Rehabilitation Counsellor

Altius Group

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Sydney, New South Wales, Australia on site Until 8/22/2026 First posted March 18, 2026 Last posted March 18, 2026
Job description

GET TO KNOW ALTIUS  

Altius was founded in 2001 with a vision to bring high-quality and compassionate rehabilitation services into the market to improve lives displaced by injury. Since then, we’ve branched out to cover three tiers of services including Workplace Services, People and Employee Services, and Disability Services – still driven by a single goal: to elevate the wellbeing of people, workplaces and communities across Australia. 

With our team of over 900 healthcare professionals offering a suite of holistic, evidence-based, health advice and therapy services, our mission is to be the Australian market leader in supporting people on their wellbeing journey. 

Requirements

Unleash your potential:  

  • You will join a market leader with over 20 years’ experience of supporting people on their wellbeing journey  
  • With multiple division and locations across Australia there are opportunities expand your horizons into new areas  
  • Take control of your career development and progression pathway! 
  • Support and training to empower you to manage your caseload effectively 
  • Above award salary, generous bonus scheme, benefits, annual salary review. 
  • Recognition of our people through national social award events & office-based awards. 
  • Leadership training, mentoring, and guidance offered to reach your goals. 

YOUR NEW ROLE 

Working from our Sydney office, this opportunity will see you identify and address the critical physical, psychological, social, environmental and organisational risk factors which may have an impact on a worker's ability to successfully return to work and provide strategies to address these factors in practise.

  • Complete return to work case management for injured workers under the WorkCover scheme.
  • Provide holistic support to help restore an individual's highest level of functional performance through relevant assessments such as:
    Initial Needs Assessment, Functional Capacity Evaluations, Workplace Assessments and Vocational Assessments.
  • Deliver Vocational Counselling and facilitate interventions, well-being programs, training and upskilling.
  • Collaborate and liaise with individuals, employers, medical and other allied health professionals.   

WHAT YOU NEED TO JOIN US 

  • Associate or Full ASORC membership as a Rehabilitation Counsellor
  • Experience working in Occupational Rehabilitation is beneficial
  • Relevant Psychology or Rehabilitation Counsellor qualification
  • Current drivers’ licence and access to own transport

HOW TO APPLY 

If Altius sounds like a place to be you click ‘Apply Now’.  

If you would like to have a confidential conversation before applying or if you’re interested in a career with Altius but this role is not right for you, please call  Monique Marques on 0424 804 685, or email: [email protected] 

Altius is an Equal Opportunity Employer and an inclusive workforce. Research has shown that, in Australia, women, people living with disability, LGBTQIA+, First Nations people, and those from minority groups are less likely to apply for a role because they feel they will not be successful. We believe in the strength of diversity and inclusion, and we would like to strongly encourage those who identify with any of these groups to apply for a role with us.

About this role

Summary

Manage return-to-work cases, assess needs, provide counselling, collaborate with stakeholders.

Job title

Rehabilitation Counsellor

Experience level

relevant qualification or experience

Industry

healthcare

Location requirements

Sydney, Australia; on-site role with potential for remote work.

Salary

Not specified

Management role

No

Skills & keywords

Required skills

ASORC membershippsychology or rehabilitation qualificationdriver's license

Preferred skills

experience in occupational rehabilitation

Specializations

rehabilitationoccupational rehabilitationvocational counsellingworkplace assessmentfunctional capacity evaluation
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

Sydney NSW, Australia

On-site City
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