Mental Health Practitioner - Support Recovery

Transform lives, every single day

Anglicare is seeking a compassionate and skilled Mental Health Practitioner to join our Supporting Recovery team. Based in Bowral, you will provide trauma-informed mental health care and wellbeing interventions to victim-survivors of family, domestic, and sexual violence (FDSV), supporting their longer-term recovery. This is a maximum term part-time position working 4 days a week. The contract ends in September 2026.

Key Responsibilities:

Deliver best-practice, trauma-informed psychological therapies and wellbeing interventions, including CBT, DBT, CPT, HOPE, EMDR, family and narrative therapies, somatic therapy, mindfulness, and other appropriate approaches.

Provide services that are welcoming, accessible, person-centred, culturally safe, and inclusive—embracing First Nations peoples, people with disability, LGBTQIA+ communities, and those from CALD backgrounds.

Work collaboratively with internal and external partners, including Catholic Care, Local Care Teams, and community service providers.

Mentor and support new and less experienced staff, sharing learnings and participating in supervision and professional development.

Promote the program within the community and participate in partnerships with other mental health and alcohol and other drugs services.

Ensure quality, risk management, and compliance with the Supporting Recovery Model of Care and organisational standards

About You:

Tertiary qualification in psychology, counselling, social work, nursing, or a related field.

Registration with a relevant professional body (e.g., ACA Level 2+, PACFA provisional, AHPRA, AASW mental health social worker accreditation).

Minimum 2 years’ experience working with clients experiencing mental health challenges and FDSV (mandatory).

Experience supporting clients from CALD backgrounds (desirable).

Current NSW Driver’s Licence, Police Check, and Working With Children Check.

Strong teamwork, relationship-building, resilience, and communication skills.

Commitment to continuous learning, quality improvement, and safe work practices.

Why Anglicare?

We provide meaningful opportunities and choice, both for the individuals and communities we support and the dedicated people here who make it happen.

At Anglicare, you’ll get the security, stability, and opportunities that come with a strong, well-established organisation that’s ready for the future. You’ll belong to a community of kind, humble, and respectful people of all faiths and backgrounds. You will also be supported to gain new knowledge, deepen your experience and expertise, and shape a rewarding career.

On top of that, here are just some of the tangible benefits you will enjoy in a career with us:

Flexible work options to get the most out of work and life.

Ongoing professional development and leadership training to advance your career.

Exclusive discounts to over 400 retailers.

Employee Assistance Program, access to counselling services for you and your family.

Are you ready for a career that means more?

To register your interest for this role, please click the ‘Apply’ button. All applicants will receive a response.

Anglicare is as wonderfully diverse as the customers and communities we support. While we are guided by our Christian-based values, our team includes people of all faiths and backgrounds who share our commitment to serving others, and we value the diverse perspectives they bring. We strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and people of all ages, genders, abilities, and cultural backgrounds.

Application Close Date: December 11, 2025

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