Where excellence meets opportunity - discover your next chapter with cohealth

• Part time, Fixed term role
• Based in Wyndham
• Work for a multi-award-winning iconic community health organisation

So why cohealth?

cohealth leads the way in reducing health and social inequity in partnership with people and the communities in which they live. Named Premier's Health Service of the Year (Primary) and the Supporting LGBTIQ+ Health Service at the Victorian Public Healthcare Awards, cohealth's 1000 staff demonstrate courage, leadership, innovation, and agility in their commitment to providing inclusive and culturally safe health services that protect the human rights of all people of all gender identities, sexualities, ages, cultural and linguistic backgrounds, faiths, and abilities.

Our inclusive workplace culture enables staff to bring their whole selves to work, where uniqueness is valued, and people experience a feeling of belonging. Our aim is for everyone to thrive in their role. Please click here to find out more.

About the role

The role provides brief intervention, psychosocial support, care planning, wellbeing coaching, casework, and service navigation for people aged 26+ experiencing mental health challenges, psychological distress, or psychosocial stressors. The role also supports group programs, social prescribing activities, community engagement, and partnerships with local services.

Please refer to the Position Description for more information.

Your duties include:

• Provide warm, welcoming, culturally safe and trauma-informed engagement upon first contact.
• Undertake psychosocial assessments, wellbeing screening and needs identification.
• Offer brief interventions such as psychoeducation, wellbeing coaching, emotional support, and practical assistance.
• Support clients to identify goals, strengths, priorities and recovery needs.
• Provide strategies to manage distress, build coping skills and improve wellbeing

What cohealth offers:

• Exciting Parental leave benefits
  • cohealth offers primary carers 14 weeks paid parental leave upon completion of only 6 months of continuous service
  • Eligible co-workers will continue to receive superannuation on unpaid parental leave as well
• Salary packaging to suit you - tax free amount of up to $15,900 p.a (mortgage, rent, or credit cards) and a further $2,650 p.a (meal, entertainment expenses and holiday accommodation) alongside generous reward programs from our salary packaging providers. Find out more on salary packaging here: https://www.ato.gov.au/Individuals/Jobs-and-employment-types/Working-as-an-employee/Salary-sacrificing-for-employees/
• Novated Leasing available
• A significantly discounted fitness membership with unlimited access to over 290 facilities for you and your family. To find out more click here
• Counselling services for you and your immediate family through our EAP-Access provider, and mindfulness, resilience, and wellbeing programs
• We offer inclusion, equality, and opportunity in a workplace where making a difference counts (based on our guiding principles and values)

Our ideal candidate:

• Knowledge of local mental health, AOD, family violence, housing and social service systems.
• Awareness of the needs and experiences of marginalised communities
• Promote lived experience leadership and community-led practice in all work.

Application Process

To download the PD, and to apply for this job go to: https://cohealthcareers.org.au/Current-Jobs & enter ref code: 6847598.

Applications close 22 January 2026 at 10pm

If you have any questions regarding this role, please contact Jenny Xerri Jenny.Xerri@cohealth.org.au or Yasmin Barber Yasmin.Barber@cohealth.org.au

We will be conducting interviews for this role as applications are received.

All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check (NCCHC), a Working with Children Check (WWCC), complete a Pre-Employment Declaration Form, evidence of legal rights to work in Australia, and evidence of vaccination.

Successful applicants will be required to provide evidence of immunisation assessment including Influenza within 12 weeks of commencement [B]. This is in accordance with the Victorian Minister of Health Mandatory Vaccination Orders and legislated requirement for influenza vaccination.