• Provide young people with complex mental ill health issues holistic, positive supports to achieve recovery goals and a meaningful life
• Permanent role | Part time 26 hours/week, 24/7 Rotating Roster
• Croydon Location

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 40 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 Keep Embracing Your Success (KEYS) program, delivered in partnership with MacKillop Family Services and Victorian Aboriginal Child Care Agency (VACCA), is a multidisciplinary program for young people aged 13-16 years experiencing highly complex emotional and behavioural challenges due to adversity who are currently in, or are likely to be placed in, residential care. KEYS, a transitional model, takes a new approach to supporting highly vulnerable young people utilising holistic, trauma informed therapeutic approaches.

We are seeking highly resilient, self-aware Community Mental Health Practitioner for a permanent, part time (26 hours per week) opportunity to work alongside a compassionate team on a 24/7 rotating roster in the Croydon area. You will provide empowering, recovery-orientated services to support vulnerable young people achieve positive recovery outcomes, build life skills and capacity, and develop connections with the community.

Key responsibilities

• Deliver quality services and facilitate positive educational and social experiences.
• Support young people to re-engage with family and friends, create community connections, develop life skills, and enjoy a positive future through a staged approach to recovery.
• Work as part of a multidisciplinary team offering specialised psychosocial support.
• Plan and deliver group programs that aid young people 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 the client’s recovery goals.

What you’ll bring

• Tertiary qualifications (minimum Certificate IV) in Youth Work, Mental Health, Psychology, Social Work, Occupational Therapy or other health-related field.
• Expertise working with young people with mental health issues, highly complex needs and emotional/behavioural difficulties, 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

• Attractive Not For Profit Salary Packaging benefits up to $15,900pa.
• Flexible work arrangements to suit your lifestyle!
• Learning, development and career opportunities.

Interested?

To obtain a position description and apply online visit Jobs@Mind - reference number 492260.

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. 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.