Practice Consultant - Clinical Mental Health

Anglicare WA; Perth; On-site; AUD 130,000 - 159,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary from 144127.72 AUD + 12% super

Salary packaging up to 15900 AUD (+up$

Life-balance friendly working Conditio

Job summary

Anglicare WA invites applications for a Practice Consultant – Clinical Mental Health based in East Perth. This full-time role supports quality practice, ethical standards, and evidence-informed care across the organisation and directorates.

You will provide expert clinical consultation to build capability and improve service delivery for families and communities. The position requires a relevant clinical degree, APHRA registration, and experience with complex mental health systems.

Qualifications

• Tertiary degree in Social Work, Psychology, Social Science, Counselling or other related discipline.
• APHRA registered clinician, including a Psychologist, Clinical Psychologist or Occupational Therapist.
• Proven ability in cultivating strong stakeholder relationships to enhance team and organisational outcomes.
• Proven ability to collaboratively lead, change initiatives.
• Highly skilled in drawing on data to inform strategic decision-making.
• Experience working within an NSQMHCMO accredited service.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert clinical consultation to support the development of organisational capability to address complex, high-risk, or sensitive practice areas.
• Contribute to delivering high-quality service level outcomes in mental health.
• Provide strategic practice advice across multiple internal directorates driving increased organisational capability.
• Promote clinical, ethical, contemporary, evidence-informed, and research-based practice across Anglicare WA.

Education

Tertiary degree in Social Work, Psychology, Social Science, Counselling or other related discipline

Job description

Practice Consultant - Clinical Mental Health

Posted: 26/10/2026

Closing Date: 23/11/2026

Job Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: East Perth

Job Category: Services

• Join a values driven, life friendly organisation
• Full time permanent (1.0 FTE) opportunity based in East Perth
• $144127.72 + 12% Super + Salary Packaging

Job Description

Reach further with us!

The Practice Excellence team plays a pivotal role in positioning Anglicare WA as a leading voice in quality practice and sector wide advocacy. With both an internal and external focus, the team supports organisational readiness and agility by providing specialist, high level advice. Through a collaborative approach, the team champions a culture of quality practice, and this contributes to the organisation’s place-based approach to creating impact.

The Practice Consultant – Clinical Mental Health plays a pivotal role in promoting clinical, ethical, contemporary, evidence-informed, and research-based practice across Anglicare WA. Collaborating closely with leaders, this position contributes to delivering high-quality service level outcomes in mental health. The Practice Consultant provides expert clinical consultation to support the development of organisational capability to address complex, high-risk, or sensitive practice areas. The Practice Consultant also provides strategic practice advice across multiple internal directorates driving increased organisational capability.

This is a full time (1.0 FTE - 37.5 hours per week) permanent opportunity based in East Perth.

Desired Skills and Experience

About you

To be successful in this position, you will have:

• Tertiary degree in Social Work, Psychology, Social Science, Counselling or other related discipline
• APHRA registered clinician, including a Psychologist, Clinical Psychologist or Occupational Therapist.
• Proven ability in cultivating strong stakeholder relationships to enhance team and organisational outcomes.
• Proven ability to collaboratively lead, change initiatives.
• Skilled in conceptualising mental distress from diverse perspectives, including from Aboriginal Culture, psychiatric, psychological, psychosocial, and lived experience viewpoints.
• Expert knowledge of contemporary, evidence-informed, therapeutic and psychological interventions for individuals, children, and families.
• Proven ability to collaborate effectively with a broad range of specialist mental health leaders.
• Highly skilled in drawing on data to inform strategic decision-making.
• Has an excellent understanding of the complexity of mental health systems and the interrelationships between service sectors.
• Ability to audit clinical services and provide feedback to stakeholders to ensure continuous improvement and service model fidelity.
• Strong understanding of service provision within an NSQMHCMO accredited service.
• Exceptional interpersonal skills including conflict resolution and negotiation
• Excellent written and oral communication
• Ability to support learning through training, professional development initiatives and supervision in other professional staff
• Ability to work with complexity and ambiguity.
• Postgraduate and /or other clinical training in a relevant area.
• Experience working within an NSQMHCMO accredited service.

The successful candidate must possess a current National Police Clearance; a current WA Working with Children Check and a current WA Driver’s Licence.

A police record is not an automatic barrier to employment with us. We welcome applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences, and we review any disclosures on an individual basis, focusing on relevance to the role.

Impact and benefits

Sharing your knowledge, skills and experience, you will make an impact to the lives of families and communities across the state.

In return for your drive and commitment, we provide the support of an inclusive and welcoming community which places people at the heart of all the work we do and encourages broad thinking, curiosity, creativity and best practice.

Also:-

• Salary from $144127.72 + 12% superannuation
• Salary packaging of up to $15,900 (which equates to circa $4K after tax) plus additional salary packaging of up to $2,650 for meal and entertainment expenses
• Life-balance friendly working conditions

At Anglicare WA we are all about people, placing people at the heart of our work. We are focused on strengths, believing in and amplifying the strength of people and communities. We are fiercely inclusive, making sure everyone can belong. As trusted partners we are curious and creative, always looking for new ways to do better. We are courageous and gutsy, tackling difficult issues, even when it’s hard.

But don't take our word for it! Explore our Story Feed and hear from our staff about what makes Anglicare WA such a great place to work!

For further information please contact Katie Carter at [e-mail]

Inclusive:We actively promote a working environment that values diversity and inclusion. We strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from culturally diverse backgrounds, people who identify as LGBTQIA+ and people with a disability. If you have any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us at time of application.

Uluru Statement from the Heart:Anglicare WA supports the Uluru Statement from the Heart and is committed to walking alongside First Nations people in a movement of the Australian people for a better future.

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