Clinical Lead - Counselling

Central Coast Community Women's Health Centre · Wyoming, Regional NSW, Australia

Part-Time (0.5 FTE up to 37 hours per fortnight)

Lead practice. Support our people. Strengthen outcomes for women on the Central Coast.

For more than 50 years, Central Coast Community Women's Health Centre (CCCWHC) has worked alongside women to improve health, safety and wellbeing through access to information, choice and care. Grounded in feminism, intersectionality, social justice, and trauma and violence-informed practice, we support women to navigate challenges, strengthen resilience, and achieve safer and healthier futures.

We are seeking an experienced and values-aligned Clinical Lead - Counselling to provide leadership across our counselling service and help strengthen the quality, consistency and impact of our practice.

About the role:

As our Clinical Lead, you will play a critical role in translating our organisational values and service model into everyday practice. Working alongside counsellors and the leadership team, you will support a culture of reflective practice, psychological safety, ethical decision-making and continuous improvement.

You will help ensure our counselling service continues to deliver high-quality, trauma and violence-informed responses that:

support safety and stabilisation;

facilitate trauma recovery and healing;

strengthen connection, resilience and wellbeing;

uphold women's dignity, choice and self-determination; and

contribute to improved outcomes for women experiencing adversity, violence and inequity.

This role is ideal for a leader who enjoys balancing strategic thinking, practice leadership and day-to-day support of a counselling team.

About you:

You are an experienced practitioner who is passionate about supporting women and developing the capability of others.

You will bring:

Clinical experience in counselling, psychotherapy, psychology, social work or a related discipline.

Experience working within trauma and violence-informed services, particularly supporting women impacted by domestic, family and sexual violence.

Experience leading and developing teams

Supervision experience, including individual, group and reflective supervision.

Strong skills in risk assessment, clinical governance and ethical practice.

Why join us?

We know that how we work with women matters. Every interaction can have a lasting impact on a woman's experience of safety, empowerment and healing. Our team is committed to creating meaningful change through compassionate, evidence-informed and culturally responsive practice.

For a confidential discussion about the role, please contact Sarah-Jane Hill, Head of Client Services @ [email protected] using the subject line: Clinical Lead - Counselling - Central Coast enquiry via EthicalJobs.

If you are passionate about strengthening counselling practice, developing practitioner capability, and contributing to safe and healthy futures for women on the Coast, we would love to hear from you.

A position description is attached.

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