Helping Minds

Career Opportunities

Mental Health Carer Advocate

Location :  Perth

Employment Type :  Part-Time

December 18, 2025
  • Remuneration: $42.82- $52.27 per hour (depending on experience)
  • Location:Perth Office – with travel required throughout Perth metro
  • Employment Type: Permanent Part-time (0.6 FTE) – Tuesday to Thursday

 

Helping Minds:

Helping Minds is a highly regarded carer support and mental health services organisation that’s been making a difference for nearly 50 years. Each year, our compassionate team supports more than 10,000 people across WA to feel heard, supported, and empowered. We are a value-driven organisation that encompasses the values of Hope, Collaboration, Trust, Integrity, and Respect to provide quality service. We welcome your individuality, your ideas, your passion, and your drive. Our people focused culture and flexible approach will help you to succeed both professionally and personally.

The Position:

Join a supportive team, bringing your experience to provide essential advocacy supports on behalf of mental health carers across Western Australia.

Responsibilities of the role include (not limited to):

  • Support and inform mental health carers, family and kin by ensuring they understand their rights, responsibilities, and available resources under legislation, policies, and procedures.
  • Collaborate with mental health carers, family members and kin to problem-solve, provide guidance, and connect them with appropriate services, while maintaining accurate records and reports of engagement outcomes.
  • Advocate for mental health carers, family members and kin within the mental health system, representing their needs and negotiating with other stakeholders and organisations to ensure their voices are heard.
  • Facilitate education, training and support through workshops and programs that build carer advocacy skills, and strengthen awareness for stakeholders on carer rights and systemic supports.

For more information please review the Position Description

About You:

You will have previous experience working in the not-for-profit sector, providing advocacy supports.

Minimum qualifications:

  • Tertiary qualifications in a relevant discipline (e.g. social work, psychology, counselling, nursing);
  • Current Driver’s license
  • Proof of Australian Working Rights

Candidates will also either have or be willing to obtain the following:

  • National Police Clearance (within 6 months)
  • First Aid Certificate
  • Working with Children Card
Why You’ll Love Working Here:

In addition to joining a professional and dynamic team, you will work in a supportive and positive environment with staff that live by Helping Minds’ values and have a strong focus on community needs. We understand the importance of health and wellbeing and offer an employee wellness program.

Additional benefits include:

  • Salary packaging benefits up to $18,550 to increase your take-home pay
  • 5 weeks annual leave p.a., increasing to 6 weeks after 3 years of service
  • 2 extra wellness days p.a., increasing to 3 days after 3 years of service
  • A robust Workplace Wellbeing Program
  • Generous superannuation – 13%, increasing to 14% after 1 year of service
  • Professional development and support around additional training
  • Access to an Employee Assistance Program free confidential counselling
  • A supportive, flexible work environment with multiple locations and opportunities within
Apply Now:

To apply for this position and take the next steps towards a rewarding career with HelpingMinds, please submit a resume and cover letter to recruitment@helpingminds.org.au. For more information, contact the Recruitment team on 08 9427 7100 or email recruitment@helpingminds.org.au

Helping Minds Limited is an equal opportunity employer supporting diversity in the workplace. We welcome applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, LGBTIQIA, people from culturally diverse backgrounds, and people with lived experience of mental health issues and of supporting family members with mental health issues

Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.