Brief Intervention Counsellor

Location: Greymouth

Fixed Term Contract

0.8 FTE / 32 Hours per week

Meaningful work. Real impact. West Coast lifestyle. 

Are you an experienced registered health professional looking for a role where you can make a genuine difference to people's lives?

We're looking for a Brief Intervention Counsellor to join our small, supportive Primary Mental Health team at West Coast Health in Greymouth.

This is an opportunity to work alongside people and whānau at an important point in their lives, helping them make meaningful changes, build wellbeing and move towards the life they want to lead.

What you'll be doing

You'll provide evidence-based brief intervention talking therapies, generally over up to six sessions.

You'll use approaches such as:

• Focused Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (FACT)
• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
• Motivational Interviewing
• Solution Focused Therapy
• Other evidence-based brief intervention approaches

You'll work collaboratively with people and whānau, using Te Whare Tapa Whā to support holistic and culturally appropriate care.

You'll also have the opportunity to contribute to service development, quality improvement and improving equity across our community.

Why West Coast Health?

We're part of an exciting transformation of mental health and addiction services across Te Tai o Poutini West Coast.

Through the Connecting Care programme, we're working with Primary Care, NGOs, Kaupapa Māori providers and Specialist Mental Health Services to create a more accessible, recovery orientated, collaborative and community-based approach to mental health and wellbeing.

You'll be joining a team where your ideas, experience and clinical skills genuinely matter.

You'll have:

• A small, friendly and supportive Primary Mental Health team
• Team leader and administration support
• Regular clinical supervision
• Professional development opportunities
• Attractive, private clinical spaces in our character building
• A collaborative working environment
• The opportunity to help shape developing mental health services on the Coast

Could this be you?

We're looking for someone who is:

• A registered health professional with current registration without conditions
• Experienced in their professional field, with a minimum of two years' experience
• Ideally experienced in primary care or community settings
• Experienced or qualified in CBT, ACT or FACT – advantageous, but not essential
• A confident communicator who builds strong therapeutic relationships
• Self-motivated, adaptable and a positive team player
• Committed to professional development and delivering high-quality, person-centred care
• Confident with IT
• A holder of a full, clean NZ driver's licence

Registration may be held under the HPCA Act, DAPAANZ, SWRB or NZAC (with Te Whatu Ora accreditation).

Live and work on the West Coast

The West Coast offers something pretty special, meaningful work, a strong sense of community and an incredible lifestyle.

With mountains, rivers, beaches, forests and adventure right on your doorstep, you can build a career while making the most of life outside work.

If you're looking for a role where you can make a real difference and want to be part of the future of mental health care on the West Coast we'd love to hear from you.

Please email: Ayla Green ayla.green@westcoasthealth.nz for a copy of the position description.