Community Mental Health Practitioner – Mackay & Whitsundays

• Deliver person-centred outreach services to clients with mental health challenges to support recovery and wellbeing
• Two part-time Outreach Support roles available (30.4 hours/week each) with Company Car tendersglobal.net Fixed term until June 2026.
• 1x position based in Mackay, 1x position based in the Whitsundays

Mind strongly encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, people with a lived experience of mental ill health and recovery, and applicants from all cultures, genders, sexualities, bodies, abilities, spiritualities, ages and backgrounds.

Mind Australia is one of the country’s leading community-managed specialist mental health service providers with a range of residential, mobile outreach, centre based and online services. We have been supporting people living with the day-to-day impacts of mental illness, as well as their families, friends and carers for over 45 years.

We provide practical and motivational support that helps people to develop the skills they need to move on, thrive and improve the quality of their lives. It’s an approach to mental health and wellbeing that looks at the whole person in the context of their daily life. Mind is committed to diversity and social inclusion. 

About the role

The Individual Recovery Support Program (IRSP) is an outreach service providing a person-centred, evidence based approach to recovery tailored to meet individual needs. Outreach services are delivered to adults 18 years and over within the community who have severe mental ill health and recently accessed mental health clinical services. IRSP provides streamlined processes, high quality responsiveness and integrated psychosocial rehabilitation with clinical supports underpinned by Mind’s Model of Recovery Oriented Practice. The service refers clients to the Group Based Recovery Support Program (GBRSP) to ensure holistic needs and recovery goals are met. 

We are seeking empathetic, self-motivated Community Mental Health Practitioners for fixed-term, part-time opportunities (30.4 hours per week) until June 2026, to work alongside a caring team in the Mackay and the Whitsundays area. Working from home, you will provide high quality, recovery-focused outreach services to clients including face-to-face, online and telephone supports. As this position requires travel a fully maintained company car is provided.

Key responsibilities

• Deliver high quality outreach services and facilitate positive educational and social experiences.
• Support clients to return to their community, live independently and enjoy a meaningful life through a staged approach to recovery.
• Provide information and mentoring to clients to establish connections with families and carers, create social and community networks, and access relevant services.
• Plan and deliver group programs that aid clients to build their skills and focus on recovery.
• Collaborate with a range of services and the community to ensure a co-ordinated, integrated response to client’s recovery goals. 

What you’ll bring

• Tertiary qualifications (minimum Certificate IV) in Mental Health, Psychology, Social Work, Occupational Therapy or other health-related field.
• Able to provide a record of Vaccination Preventable Diseases or able to obtain vaccinations against Measles, Mumps, Rubella, Chicken Pox, Whooping Cough, Hepatitis B or other diseases as required by our Partnership with QLD Health.
• Expertise in working with people with mental health issues, complex needs and interacting with families and carers.
• Proven capability to implement therapeutic, recovery oriented frameworks and practices including risk mitigation, trauma informed care and family inclusive practice.
• Demonstrated understanding of the Community Services sector and ability to build strong relationships with service providers, clinical teams and key stakeholders. 

Benefits

• Salary packaging up to $15,899 p.a. allows you to allocate a portion of your pre-tax income to cover living expenses (e.g. rent, mortgage, child care, car leasing expenses etc.)
• Option to access Meal and Entertainment allowance up to $2,650 p.a. via Salary Packaging.
• Generous leave entitlements
• Access to our Employee Assistance Program (EAP), provided by Converge International, for you and your immediate family members.
• Professional development through regular supervision sessions. 

Interested?

To obtain a position description and apply online click Apply Now to visit Mind Careers – reference number 494865. Please contact the person below for more information. 

Angela McDowall – Service Manager – IRSP/GBRSP Mackay

[email protected] 

The successful applicant is required to complete comprehensive reference and background checking prior to employment, including a Working with Children Check, NDIS Workers Screening Check and the ability to obtain vaccinations against COVID-19.