• Permanent Full Time | 38 hours per week
• Location: Camperdown, NSW 2050
• Salary: $72K + Super+ Salary Packaging
• Make a meaningful difference to the lives of Australians in need

Life at Mission Australia

When you join the team at Mission Australia, you become part of a community who are determined to end homelessness and ensure people in need can thrive. United by our Christian purpose and values, we stand together with anyone who needs us, for as long as they need us. Find out more about us and our purpose.

Your Opportunity

The Lived Expertise Coach position requires the integration of personal knowledge and skills gained from overcoming the impact of drug and alcohol use and/or mental illness with practical experience and qualification, to provide lived expertise coaching to individuals and groups. The aim of the coaching interventions is to assist individuals experiencing similar adversity, to better lead and manage their own lifestyle and wellbeing in the community.

Your Key Responsibilities will be to:

• Present as a positive role model for consumers and assist them to determine their need and devise coaching plans
• Provide individual and group lived expertise coaching based on practice framework
• Co-design and create opportunities for people to exercise their personal power, rights and responsibilities
• Create and update individual files and ensure the completion of all required internal and external reports
• Actively engage in team and individual supervision and contribute to the effective functioning of the service
• Work collaboratively with internal and external service providers that strengthen to sustain recovery

Requirement for Success

• Personal experience of overcoming adversity (drug and alcohol use) and transfer the learning of these experiences to the role
• Deep understanding of combined lived expertise and professional development
• Minimum of cert IV in peer work plus more than twelve months of lived expertise role
• Well-developed communication skills
• Valid NSW driver's license

Before starting work with us, you will need to undertake a national police history check, qualifications and referee checks, and have a clearance to work with children/vulnerable people and child-safe certificate.

Our culture

Our innovative and inclusive culture will ensure you feel valued at Mission Australia as you help Australians in need and develop in your career.

We're committed to the safety and wellbeing of each other and the people we serve.

We recognise and respect diversity. So, whoever you are, if you're skilled and actively support our purpose and values, you would be welcome at Mission Australia.

Find out more about a career with Mission Australia.

We encourage applications from people with disability and Indigenous Australians.

If you have a disability and need support to submit your application, please email [email protected] using the subject line: Lived Expertise Coach enquiry via EthicalJobs.

Your benefits

• Rewarding work - every day you know you're making a real difference
• Not-for-profit salary packaging, reducing your tax (details via AccessPay)
• Generous discounts with health insurance and major retailers
• Free external, confidential counselling and access to chaplaincy support.

How to Apply

To be considered for this opportunity, please click 'Apply Now'.

As a committed Circle Back Initiative employer, we will respond to your application.

For further information regarding working with us, visit Working for Mission Australia.

Applications are shortlisted as they are received. Please apply as soon as possible to be considered. Thank you.