Job Summary
- Applications close:
- Job posted on: 30th Jun 2022
- Regional VIC > Wodonga
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.
The Youth Psychosocial Recovery Service (YPRS) is a psychosocial support model for young people aged 16-25 years who have a mental illness and other complexities. The service provides intensive case management underpinned by Mind’s Model of Recovery Oriented Practice to support young people pre and post entry to a Youth Residential Rehabilitation (YRR) service and as an alternative to YRR placement. YPRS will facilitate wrap around support, linkages and utilise brokerage funding to assist in responding to need.
We are seeking a self-motivated, compassionate Youth Outreach Recovery Support Coordinator - Peer Practitioner for a 12 month fixed term, full time opportunity in the Wodonga area. You will utilise your lived experience of mental ill health to engage with young people through assertive outreach, coordinating wrap around supports and provide our clients with empathetic, positive support.
To obtain a position description and apply online click Apply Now to visit Jobs@Mind - reference number 14991.
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.