🌟 Casual Administrative Officer – Mental Health Services (Western Sydney)
📍 Locations: headspace - Mount Druitt | Penrith | Hawkesbury | Katoomba | Parramatta | and Like Mind – Penrith | Seven Hills
🕒 Casual | Weekdays | Business Hours Only
💰 $31.13/hr + 25% casual loading

Join Uniting Mental Health & Wellbeing as a Casual Administrative Officer supporting headspace and LikeMind centres across Western Sydney. In this flexible and rewarding role, you’ll help create a warm, welcoming space for young people and adults accessing mental health support.

We're looking for someone enthusiastic, adaptable, and organised, with strong admin skills and a passion for supporting community wellbeing. Whether you're hoping to gain experience in the mental health or NGO sector, or simply seeking a role that offers variety and purpose, this is a great opportunity to be part of a values-driven team making a real difference.

Any level of experience is considered; however, we are looking for applicants who:

Essential Criteria:

• Are highly organised and able to multi-task.
• Can remain calm and focused in busy environments.
• Are comfortable working in the Mental Health space.
• Have excellent overall computer skills and confident using MS Office applications.
• Flexible approach, including the ability to work autonomously, exercise initiative, and have a proactive approach to problem resolution.

Even Better:

• Have experience in a similar role such as a Medical/Mental Health/Youth Service Receptionist/Administrator.

Duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Providing daily administrative on-site support to staff, private practice and consortium members.
• Answering incoming phone calls and welcoming visitors to site providing high-level customer service support.
• Monitoring email, voicemail and fax inboxes, actioning as appropriate.
• Booking, confirming and rescheduling appointments using our Electronic Medical Records System.

Uniting Mental Health & Wellbeing delivers clinical mental health programs across Sydney including the headspace and LikeMind programs.

LikeMind offers support to people aged 18 years through psychological and clinical interventions for people with mild to moderate mental health needs.

headspace focuses on early intervention supporting thousands of young people aged 12 – 25 to access vital support through our headspace centres in communities across Australia with mild to moderate mental health needs.

Benefits & culture

As an organisation, we celebrate our diversity and welcome all people regardless of ethnicity, faith, sexual orientation and gender identity. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and people from a diverse cultural background are encouraged to apply.

As part of the Uniting family, you will benefit from:

• Access to our U rewards program with exclusive discounts.
• Access to Fitness Passport – Live your best life.
• A supportive, inclusive and collaborative work environment.
• Opportunities for career progression within a diverse and supportive team.

Employment with Uniting is subject to satisfactory background checks, which include National Police Checks, Working with Children Checks and Reference Checks.

About Uniting: When you’re part of Uniting NSW.ACT, you’re part of a diverse, purpose-led team of people who are really making a difference to the world around them. We contribute to the work and mission of the Uniting Church in NSW and the ACT through social justice advocacy, community services and spiritual care. We provide care and support for people through all ages and stages of life, with a focus on people experiencing disadvantage and vulnerability. Our purpose is to inspire people, enliven communities and confront injustice.

Uniting leaders and employees work together to create a culture that is safe, inclusive and person-centred. We bring this to life every day through our values: compassionate, respectful, imaginative and bold.

Uniting acknowledges the continuing sovereignty and rich cultural diversity of Australia’s First Peoples. We pay our respects to all Elders – past, present, and emerging – and to all First Peoples on whose lands we live and work. Uniting is a Child Safe Organisation committed to promoting the safety, wellbeing and inclusion of children and young people.