About the role We are seeking a Youth Care Coordinator to support the headspace Goulburn team in delivering high-quality mental health services to young people.

This is a full-time role, currently available until 30 June 2026, with the potential for extension based on continued funding. The position will be based in Goulburn.

This position offers the opportunity to:

• Work collaboratively with young people and their friends, family and carers to identify their support needs, goals and develop collaborative care plans.
• Provide short term care coordination, deliver early intervention counselling and support services
• Work closely with the other members of the headspace Goulburn team and external service providers to coordinate support needs.

We are looking for someone with:

1. 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.
2. Demonstrated understanding of issues affecting the health and wellbeing needs of young people with mental health and/or substance use problems, as well as young Aboriginal people and their families.
3. Experience delivering individual and group interventions
4. Experience providing coordination of care and ability to work from a recovery-oriented framework.

Why join us?

• Salary packaging options to increase your take-home pay by reducing your taxable income (up to $15,900 for living expenses + $2,650 for meals and entertainment).
• 17.5% Annual Leave loading
• Company-paid parental leave for all parents.
• Employee Assistance Program via LifeWorks for 24x7 counselling support, including telehealth, live chat and wellbeing platform.
• Flexible work arrangements to find your best work life balance
• Continuous learning and professional development opportunities.
• Work in a supportive, growing organisation with a focus on employee well-being and a positive workplace culture.

About us Grand Pacific Health is the lead agency of headspace, Goulburn. 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. Headspace Goulburn provides early intervention mental health services to young people aged 12-25 who have or may be at risk of developing a mental health and/or substance use disorder or have economic and social recovery needs. It is a part of the Youth Mental Health Team within Grand Pacific Health (GPH).

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: Melissa Burgess, Service Manager on [email protected] or 02 4824 4944

Applications close: 16 March 2025

*Please note that short-listing of candidates may 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.

Selected applicants will be asked to provide evidence of compliance with COVID-19 Vaccination.