Help people regain control of their financial future and create lasting change. Join Ruah's Mental Health & Wellness team in Geraldton and use your financial counselling expertise to support people experiencing financial hardship, mental health challenges and family and domestic violence. Through advocacy, practical support and person-centred financial counselling, you'll empower clients to build financial independence, stability and improved wellbeing.
Ruah is a leading values-driven employer in Western Australia’s community services sector. Our staff go boldly, not just supporting people in need, but working to end homelessness, end domestic violence and create opportunities for people struggling with poverty and mental health challenges.
Our professional team of operational and corporate services staff is backed by one of WA’s biggest Peer support workforces. Our staff reflect our commitment to diversity and inclusion, where difference is valued, celebrated and embraced.
By choosing to work with us, you are helping transform the lives of vulnerable and disadvantaged people in our community.
As a member of a multidisciplinary team within our Mental Health & Wellness service, you will provide financial counselling, advocacy and support to individuals experiencing financial hardship, mental health concerns, family and domestic violence, and other complex life challenges.
You will work alongside clients to identify solutions, navigate financial systems, negotiate with creditors, access community supports and develop practical strategies to improve their financial wellbeing and long-term independence.
This is a full-time permanent position, based in Geraldton, working 38 hours per week, Monday to Friday.
To be successful in this role, you will have:
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Applications close: 30 September 2026
Applications will be reviewed as they are received, and the advertisement may close prior to the closing date.
For a confidential discussion about the role, please contact:
Alicia Roche - Service Lead, Mental Health & Wellness Regional at alicia.roche@ruah.org.au or 0422 386 565
We are building a workplace where difference is embraced and encouraged - and to do this, we need people on our team who are representative of the clients we work with, who are passionate about change and courageous enough to stand up for what is right. Everyone is welcome. Everyone belongs.
We are committed to protecting children and young people from harm. All applicants will undergo an extensive screening process prior to appointment.
The Royal Children's Hospital (RCH) has been providing outstanding care for Victoria's children and their families for over 147 years.
We are the major specialist paediatric hospital in Victoria and our care extends to children from Tasmania, southern New South Wales and other states around Australia and overseas.
With a passionate, highly skilled and committed staff campus wide of over 5,000, we provide a full range of clinical services, tertiary care and health promotion and prevention programs for children and young people.
We are the designated state-wide major trauma centre for paediatrics in Victoria and a Nationally Funded Centre for cardiac and liver transplantation.
When it comes to training and research we partner with the very best. Our campus partners, the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute (MCRI) and The University of Melbourne Department of Paediatrics, along with the RCH Foundation, are on site with the hospital in Parkville. Together, we are committed to improving the health outcomes for children today and in the future.
In 2016–17, more than 85,654 children attended our Emergency Department, 322,291 specialist clinic appointments were held which was almost 70,000 more than the previous year, more than 17,000 surgeries were performed and more than 48,552 children were admitted to our wards.
