• Part Time (30.4hrs per week – 0.8FTE), Ongoing role
• Key management role based in Adelaide CBD
• Leading LGBTIQ+ community services organisation

Thorne Harbour Health is a community-controlled LGBTQI+ health organisation with over 35 years of leadership in HIV, mental health, and community wellbeing. We now deliver a broad range of services across Victoria and South Australia, working to ensure our communities can live healthy, safe, and connected lives.

We are seeking an experienced and values-driven Manager, Therapeutic Services to lead our Mental Health and Alcohol & Other Drug (AOD) programs in South Australia. Based in the Adelaide CBD, this pivotal role provides strategic, clinical, and operational leadership to a multidisciplinary team delivering specialist services to LGBTQI+ communities and people living with or affected by HIV.

About the role

In this senior leadership position, you will oversee the delivery, growth, and quality of our Therapeutic Services programs, ensuring they are culturally safe, inclusive, evidence-based, and responsive to community needs. Collaborating closely with Team Leaders and clinicians, you will guide service development, clinical governance, performance management, and stakeholder partnerships across the sector.

Key responsibilities include:

• Leading and managing Team Leaders and clinical staff
• Providing clinical supervision and maintaining high-quality practice standards
• Driving service development, strategy, change initiatives, and program growth.
• Overseeing program budgets, reporting, compliance, and accreditation processes
• Strengthening sector partnerships, care pathways, and community engagement
• Contributing to organisational leadership, policy development, and quality systems.

What’s on offer

In addition to your salary of SCHADS Level 7 (pro-rata), leave loading and superannuation, Thorne Harbour also pays above award. You will also receive17.5% leave loading and an ability to increase your take-home pay by accessing up to $15,900 in salary packaging benefits.

There is also the option to increase your annual leave entitlements through our purchased leave program to enhance work-life balance, as well as ongoing professional and career development opportunities.

About you

You are an experienced leader with a strong background in therapeutic service delivery and a commitment to improving health outcomes for LGBTQI+ communities and people living with or affected by HIV. You bring expertise in clinical supervision, program management, and community-inclusive practice, along with the ability to build cohesive teams and collaborative external partnerships.

You will also bring:

• A tertiary qualification in social work, psychology, counselling, or related field.
• Eligibility for membership with AASW, AHPRA, APS, or similar.
• Demonstrated leadership of therapeutic programs and clinical teams.
• Experience in mental health, AOD, HIV-related or LGBTQI+ inclusive practice.
• Strong knowledge of health service management, governance, and quality systems.
• Capacity to meet reporting, compliance, and strategic objectives.
• A South Australian Driver’s Licence.

About us

At Thorne Harbour Health, we combine community, care, and advocacy to improve the health and wellbeing of LGBTQI+ people and people living with or affected by HIV.

We are a proudly community-led organisation built on over 40 years of activism and care - where your lived experience and identity are valued and celebrated.

For a detailed position description, including selection criteria, visit our website or see attached.

Inclusion Matters

We strongly encourage applications from people who are:

• Part of the LGBTQI+ community
• Living with HIV
• From culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds
• First Nations people
• People with disability

For further enquiries, please contact Bron Lawman – Director, Therapeutic Services (VIC) via email – [email protected] using the subject line: Manager - Therapeutic Services enquiry via EthicalJobs.

How to Apply

Written applications addressing the selection criteria and including a resume and the names and contact details of three professional referees should be submitted via the listing in Employment Hero.  

Don'tdelay in submitting your application. Applications will be reviewed as they are received, and suitable candidates may be contacted for interview prior to the closing date. The position may be filled before the advertised closing date if an appropriate candidate is identified, so early applications are encouraged.

Important:it is essential that applicants specifically address the selection criteria. Where selection criteria have not been addressed, applications will not be considered.

Thorne Harbour Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to child safety. We have zero tolerance of child abuse. Our robust human resources, recruitment and vetting practices are strictly adhered to during the application and interviewing process. Applicants should be aware that we conduct working with children, police records and reference checks for all roles.