Job description
- Salary Packaging: Up to $15,900 salary packaging per financial year
- Benefits: Fitness Passport & HCF Private Health Insurance discounts
- Extra Leave: 4 weeks annual leave + additional 5 days leave
- Career growth: Genuine career opportunities
- Work life balance: Flexible work arrangements
- Salary: Competitive remuneration
- Culture: Friendly and close-knit team environment
- Hours: Permanent Full time
- Location: Broadmeadows
About us
Breakthru is part of the Royal Rehab Group, Australia’s leading provider of disability and rehabilitation services. We are a dynamic, innovative organisation committed to empowering people to create their own futures. Through the provision of high quality person-centred supports, we enable thousands of people every year to access the supports required for mental health, employment, disability & training needs.
Working with us, you will be supporting our customers to achieve their goals and aspirations with the aim of achieving sustainable employment.
We know diversity makes breakthru a great place to work and we are committed to building an inclusive workplace culture that reflects the people we serve. We encourage applications from diverse community groups including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, LGBTIQA+, people with a disability and people from culturally diverse backgrounds.
About the role
As a Psychosocial Recovery Coach, you will work collaboratively with NDIS participants, acknowledging that each person is an expert in their own life. Coaches work with the person to develop goals, hopes and aspirations while also working in partnership with the participant’s clinical mental health services and sharing their own lived experience to inform the service provided.
- Support and coach customers to identify and achieve their goals, hopes and aspirations
- Actively encourage and engage customers to build their independence
- Collaborate with other systems of support
- Maintain accurate, relevant and factual notes and other documentation
- Report on customer progress, goals, fund utilisation, linkages to services and changes in needs or circumstances
- Managing individual a case load and perform the tasks autonomously
About you
You are a passionate, results-driven person focused on coaching and supporting customers to overcome their barriers. With knowledge of the recovery model, you will have a strong ability to empower people to achieve their goals and work collaboratively with customers, families, carers and other supports to provide an outstanding customer experience.
You will also be able to clearly articulate and demonstrate your:
- Ability to create & manage meaningful relationships with customers & supports
- Impeccable organisational skills
- Resilience to overcome problems
- Be creative and think outside the box
- High level communication and report writing skills
- Networking & relationship management skills
- Excellent time management skills
- Knowledge of relevant local service providers
- Passionate about mental health and recovery
Qualifications and experience
- Tertiary qualifications in peer work or mental health (minimum of Certificate IV in Mental Health Peer Work or Certificate IV in Mental Health) or 2 yrs relevant experience
- Lived experience of mental health or psychosocial disability
- Current working with children & police check (essential)
- NDIS Worker Screen (essential)
- Drivers license (essential)
- COVID-19 Vaccination certificate including booster
*All final applicants for this position will be requested to provide evidence of their COVID-19 vaccination immunisation record or medical contraindication certificate as part of the recruitment process*
We champion diversity & encourage people from an Aboriginal, Torres Strait or South Sea Islander background or other culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds or people with a disability to talk to us about opportunities within breakthru.
This is an exciting opportunity to have a real impact on our customers. If this sounds like the perfect role for you, APPLY now.
**Please note, current Working with Children, Criminal Record and NDIS Worker Screen checks are required before commencing with breakthru**