• Unique opportunity to work as an independent contractor delivering NDIS Support Coordination services empowering clients to live their best lives
• Contractor roles with Generous Hourly Rate | Work the hours you choose!
• Work from Home in Gippsland & Bass Coast Locations

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 Fee For Service program offers a targeted range of supports and services that aim to maximise recovery outcomes including group education and learning, mentoring and coaching, education and vocational support, housing and linkage services, counselling, and NDIS planning and access supports. The service operate in the context of local community with a focus on supporting people to achieve their better life goals which reflects Mind’s Model of Recovery Orientated Practice.

We are seeking self-motivated, compassionate Support Coordinators for independent contractor opportunities to work full time or part time paying an hourly rate of $65 of billable service across the Gippsland and Bass Coast regions. Working from home, you will be responsible for providing phone-based NDIS support coordination services to clients with some face-to-face work. Utilising experience in mental health you will empower individuals to identify recovery goals, create community linkages, build capacity and promote their choice and control.

Key responsibilities

• Support clients by delivering quality services and facilitate positive educational and social experiences
• Provide an exceptional customer experience ensuring service delivery needs and wants are met by external service providers
• Deliver person-centred, timely support coordination services consistent with defined goals and aspirations identified in NDIS plans
• Utilise a strengths based, recovery-orientated approach to develop client’s skills and capacity
• Collaborate with a range of services, families and the community to ensure a co-ordinated and 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
• Must be a registered Incorporated Entity that has an ACN and ABN and possess suitable Public Liability insurance
• Expertise in working with people with mental health issues, complex needs and interacting with families and carers
• Demonstrated ability to implement recovery-oriented frameworks, manage a growing client base, and build strong relationships with service providers, agencies and key stakeholders
• Capability to work autonomously, deliver services in line with an established scope of work and have some experience working within a FFS model

Benefits

• Competitive hourly rate of $65 per hour of billable service
• Flexible working - work you own hours either full or part time
• Support of a leading mental health services provider

Interested?

For more information and to apply online click Apply Now to visit Jobs@Mind - reference number 15061.

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.