacy by ensuring clients and families understand care plans, and incorporate discharge planning into multidisciplinary care pathways.

• Operate autonomously with strong organisational and prioritisation skills, participate in team meetings and community education on stimulant use, and maintain up-to-date knowledge of interventions and pharmacotherapy relevant to the field.
   

About You:

• Relevant tertiary qualifications in Counselling, Social Work, Psychology or related behavioural sciences, with eligibility for membership of the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW) or other relevant professional bodies, and registration where applicable.

• Proven advanced clinical experience delivering family-based therapeutic interventions and psychosocial assessments to young people and families, utilising evidence-based individual, family, and group interventions.

• Demonstrated understanding of youth and family clinical frameworks with experience in evidence-based service development, and skilled in responding to child safety and wellbeing concerns per NSW legislation, including referral and advocacy across health and community sectors.

• Experience providing clinical supervision, mentoring students and junior staff, and engaging in ongoing professional development, clinical review, and quality improvement activities, including documentation and use of digital health records.

• Highly developed communication, interpersonal, and organisational skills, with the ability to operate autonomously within multidisciplinary teams, participate in community education, and maintain up-to-date knowledge of interventions and treatment options relevant to stimulant and related health services.

Why Work at St Vincent's?

• Join us on our mission to provide care to all, including the most at-risk people in our community

• Discounted access to many gyms for you and your family with Fitness Passport

• Access to discounted private health insurance with Medibank

• Access to a government salary sacrifice program to make a proportion of your salary tax-free

• Financial support for educational development, scholarship programs, paid study leave
   

About the Hospital:
In this role, you will be based at St Vincent's Hospital, Darlinghurst.

• A busy inner-city hospital in a beautiful location

• Surrounded by great cafes, galleries, and theatres, parks, nightlife, and nearby glorious beaches

• A place of expert clinical care for at-risk people

• Closely partnered with universities & affiliated research institutes, many of which are located on-campus

• Centres of excellence include heart & lung transplantation, bone marrow transplantation, cardiology, cancer care, AIDS/HIV, respiratory medicine, mental health, homeless health, drug & alcohol services, and correctional health
   

Pre-employment Checks:
Your employment is conditional upon the completion of all role-required pre-employment checks, including relevant immunisations.
 

Equal Opportunity:
We celebrate diversity & inclusion and are committed to equal employment opportunity for everyone. 
 

As part of our commitment to reconciliation we encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to apply and join us in delivering care that heals body, mind, spirit and community. 
 

How to Apply:
The closing date for applications is 26 September 2025

Please submit your resume and a brief cover letter highlighting how your interest, skills, and experience align with the role and address each of the criteria.

Further information please contact

At St Vincent's we acknowledge the importance of creating a work environment that is welcoming, safe, equitable and inclusive for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Employees. As part of our Commitment to Reconciliation and Closing the Gap in employment related outcomes, we encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.

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