Child and Family Counsellor

🌱 Deliver life-changing support to children and families
🤝 Work in a multidisciplinary, community health team
🧠 Trauma-informed, evidence-based counselling role
 

Help children heal, strengthen families, and build brighter futures through evidence-based counselling in community health.
 

Employment Type: Temporary Full Time (up to 04/01/2027)
Position Classification: Counsellor Level 1/2, Psychologist, Social Worker Level 1/2
Remuneration:

·       Psychologist: $40.57 - $59.38 per hour

·       Counsellor Level 1/2, Social Worker Level 1/2: $38.51 - $54.94 per hour

Hours Per Week: 38
Location: Doonside and Mount Druitt Community Health Centres
 

Where you'll be working
You will be based across Doonside and Mount Druitt Community Health Centres, delivering essential services within Western Sydney’s diverse and vibrant communities. This service is part of an integrated Child and Family Health model focused on early intervention, prevention, and holistic wellbeing.

You will join a team that values collaboration, cultural responsiveness, and person-centred care, working with professionals who are deeply committed to improving outcomes for children and families.

·       Supportive multidisciplinary team of Nursing and Allied Health clinicians

·       Strong culture of collaboration, supervision and professional growth

·       Work with culturally and socio-economically diverse communities

·       Community-based model focused on early intervention and prevention

·       Opportunities to contribute to health promotion and community education

What you'll be doing 
In this rewarding community health role, you will provide high-quality assessment and therapeutic support to children, adolescents and families experiencing behavioural, emotional and developmental concerns. You will work within an evidence-informed framework, partnering with families to achieve meaningful and sustainable outcomes.
 

·       Conduct triage, assessment and develop therapeutic treatment plans

·       Provide individual, family and group counselling, including parenting support

·       Deliver family-centred care in collaboration with caregivers and supports

·       Work within a multidisciplinary team to ensure coordinated, holistic care

·       Maintain clinical documentation, outcome measures and service targets

How to Apply
Apply online by submitting your resume and addressing the criteria listed below by providing examples that demonstrate your ability before the closing date.

Essential Criteria:

·       License: Current Drivers Licence valid within Australia

·       Qualification/ Registration: Tertiary qualifications in Social Work and eligibility for membership of Australia Association of Social Workers or Counsellors who hold a minimum 3 year bachelor degree in counselling or related field, or other qualification deemed equivalent by the employer, as defined within the NSW Health Service Health Professionals Award. Current Full Registration as a Psychologist with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA)
 

Selection Criteria: 

1.     Demonstrated experience in psychosocial assessment and intervention (individual, family and group) with children, adolescents and their families/carers.

2.     Demonstrated knowledge of child development, attachment and trauma informed care and application in child and family clinical settings.

3.     Experience in and/or knowledge of systemic approaches to provision of parenting interventions and family focused therapies.

4.     Demonstrated understanding of the dynamics and effects of abuse, neglect and domestic violence and best practise when working with children experiencing child protection issues.

5.     Effective interpersonal and communication skills with demonstrated ability to work in a multidisciplinary team and work with families from differing socioeconomic and /or culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds to achieve client outcomes and goals.

6.     High level of written clinical documentation skills with demonstrated competency in using computer based applications including electronic health records.

7.     Demonstrated excellent time management and organisation skills to provide timely and appropriate services and meet workload expectations.

8.     Current Drivers Licence valid within NSW/Australia

Requisition ID: REQ629851
Applications Close: 19^th February 2026
 

Need more information?

·       Find out more about applying for this position.

·       Review the detailed Position Description for insights into role requirements and criteria.

·       Explore the selection process, employment checks, outcomes and notifications.

·       For inquiries about the role, contact Jaspreet Kaur at jaspreet.kaur4@health.nsw.gov.au.