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About Us
headspace provides support to young people aged 12-25 experiencing mild to moderate or emerging mental health issues. The multidisciplinary team at headspace Wollongong work to improve health, social, vocational and educational outcomes for young people.
About Us
headspace provides support to young people aged 12-25 experiencing mild to moderate or emerging mental health issues. The multidisciplinary team at headspace Wollongong work to improve health, social, vocational and educational outcomes for young people.
Grand Pacific Health is the lead agency of headspace Wollongong. We are a not-for-profit, primary health care organisation providing locally-tailored, high quality physical and mental health services across NSW and the ACT.
About The Position
The Youth Care Coordinator will work collaboratively with a young person and their family/carers to assess the mental health and psycho-social support needs of the young people referred to headspace and coordinate transition to appropriate support and treatment streams within and external to headspace in accordance with the clinical need. The position will also have a community engagement component, working closely with the community engagement officer for health promotion and related activities.
Youth Care Coordinator fixed part time (0.8 FTE) position. Contract till 30th of June 2026 with a possibility of extension.
We Are Looking For Someone With
* Passion and experience working with young people
* Qualifications in a relevant field or working towards same e.g. youth work, community welfare, social work, psychology, peer work, occupational therapy, counselling or other related qualifications or demonstrated experience in a similar role
* Experience delivering individual and group interventions
* Experience providing coordination of care and the ability to work from a recovery-oriented framework
Why join GPH?
* Flexible work arrangements to find your best work life balance
* Continuous learning and development opportunities
* Increase your take home pay with salary packaging of up to $15,900 in living expenses and an additional benefit of up to $2,650 in meals and entertainment
* We make a positive difference to the lives of those we support
Interested?
Visit our website www.gph.org.au/employment to download Position Description and our Employee Benefits Information and click the 'apply' button to submit your application.
Please ensure that your application addresses the selection criteria detailed in the position description and include this in your application or it may mean that your application does not progress to the next step in our recruitment process.
For more information contact: Georgia Deane-Smith, Service Manager, headspace Wollongong, phone 4220 7660 or email ************@gph.org.au
Applications close: 21st July 2025
* Please note that short-listing of candidates will commence prior to the closure of this role, so please do not delay submitting your application.
We welcome applications from people with lived experience of mental health, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from the LGBTQI community, young people from multicultural communities and people with a disability.
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