Mental Health Counsellor

For all people in Australia living with mental health and wellbeing challenges to live a life that is meaningful to them.

Position Details

- Full-Time Permanent Position
- Classification: Health Professional Level 2 with a salary range of $99,432 - $111,229 per annum + Superannuation
- Salary packaging arrangements providing tax benefits available for living and entertainment expenses increasing your take-home income where part of your wage is paid tax free each pay, saving thousands in tax each year
- Location: Joondalup, WA 6027

About your new role
The Mental Health Counsellor provides high-quality, person-centred counselling and psychosocial support to consumers as part of a transdisciplinary team. The role supports consumer wellbeing, safety and recovery through therapeutic engagement, emotional support, and skill development across community settings.

Practising within a defined counselling and psychosocial scope, the Mental Health Counsellor delivers evidence-informed counselling interventions, contributes to intake and assessment processes as required, and supports care planning and referral pathways in collaboration with clinical and non-clinical colleagues. The role promotes trauma-informed, recovery-oriented and culturally safe practice aligned with Neami National frameworks.

The Mental Health Counsellor contributes to service quality, risk management and continuous improvement activities and works collaboratively to support positive outcomes for consumers, families and carers.

About Neami National
We're Neami. We're big believers in everyone having the opportunity to live a full life. We support people to achieve wellbeing and mental health outcomes that matter to them. We provide services across Australia for mental health and wellbeing, housing and homelessness, and suicide prevention.

For some people, this means having a stronger sense of self. For others, it may mean nurturing relationships or building the confidence to tackle tomorrow. We support people to improve their quality of life in a way that suits them.

We're proud to support 34,000+ people living with mental health challenges each year across Australia and offer services over 40 different Indigenous lands.

Values
Together with our vision and purpose, our values define who we are and guide the way we operate. They are fundamental to our identity, and we align all our actions with them.

- Connecting
- Collaborating
- Learning
- Belonging

What will Neami offer

- Generous leave entitlements including Wellness Leave and Parental Leave
- 17.5% Annual Leave Loading




- Access to paid study leave and discipline-specific paid external supervision
- Flexible work arrangements are available for maintaining your work-life balance
- Professional development through regular practice development sessions and coaching with your supervisor
- Ongoing extensive in-house Learning and Development programs to encourage learning and skill-building
- Fitness Passport membership to support your health and wellbeing (available in most States/Territories and subject to minimum working hours and/or length of service)
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) through TELUS - providing holistic health and wellness supports and resources to Neami staff and their immediate family

What you will bring to the role

- Formal tertiary qualifications in Psychology, Social Work or Occupational Therapy or related
- Current full registration as a Psychologist or Occupational Therapist with current annual practising certificate from the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) essential, OR
- Current full registration as a Social Worker with the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW),
- Current registration withACAlevel 2 or PACFA

Essential Requirements

- Demonstrated experience providing counselling or psychosocial support to people experiencing mental health challenges.
- Ability to maintain skilled boundaries, demonstrate empathy and build trust.
- Strong capacity to engage effectively when working with discomfort, distress and people experiencing crisis.
- Ability to work autonomously, manage competing demands and exercise sound judgement.
- Experience in working as a member of a transdisciplinary team with the ability to inspire and facilitate team commitment and cooperation.
- Ability to adapt communication style to meet the needs of a diverse range of people and identify changing needs within a group.
- Knowledge of trauma-informed care.

Desirable

- Experience working in community mental health or psychosocial support settings.
- Postgraduate qualification in counselling, psychotherapy or mental health.
- Demonstrated experience in facilitating group programs.
- Knowledge and experience with a range of evidence-based AOD-specific models and interventions





What the role requires

- National Criminal History Check (police check) - disclosable outcomes considered
- Current Working with Children Check - required before commencement of work
- Australian working rights

How to apply
The terms and conditions of the role are listed in the position description which can be found on the Neami Job Vacancy portal (please select the paperclip icon in the top right-hand corner).

To apply for this position, please:

- Click the 'Apply' button where you will need to create a username and password
- Upload your resume and cover letter.

When applying for this position, you are asked to tell us about your previous work experience, your suitability for this role and your answers to any target questions (where asked). Please include in your application how you would prefer to be contacted (whether via email, text or phone call).

If you have any further questions not addressed in the job advertisement or position description, or if you require any adjustments to participate in the recruitment process, please contact:
Kelly Shortland, Senior Service Manager - ••••@neaminational.org.au

If you are excited about this role, but only meet some of the requirements, we encourage you to call or email us to talk about this opportunity. We're passionate about creating opportunities and supporting professional development.

If you have anytechnical issues when applying for this role, please email ••••@neaminational.org.au for assistance.

If your application is shortlisted:

- We may invite you to have an informal phone conversation to discuss the role and get to know more about your experience and interest and answer your questions.
- We may invite you to an interview (which may be in person or conducted online via Microsoft Teams) with up to three panel members from Neami.

Applications Close: 29 October 2026

Be Yourself - Neami values and celebrates diversity including multidisciplinary teams and the unique backgrounds, experiences and contributions that each person brings to our community. First Nations people, those identifying as LGBTQIA+, people with disabilities and culturally and linguistically diverse people are encouraged to apply. Our aim is to create a workforce that is accessible, inclusive and reflects the community in which we live.

Neami is committed to the safety and wellbeing of children and young people. We commit to providing accessible and safe physical and online environments for all children and young people. Click here for the full statement.

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