Student Practitioner, Help aHead Caringbah

About the Student Placement Program

At Grand Pacific Health, we have a team of over 400 people skilled and dedicated to providing a broad range of health care, including mental health care, to communities and vulnerable people across NSW and in the ACT. Careers include Mental Health Clinicians (Psychologists, Social Workers, Nurses, Occupational Therapists and Counsellors), General Practitioners, Peer Workers, Nurses, Aboriginal Health Care Workers, Support Coordinators and Administration. With such a diverse skill mix, GPH is well-positioned to provide strong student placements. There are also limited opportunities for students interested in regional or rural placements. 

Are you interested in undertaking your student placement with Grand Pacific Health?

We will accept your application if your higher education provider has a student placement agreement with GPH. While applications are always open, it is competitive as we can only take a limited number of student placements within each program. You will need to stipulate in your application which program at which site you would like to undertake placement:

• To find out what programs are offered in your region, visit
• To determine which higher education providers have a student placement agreement with GPH, speak to your provider or visit

At GPH, everyone is welcome. As an inclusive workforce, we welcome applications from students with lived experience of mental health, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from the LGBTQI community, people from multicultural backgrounds and people with a disability.

Selected students will be asked to provide evidence of compliance with Criminal Record Check and Working with Vulnerable People (WWVP) registration (ACT) or Working with Children Check (WWCC) Number (NSW) - for Voluntary or paid work.

Please ensure your cover letter addresses the selection criteria in the position description and include this in your application.