Bereavement Counsellor/Coordinator - Supportive and Palliative Care

Lead a specialist bereavement service across WSLHD. Provide expert grief counselling, education and support. Make a lasting impact on families during life's toughest moments.

Employment Type: PermanentFull Time. Position Classification: Social Worker Level 4. Remuneration: $126,524 - $129,591 per annum. Hours Per Week: 38. Location: Western Sydney Local Health District.

Where you'll be working

Join a compassionate and patient-centred team in this senior Bereavement Counsellor/Coordinator role, where you will lead and nurture a comprehensive bereavement service within Supportive and Palliative Care across Western Sydney Local Health District (WSLHD). Based at Mt Druitt and working across the district, this role offers the chance to provide thoughtful, specialist counselling alongside tailored support and meaningful follow-up to family members and carers during a deeply sensitive time in their lives.

Working in a collaborative and values driven environment, you will have the opportunity to influence service development, contribute to education and research especially in how best to meet the bereavement support needs of a culturally diverse population, and help shape best practice bereavement care across the District. This position provides an exciting opportunity to

- Join a respected multidisciplinary Supportive and Palliative Care team
- Contribute to innovative and evidence-based bereavement services
- Build strong partnerships across health, community and external organisations
- Access ongoing professional development, supervision and networking opportunities
- Help improve the wellbeing of families and carers across Western Sydney

What you'll be doing





Working collaboratively within a highly supportive multidisciplinary team, you will also strengthen referral pathways, build staff capability to recognise and respond to complex grief, and contribute to education, service development, and policy across the district. This is a rewarding opportunity for an experienced clinician who brings both professional expertise and genuine empathy, and is committed to delivering high-quality, person-centred care while shaping and enhancing bereavement services for the community. This role involves:

- Further developing and coordinating bereavement assessment, counselling, support programs and follow up services
- Delivering specialist grief and bereavement interventions for individuals, families and groups
- Providing education, consultation and clinical supervision to health professionals
- Leading service planning, quality improvement, resource development and evaluation activities
- Collaborating with internal and external stakeholders to strengthen bereavement care pathways

Registration

Eligibility for membership of the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW) or Full registration with the Psychologists Registration Board of NSW.

Selection Criteria





- Social Worker eligible for membership of the Australian Association of Social Workers or Clinical Psychologist with full registration with the Psychologists Registration Board of NSW. Post-graduate tertiary qualifications related to counselling desirable.
- Experience as a counselling clinician in bereavement, palliative care or end of life contexts and specialist knowledge of bereavement, loss and grief processes.
- Proven ability to work independently, manage service coordination and complex cases effectively.
- Capacity to provide education and training to health professionals in the areas of grief, loss and bereavement and capacity to provide clinical supervision.
- Demonstrated ability to work constructively as a member of an interdisciplinary team, which may include participation in quality improvement, evaluation or research.
- High level of communication, negotiation, liaison, advocacy and conflict resolution skills.
- Demonstrated ability to participate in organisational and service planning and development.
- A working knowledge of word processing and email and data management skills and current driver licence (NSW eligibility).

Requisition ID: REQ . Applications Close: 3 September 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.

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Please note: To be eligible for permanent appointment to a position in NSW Health, you must have an Australian citizenship or permanent Australian residency.

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📌 Bereavement Counsellor/Coordinator - Supportive and Palliative Care (City of Sydney)
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📍 City of Sydney