Careers

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).

Successful candidates will be required to clear probity checks including National Criminal History Record Check and Working with Children Check.

Benefits

• Competitive salary plus salary packaging
• Very supportive team environment
• Laptop + iPhone included

How to Apply

Include your resume and covering letter in one document, click ‘Apply’ and follow the prompts. For any enquiries including persons with disability that require adjustments, email Debra Neil at recruitment@lwb.org.au

Candidates with disabilities who require adjustments to the recruitment process or the application form in an alternate format can visit https://www.lwb.org.au/careers/ for information on our access and inclusion work and how to contact us directly.

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