At a Glance
- Tasks: Use your language skills to enhance mental health support for diverse communities.
- Company: Join WSLHD, a leading public health service committed to cultural inclusivity.
- Benefits: Gain professional growth opportunities while making a real difference in people's lives.
- Other info: Work with a dynamic team at Cumberland Hospital, NSW's largest mental health facility.
- Why this job: Empower communities and champion inclusive care through your clinical expertise.
- Qualifications: Tertiary qualification in Social Work, Counselling or Psychology required.
The predicted salary is between 58500 - 71500 $ per year.
Improve access to culturally responsive mental health and gambling support. Empower diverse communities through clinical expertise and collaboration. Grow your career with a leading public health service. Use your language skills and clinical expertise to improve outcomes for culturally diverse communities affected by problem gambling and mental health challenges.
Employment Type: Temporary Part Time (up to 30th June 2027)
Position Classification: Counsellor Level 1 / 2, Psychologist, Social Worker Level 1 / 2
Remuneration: Dependent on Qualifications
Hours Per Week: 32
Location: Cumberland Hospital
Where you'll be working:
- Join the GambleAware Multicultural Service, a state-wide specialist team based at Cumberland Hospital, North Parramatta.
- Part of Western Sydney Local Health District (WSLHD), Cumberland Hospital is NSW's largest and Australia's oldest mental health facility.
- Working with a multidisciplinary team supporting CALD communities across NSW.
- Building partnerships with GambleAware providers and ethnic community organisations.
- Contributing to innovative, inclusive and culturally responsive care.
- Accessing professional growth and development opportunities.
- Being part of WSLHD's commitment to Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment.
What you'll be doing:
- Use your clinical skills and cultural knowledge to strengthen gambling and mental health support for individuals, families and communities.
- Provide cultural consultation to mainstream GambleAware providers to enhance clinical care.
- Deliver intake, assessment, counselling and psychoeducation in English, another language or with interpreter support.
- Build partnerships with ethnic community organisations and local service providers across NSW.
- Provide crisis intervention, advocacy and referrals to appropriate services.
- Promote cultural awareness, translated resources and understanding of problem gambling through provider support and community engagement.
Make a difference with Western Sydney Local Health District. Join a team where your expertise, language skills and cultural knowledge create meaningful change. Grow your career, champion inclusive care and make a lasting difference in the lives of diverse communities.
Qualification: Tertiary qualification in Social Work, Counselling or Psychology
Registration: Membership with relevant professional body / Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) as appropriate
Selection Criteria:
- Tertiary qualifications in social work or psychology and current registration with the relevant professional body.
- Demonstrated skills and experience in mental health assessment, crisis intervention and counselling in the area of addictions.
- Experience in working in a counselling setting in another language than English and with interpreters and sensitivity to the needs of people from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds.
- Knowledge of a wide range of networks and services to assist individuals and families with health and welfare concerns.
- Experience in community engagement including developing and delivering presentations in English and another language.
- Demonstrated ability to work both independently and within a multi-disciplinary team.
- Demonstrated effective communication and interpersonal skills.
Applications Close: 15th November 2026
People with disabilities who meet the selection criteria are encouraged to apply; and where required, WSLHD will implement reasonable adjustment consistent with industry standard. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people are encouraged to apply.
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