About Relationships Australia

Relationships Australia NSW (RANSW) supports people through all forms of relationship distress, delivering timely, compassionate and expert care that strengthens wellbeing and connection across NSW.

For more information about us, read our 2024-2025 Impact Report, here.

We’re seeking a Practice Leader who will set the standard for excellence and provide clinical leadership across our therapeutic programs and mental health services across NSW. You’ll be the driving force behind our counselling and mental health programs – including child, couple and family counselling services in a variety of settings. Your leadership will ensure our services are innovative, compliant, and benchmarked against best practice, while fostering a confident and capable workforce.

What You’ll Lead

• Clinical Excellence: Set benchmarks, ensure compliance, and champion evidence-based practice.
• Workforce Capability: Design professional development, mentor leaders, and provide expert supervision and support for complex cases.
• Collaboration: Work closely with operational leaders to achieve strategic goals and deliver exceptional client outcomes.
• Thought Leadership: Drive continuous improvement and influence practice across therapeutic and mental health services.
• Innovation & Impact: Translate research into practice, influence policy and service design, and showcase RANSW through conferences and publications.

The details:

• Full time permanent role.
• Based at Macquarie Park with hybrid working options.
• Attractive salary + 12% super and tax-free salary packaging up to $15,900. (Increase your take home pay! Calculate Your Savings here.

What You’ll Bring

• Degree in Clinical Psychology, Psychology Social Work (Mental Health accredited), or a health discipline with postgraduate training in individual, couple, and family therapy.
• Minimum 5 years’ experience providing individual, couple, and family counselling across diverse settings, including community mental health or working with mental health presentations.
• Supervision qualification and at least 5 years’ experience delivering clinical supervision.
• Proven ability to design and deliver training for professional staff.
• Strong knowledge of professional practice theory, governance, and practice models aligned with RANSW practice areas.
• Demonstrated ability to identify service improvement and innovation opportunities.
• A collaborator who inspires confidence and drives continuous improvement.

Why work with us?

• Make a genuine difference to the lives of individuals, couples and families.
• Be part of a supportive and dynamic team, work with people who truly care about what you achieve together.
• Access a range of staff benefits, including flexible working options, additional leave days, the Employee Referral Reward program, and a Fitness Passport.
• Increase your take-home pay through generous salary packaging options, including up to $15,900 per year for everyday expenses and $2,650 for entertainment.
• Work in an organisation committed to deepening our relationships with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. We have a stretch Reconciliation Action Plan to guide our efforts to build strong relationships, increased employment, and enhanced respect between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and other communities.
• We value inclusion and belonging. We're proud to be recognised as a Diversity Council Australia Inclusive Employer for 2025-2026. Our SWEET team (Staff Wellbeing, Engagement and Empowerment Team) brings together staff from across RANSW to champion diversity, wellbeing and workplace connection.

Next steps?

Interested? Click "Apply Now" by the closing date to submit your application.

Please email [email protected] using the subject line: Practice Leader - Therapeutic & Mental Health Services enquiry via EthicalJobs if you would like further information or a position description.