• Leadership role within Mind that is integral to ensuring prospective and current residents who access Housing with support receive adequate and equitable funding to help them to live independently within the community. 
• Permanent | Full Time (possibility of Part Time) role
• Office is based in Burnley and some occasional travel across Victoria included.
• Base Salary from $120,000 + Super & Benefits

About the role

We currently provide 292 places for people who receive 24/7 psychosocial support and are currently expected to expand to providing support for approximately over 500 people by 2026.

Mind Australia’s five-year strategic plan highlights a significant priority to provide specialist social Housing with Support solutions for people living with complex mental-ill health and psychosocial disability. Delivering sustainable social housing will be a key driver in growing Mind and as its subsidiary, The Haven Foundation, services across Australia and continuing to be seen as a leader in the industry. It is well understood and evidenced that safe, stable housing is vitally important in ensuring recovery from mental ill health can occur.

The Housing Strategy stream is crucial in driving growth and sustainable outcomes across the business, including having agility to respond to new opportunities, strategically plan for known opportunities in the pipeline, establishing and strengthening relationships with clinical and partner referrers, housing providers and government agencies. The Housing Strategy stream is also responsible for ensuring new services are established and occupancy levels of current residential services are maintained.

We are seeking a candidate who has exceptional skills and extensive knowledge of the NDIS who understands the day to day impact of living with a psychosocial disability and how that effects their ability to live independently within the community. We are looking for a candidate who can focus on the detail and who understand the legislative framework of “reasonable and necessary” as it relates to NDIS funding and how this is applied in participants plans, strong communication and advocacy skills are paramount to successfully fulfil the requirements of the role.

This position will also build capacity cross Mind Operations and with external stakeholder including Support Coordinators.

Key responsibilities

• Collaborate with the Executive Director, Housing Strategy to design and build high quality Housing with Support services.
• Establish and maintain strong partnerships with Community Housing Providers, support providers, peak bodies, funders, government agencies and other organisations relevant to the Housing strategy.
• Use advanced stakeholder management skills to bring together various business areas and differing viewpoints to achieve common goals in line with the strategic plan.

What you’ll bring

• Tertiary qualifications in Mental Health, Psychology, Social Work, Occupational Therapy or other health-related field. Allied health strongly encouraged.
• Allied health professional strongly encouraged to apply.
• Strong understanding and experience of the NDIS and the NDIS Act
• Proven experience and understanding of Not for Profit, Community Services, Mental Health, Social Welfare, Housing, Healthcare or Government sectors
• Experience and expertise in working directly with people with mental health issues, complex needs and with their families and carers is desirable.
• Proven experience in stakeholder management and strategic partnerships. 

Benefits

• Salary packaging up to $15,899 p.a. allows you to allocate a portion of your pre-tax income to cover living expenses (e.g. rent, mortgage, child care, car leasing expenses etc.)
• Fitness Passport - Access to our corporate health and fitness program, providing you and family with access to a wide choice of fitness facilities.
• Work flexibility arrangements available for maintaining your work-life balance.
• Professional development through regular Practice Development sessions and coaching with your supervisor. 

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.

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. Mind has been supporting people experiencing mental health and wellbeing challenges to find help, hope and purpose in their lives for more than 45 year

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. 

Interested?

To obtain a position description and apply online click Apply Now to visit Mind Careers - reference number 495413.

Please contact the person below for more information:

Recruitment, Human Resources [email protected].

The successful applicant is required to complete comprehensive reference and background checking prior to employment, including a Working with Children Check and NDIS Workers Screening Check.