Job description
- Lead and inspire a team to provide clients with mental ill health with recovery-orientated care to achieve wellbeing goals & independent living
- Fixed term, 9-month role tendersglobal.net Full-time
- Cairns Location
Mind strongly encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, people with a lived and living experience of mental distress 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. Mind has been supporting people experiencing mental health and wellbeing challenges to find help, hope and purpose in their lives for more than 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 Sub-Acute short stay Adult Step-Up Step-Down (ASUSD) residential service, delivered in partnership with QLD hospital networks and the local health service, supports adults with a psychosocial disability up to 28 days transitioning from a hospital setting back into the community or to prevent admissions whilst residing in the community. Clients are supported 24/7 to achieve their recovery goals, strengthen relationships with families and carers, develop community networks, build confidence and capacity to live safely in the community. ASUSD works within a recovery focused, clinical treatment framework providing personalised one-on-one support, shared supports and group activities based on client’s strengths and goals as identified in their recovery plan.
We are seeking a highly motivated, experienced Team Leader for a 9 month fixed term, full time opportunity to work in the Cairns area. You will provide leadership and support a team to deliver person-centred, recovery-oriented supports to clients to develop daily living and social skills, build community networks, achieve wellbeing goals and live independently in the community. The Team Leader will act as the practice lead to staff providing supervision, mentoring and coaching.
Key responsibilities
- Coach and lead a team to deliver high quality 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.
- Lead and model effective practice to staff working with clients, provide support to families and carers, and plan and deliver group work.
- Manage the day-to-day operations of the service including administration, rostering, facilitating handovers and monitoring budget expenditure.
- 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.
- Experience in guiding a team to implement therapeutic, recovery-oriented frameworks and practices including risk mitigation, trauma informed care and family inclusive practice.
- Proven ability to effectively lead and develop a team to achieve best quality service outcomes and provide professional supervision.
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.
- Access to corporate health and fitness benefits.
- 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 495168. Please contact the person below for more information.
Leonie Heness – Service Manager – Cairns CCU and ASUSD
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.