Careers & Placements
LWCHC offers a supportive and collaborative work environment, where individuals can make meaningful contributions to the community. We also welcome students who are seeking to gain valuable work experience in this field. If you are interested in joining our team, please review the job descriptions below and submit your application...
We currently do not have any vacant positions.
Drug and Alcohol Counsellor
Leichhardt Women’s Community Health Centre is seeking a qualified and experienced female* Drug and Alcohol Counsellor to conduct counselling and health education. This is a permanent part-time position. We highly encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and women from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds to apply for this job.
Our drug and alcohol counsellor provides competent client-centred counselling and health education that addresses women’s health needs and promotes wellbeing and harm minimisation. Our care is based on the latest evidence and guidelines, meets legislative requirements and is within the counselling scope of practice. The drug and alcohol counsellor collaborates with other members of the multidisciplinary team, and statistics collection and evaluation are part of the role.
Classification: Social, Community, Home Care and Disability Services Industry Award 2010, Level 5 Pay Point 1 to 3 depending on experience, with above Award conditions including the option to salary package.
Rate of Pay: $49.28 to $51.51 per hour
Hours: 62 to 64 per fortnight (to be negotiated)
Essential criteria
Drug and alcohol counselling experience
Relevant tertiary qualifications
Demonstrated ability to organise and conduct group programs and community education
Experience in sensitively working with women who may be vulnerable and experiencing the effects of trauma including domestic and family violence and historical childhood sexual abuse.
Experience working with financially disadvantaged women and with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women, CALD women including refugees, interpreters and the LGBTQIA+ community.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Ability to work cooperatively in a team as well as independently
Membership of a counselling association or other relevant association eg AASW
Computer literacy
Desirable criteria
Knowledge of women’s health issues
Best Practice software and Microsoft Word and Outlook
NADAbase software
Benefit of joining us:
Access to salary packaging.
How to Apply
To apply, please email your resume and a covering letter addressing all the essential and desirable criteria to: manager@lwchc.org.au by close of business on Wednesday 30 April 2025.
Interviews will be held on Tuesday 6thMay 2025 in the afternoon.
Successful applicant to start as soon as possible and be available for half day handover in the week of 12 May 2025 (date to be negotiated).
LWCHC holds an exemption under the NSW Anti-Discrimination Act and only employs female workers for all positions.
*Being a woman is a genuine occupational qualification under s.31 of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1977 (NSW). Employment is subject to a national police check. LWCHC is committed to EEO and Anti-Discrimination Principles. Women from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and diverse cultural backgrounds are encouraged to apply.
We currently do not have any vacant positions.
Drug and Alcohol Counsellor
Leichhardt Women’s Community Health Centre is seeking a qualified and experienced female* Drug and Alcohol Counsellor to conduct counselling and health education. This is a permanent part-time position. We highly encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and women from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds to apply for this job.
Our drug and alcohol counsellor provides competent client-centred counselling and health education that addresses women’s health needs and promotes wellbeing and harm minimisation. Our care is based on the latest evidence and guidelines, meets legislative requirements and is within the counselling scope of practice. The drug and alcohol counsellor collaborates with other members of the multidisciplinary team, and statistics collection and evaluation are part of the role.
Classification: Social, Community, Home Care and Disability Services Industry Award 2010, Level 5 Pay Point 1 to 3 depending on experience, with above Award conditions including the option to salary package.
Rate of Pay: $49.28 to $51.51 per hour
Hours: 62 to 64 per fortnight (to be negotiated)
Essential criteria
Drug and alcohol counselling experience
Relevant tertiary qualifications
Demonstrated ability to organise and conduct group programs and community education
Experience in sensitively working with women who may be vulnerable and experiencing the effects of trauma including domestic and family violence and historical childhood sexual abuse.
Experience working with financially disadvantaged women and with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women, CALD women including refugees, interpreters and the LGBTQIA+ community.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Ability to work cooperatively in a team as well as independently
Membership of a counselling association or other relevant association eg AASW
Computer literacy
Desirable criteria
Knowledge of women’s health issues
Best Practice software and Microsoft Word and Outlook
NADAbase software
Benefit of joining us:
Access to salary packaging.
How to Apply
To apply, please email your resume and a covering letter addressing all the essential and desirable criteria to: manager@lwchc.org.au by close of business on Wednesday 30 April 2025.
Interviews will be held on Tuesday 6thMay 2025 in the afternoon.
Successful applicant to start as soon as possible and be available for half day handover in the week of 12 May 2025 (date to be negotiated).
LWCHC holds an exemption under the NSW Anti-Discrimination Act and only employs female workers for all positions.
*Being a woman is a genuine occupational qualification under s.31 of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1977 (NSW). Employment is subject to a national police check. LWCHC is committed to EEO and Anti-Discrimination Principles. Women from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and diverse cultural backgrounds are encouraged to apply.
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Leichhardt Women’s Community Health Centre provides client centred and trauma informed wrap-around health services, support and education to marginalised and financially disadvantaged women.
LWCHC is committed to embracing diversity and eliminating all forms of discrimination in the provision of health services. LWCHC welcomes all women irrespective of ethnicity, mental health, history of suicidality, drug use, faith, sexual orientation, or gender identity.
We are not a crisis counselling or drop-in centre. Our practitioners see women by appointment. Phone us to find out more or to book an appointment: 9560 3011. If you have an urgent medical condition, please go straight to the hospital or dial 000.
Funded by NSW Health
Leichhardt Women’s Community Health Centre (LWCHC) acknowledges and pays respect to the Gadigal and Wangal people of the Eora Nation as the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we work. We acknowledge the continuation of cultural and spiritual practices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. LWCHC supports The Uluru Statement From the Heart.
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Student Placements
Each year the Centre provides placements for at least seven tertiary students studying for careers in areas like Medicine, Nursing, Naturopathy, and Social Work. We also provide orientation talks to students from TAFE colleges and universities.
An important aspect of our work is to raise awareness of the social determinants of health, and the benefits of multidisciplinary, integrated health service delivery and feminist-based approaches to health care.
Students can apply to have their placement with us, visit with us (to help with an agency visit assignment) or ask for a talk to be given to their class.
Counselling students – please note any counselling placements we may provide will be project based, you won’t have the opportunity to counsel clients or observe counselling sessions.
To enquire about having a placement with us, please contact Sharon Todd-Miller using the contact form below.
If you’re a student and writing an assignment, our website will answer a lot of your questions in the About Us pages and in the most recent annual report , but if not, please know you can contact our Student Coordinator Sharon Todd-Miller using the contact form below or calling 02 9560 3011.
The purpose of LWCHC is to empower women to make informed choices which are impactful and meaningful in their lives.
Working at LWCHC offers a unique opportunity to be part of a feminist service championing social justice and addressing the gender bias in health care. Staff are encouraged and expected to participate in directing and shaping the organisation. Our collaborative and consultative work with clients and each other has helped to directly inform and influence Federal and State policies as they relate to women’s health and wellbeing.