Lives Lived Well provides support for people in Queensland, New South Wales and South Australia who are being impacted by alcohol or drugs or problems with mental health.

Our service in Northern Adelaide provides person-centred mental health care to children (0-11yrs) and their families to underserviced and at-risk groups in the Northern Adelaide PHN Region. Care includes triaging, assessments, low intensity mental health intervention as well as psychological therapy.

If you share our belief that with the right support, people can change their lives, think in a curious and critical way, and thrive on learning and change, join us, and do your best work here!

Your opportunity

In this position you will lead the implementation and ongoing development of services for families and their children aged 0 to 11 years. You will be responsible for ensuring that the service meets all funding targets and compliance requirements. It is essential to provide culturally appropriate services that are inclusive of Indigenous Australians, LGBTIQA+ individuals, and culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities.

The role also involves, fostering strong stakeholder engagement, and maintaining positive relationships to support effective referral pathways and client outcomes. Additionally, the position oversees the day-to-day operations of the service, manages a modest caseload, and promotes evidence-based clinical practices. This includes facilitating regular clinical review meetings and multidisciplinary team discussions.

This is an ongoing full-time position, working Monday to Friday, 38 hours per week. The gross annual salary for this role ranges between $106,379 to $111,094 plus superannuation and the opportunity to salary package. The salary on offer will be commensurate with the preferred candidate’s skills, knowledge, and experience.

What you’ll bring

We are looking for a passionate, people focused and innovative leader. To succeed in this role, there are some essentials you’ll need:

• Tertiary qualifications in Social Work, Psychology or relevant discipline and hold or be eligible for membership of AHPRA or the appropriate professional body.
• Several years of clinical practice in mental health treatment and care.
• Demonstrated skills in staff supervision and proven ability to provide clinical and operational leadership and management (including development) of a multi-disciplinary team (including human and financial resource matters).
• Substantial experience and proven expertise in the application of evidence-based clinical practice within the mental health field (including families and children and/or peri-natal care).
• Experience and demonstrated skill in the coordination of individualised psychosocial interventions to meet the needs of families and their children.
• Experience in working with Aboriginal, CALD and/or LGBTIQAP+ communities
• Current and valid Working With Children Check

While not essential, we’d also love you to have:

• Local knowledge of services
• Experience in establishing a new service

What matters most is that you’ll live and breathe our values, which means:

• You are humble, human and full of hope.
• You show up and share.
• You ask: Why not? And what’s next?
• You leave a positive wake.

Why work for Lives Lived Well?

Well, it’s about people, purpose, impact, and growth. And while you support others, we’ll support you with some great benefits, including:

• An extra five paid leave days per year to support your wellbeing and work-life balance.
• Salary packaging to increase your take-home pay
• Regular clinical supervision, case conferencing and debriefings.
• An employee assistance program (EAP) for you and your family, including emotional, psychological, financial counselling and wellbeing services.
• We are committed to celebrating the history, culture, and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. We offer ceremonial and NAIDOC leave and have established a support network for our First Nations staff, to build relationships, share knowledge and debrief.

Check out more employee benefits for you and your loved ones on our careers page.

Are you ready to imagine the possibilities? Here’s how to apply

Click ‘apply’ and go to our LLW Careers page and submit your application.

Application close on Monday, 26th May 2025

Applicants will be contacted throughout the period this advertisement is live and may be shortlisted prior to the closing date.

Lives Lived Well is an equal employment opportunity employer. We encourage applications from a diverse range of social, cultural and gender backgrounds that reflect our community including First Peoples. Confirmation of employment will be subject to candidate's possession of a Current Australian Drivers Licence and current Working with Children Check (Blue Card).