• 12 month contract part time - 30.4 hours per week
• Located in Botany – KBIMX program (Keeping Body In Mind Xtend)
• Make a meaningful difference to the lives of Australians in need

About Us

Mission Australia is a non-denominational Christian charity that has been helping vulnerable Australians move towards independence for more than 160 years.

Every day we support people nationwide by combatting homelessness, assisting disadvantaged families and children, addressing mental health issues, fighting substance dependencies and much more.

Mission Australia is committed to the safety and wellbeing of every vulnerable person who engages with our services including children and young people. We're generously supported by our funders, partners and tens of thousands of everyday Australians, who make the work of our tireless volunteers and staff possible.

Your Opportunity

The KBIMX program intends to support those participants who have successfully completed the 12 week KBIM program and provide supportive post program health coaching sessions in the community with the aim being; improving overall physical health and wellbeing.

You play a crucial role as a health coach by supporting clients to identify and sustain their health goals.

Your key responsibilities will be to:

• Present as a positive role model for clients
• Co-create and support the clients identified health goals
• Provide weekly individual health coaching sessions
• Engage clients and develop trusting professional relationships
• Share your lived experience of mental health in a purposeful and meaningful way
• Establish professional boundaries with the clients
• Maintain updated and required case notes

Requirements for Success

• Sound understanding of peer support work
• You have had personally accessed mental health services and gained skills to share
• Passionate about exercise and mental health
• Experience preferred but not essential
• Valid NSW driver’s license
• Valid NSW driver’s license

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

Culture & Benefits  

A career with Mission Australia will offer you rewarding experiences to make a difference to the lives of Australians in need. We have an innovative and supportive culture guided by our values of compassion, integrity, respect, perseverance and celebration.

To ensure our employees feel valued, empowered and celebrated we provide a range of employee benefits including:

• NFP salary packaging benefits reducing taxable income (details via Advantage)
• Discounted childcare rates with participating centres
• Generous discounts with hotels, travel insurance and major retailers
• Free, confidential counselling services via our EAP
• Discounted health care with Medibank Private

Diversity & Inclusion

Mission Australia is an inclusive employer. We celebrate our diversity and strive to reflect contemporary Australian society and all the communities in which we work, in order to better serve our clients. We welcome and encourage applications from Women, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, Culturally and Linguistically Diverse people, People with Disability, Sexually and Gender Diverse people, people with lived experience of adversity and from people of all ages.

As such, if you require any adjustments to submit your application, we invite you to get in touch via phone 0490 078 114 or email [email protected] using the subject line: Peer Health Coach enquiry via EthicalJobs.

For more information, feel free to view the Position Description via Lived Expertise health coach.pdf.

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