CCLHD - CAMHS Family Recovery Worker
🔍 Central Coast
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- Mental Health Clinician
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- REQ662647 Requisition #
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- 1 day ago Post Date
Employment Type: Temporary Full Time until October 2026
Position Classification: Health Clinician Level 3
Remuneration: Depending on qualifications
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: REQ662647
Application close: Sunday 14th June 2026 at 11.59pm
Family Recovery Worker
About The Opportunity
The Family Recovery Worker delivers mental health prevention, parenting support, and family-focused recovery interventions across the Central Coast Local Health District (CCLHD).
Key responsibilities include:
- Providing clinical consultation, advice, and liaison to health and community services on issues affecting children and families impacted by parental mental illness.
- Strengthening the capacity of services to deliver effective family-focused responses, interventions, and support for families experiencing mental health challenges.
- Delivering evidence-based interventions and programs for parents living with mental illness, with an emphasis on early intervention, recovery, and support for families and carers.
- Collaborating with families, carers, and key stakeholders to promote the wellbeing, resilience, and recovery of children whose parents experience mental illness.
- Supporting integrated and coordinated care approaches that enhance outcomes for parents, children, and families across the service network.
This role is focused on improving family wellbeing, strengthening parenting capacity, and ensuring children and families receive timely, appropriate, and recovery-oriented support.
This role is suitable for the following:
- Clinical Nurse Specialist Grade 2
- Social Worker Level 3
Occupational Therapist Level 3
- Welfare Off Level 3
- Counsellor Level 3
- Senior Psychologist
This is an opportunity to form ongoing, meaningful relationships with clients and families while being fully supported by a team renowned for its expertise, kindness, and collaborative culture.
For more information about this role, please view the Position Description
About You
You will bring a strong commitment to high-quality community care and a passion for helping people maintain their health, independence, and dignity. You will have:
- Qualifications in mental health-related discipline: AHPRA Registered Nurse, Psychologist, or Occupational Therapist with three years post registration experience in mental health, Social Worker eligible for membership of AASW or Bachelor Degree Counselling or Community Welfare with three years post graduate experience in mental health.
- Demonstrated experience working with children and families or carers, and familiarity with contemporary mental health service delivery models, including crisis intervention and family intervention.
- Demonstrated experience in psychological interventions in community mental health including knowledge of psychopharmacological treatments, side effects and family interventions.
- Experience, knowledge and skills working in collaborative partnerships with GPs, government and non-government organisations and other agencies.
- Current valid Australian drivers licence
Applicants must have current Australian work rights. We are unable to consider applicants who do not meet this requirement.
Benefits
At Central Coast Local Health District, you’ll be supported to grow, thrive, and succeed:
Work-Life Balance
· Accrued day off each month (ADO)
· 17.5% annual leave loading
· Paid parental leave
Financial Benefits
· Salary packaging to increase your take‑home pay
· Novated leasing options
· Relocation assistance (where eligible)
Health & Wellbeing
· Discounted gym access through Fitness Passport
· Free flu vaccinations
· Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for you and your family
· Access discounted private health insurance
Career Growth
· Access to professional development and education
· Secondment and career‑advancement opportunities across the District
Need More Information?
Lani Mcgrath
Phone: 02 4320 3996
Email: Lani.McGrath@health.nsw.gov.au
Click here to find out more about applying for this position.
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Working for Central Coast Local Health District - NSW Health
Central Coast Local Health District is committed to implementing the Child Safe Standards.
Central Coast Local Health District is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants can access support through the Stepping Up initiative, which provides guidance on the NSW Health recruitment process. You’re also welcome to reach out to Nathan Bramston-Dean in our Aboriginal Workforce Development Team at CCLHD-AboriginalWorkforce@health.nsw.gov.au or call 02 4320 3519 for one-on-one support.
Vaccination Requirements
All NSW Health workers are required to comply with the Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination Against Specified Infectious Diseases Policy Directive. This includes:
- Category A positions: Mandatory evidence of protection against specified infectious diseases, including annual influenza vaccination and tuberculosis assessment.
Applicants must provide appropriate evidence of compliance prior to commencement. For detailed information, please refer to the NSW Health Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination Policy.
NSW Health strongly recommends all workers stay up to date with COVID-19 vaccinations as per the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation guidelines. However, COVID-19 vaccination is not a condition of employment.
Additional Information
An Eligibility List (E-List) or talent pool may be created from this recruitment episode to assist in filling future permanent, temporary, or casual full-time and part-time positions.
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