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Mental Health Practice Lead

LGBTIQ+ Health Australia

LGBTIQ+ Health Australia (LHA) is the national peak health organisation in Australia for organisations and individuals that provide health-related programs, services and research focused on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex people and other sexuality, gender, and bodily diverse people and communities.

LHA works with legislators, policymakers and service providers to help them understand and address the needs of LGBTIQ+ people and communities. We support LHA members to have a stronger policy voice and partner with researchers across the country on issues of LGBTIQ+ health and wellbeing.

About the Role

This role will provide clinical oversight and coordination of Qlife clinical responses to related projects. to the QLife team. QLife provides anonymous and free LGBTI peer support and referral for people in Australia wanting to talk about sexuality, identity, gender, bodies, feelings or relationships. QLife services include both telephone and webchat support, delivered by trained LGBTIQ+ volunteer community members and counsellors across the country. Our services are for LGBTIQ+ individuals, their friends and families, and health professionals in Australia.

LGBTIQ+ Health Australia is the contract holder and works in collaboration with four state-based sub-contract partner organisations who deliver the services. Each of the partner organisations have a long history of providing counselling and support within their local LGBTI communities.

All roles at LHA place the needs of LGBTIQ Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, BrotherBoys and SisterGirls as a priority across all of our programs. It is a requirement that all staff ensure that all aspects of their work that LGBT Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, BrotherBoys and SisterGirls are considered and incorporated.

To be successful in this role, you will have:

Qualifications

  • Tertiary Qualifications in Psychology or Social Work (Mental Health)

Experience Required

  • Demonstrated experience leading quality assurance, and continuous improvement activities in a mental health, health or social welfare setting.
  • Demonstrated experience in clinical risk management at an organisational and/or service delivery level.
  • Understanding of relevant federal and state government guidelines and legislation related to delivery of mental health services.
  • Experience facilitating multidisciplinary meetings.
  • Ability to work with multiple partners in a collaborative and solution focused manner.
  • Good knowledge of the current health disparities and issues affecting indigenous LGBTI, BrotherBoy and SisterGirl communities, especially within the area of mental health.
  • Demonstrated understanding of and commitment to the health and human rights of LGBTI people and communities.
  • Experience of working effectively and collaboratively in a small team environment.
  • An understanding of issues relative to supporting clients accessing Teleweb services Computer Skills.
  • Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word and Excel).

A position description is attached.

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