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Bilingual Mental Health Practitioner
- Provide culturally responsive care that helps people feel seen, heard and understood
- Enjoy extra leave perks incl birthday leave + wellbeing & fitness access for you and family
- Permanent | Full Time Mon - Fri | Help aHead - Sydney
About the Service
Help aHead aims to improve access to mental health support for the community by delivering services that address people’s social, physical and emotional needs. It will provide access to psychological and psychosocial support, care coordination, and local service navigation, with the capacity to scale and meet a wide range of mental health needs, including those with co-occurring conditions or complex psychosocial barriers.
About the role
We are seeking a collaborative and culturally competent Bilingual Mental Health Worker a permanent, fulltime (38 hours per week) opportunity in the Sydney area. As part of a multidisciplinary team, you will provide support for individuals from culturally and linguistically diverse populations. You will provide language support, cultural liaison, and culturally responsive care to those people seeking support.
Arabic language skills are highly desirable, reflecting the needs of the community we support in this bilingual mental health role.
Key responsibilities
- Follow a Person-Led approach, work dialogically and apply the Open Dialogue model of work.
- Provide culturally responsive and trauma-informed support tailored to the individual’s beliefs, values, and practices
- Deliver care in the person’s preferred language where possible, reducing barriers to communication and understanding
- Support culturally safe engagement of families, carers, and community where appropriate
- Work collaboratively with the broader multidisciplinary team to embed culturally & linguistically inclusive practice across the service
Your Benefits
- Transform Lives: Play a vital role in empowering individuals, helping them achieve their goals and improve their quality of life.
- Competitive Salary Packaging: Maximize your take-home pay by salary packaging up to $15,900.
- Fitness Passport: Take advantage of our discounted workplace health and fitness program, offering you and your family access to a wide range of gyms, pools, and fitness centres at a fraction of the regular cost. For 50% less than a typical gym membership, enjoy unlimited visits and stay motivated to maintain your health and well-being.
- Leave Perks: Enjoy leave perks including birthday leave, study leave, and an extra annual picnic day leave!
What you’ll bring
- Tertiary qualifications (minimum Certificate IV) are required in Mental Health, Peer Work, Alcohol and Other Drugs (AOD) or other health related field as designated by ODMH.
- An understanding of the recovery-based approach to assisting people with mental health concerns.
- Knowledge of the NSW mental health system and local services; or demonstrated ability to rapidly develop this knowledge.
- Bilingual – fluent in relevant language/s of the culturally and linguistically diverse communities.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to communicate effectively and work collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders to achieve effective outcomes.
Additional Details
One Door Mental Health requires all staff to have a current Working with Children's Check, NDIS Worker Screening clearance, and appropriate COVID-19 Vaccination. One Door Mental Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and is committed to engaging a diverse workforce. We strongly encourage applications from people from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background, people with disability, people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds and mature aged applicants.
Interested to Apply?
To apply visit Mind Careers - reference number 499643. Online applications must be submitted by 11pm Monday 1st June 2026. Please contact the person below for more information.
Tanya Boyle – Clinical Manager, Project Lead – Help aHead
Tanya.boyle@onedoor.org.au
We are committed to making reasonable adjustments to provide a positive, barrier-free recruitment process. If you require any support or reasonable adjustments to complete your application, please contact us at hr@onedoor.org.au or via hr@mindaustralia.org.au
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