“Full citizenship for all people living with a mental illness in Australian society”

About the role

• 1 x 0.4 FTE Part time position (Maximum Term Contract until 31 December 2021)
• 1 x Casual position
• Support Coordinator: CSD Level 2 from $61,529 – $66,116 per annum (Plus 25% loading for Casual position)
• Adhoc Specialist Support Coordinator duties: CSD Level 3: $73,434 - $79,010 (Plus 25% loading for Casual position)
• Central Location: East Victoria Park
• Flexible Work from home options negotiable

What you will be doing?

The NDIS program aims to support consumers with a severe and persistent mental illness/psychiatric disability, who have been referred with individually funded packages. These packages are tailored to provide a range of services and interventions to address the consumer’s individual needs. The role of the Support Coordinator is to provide assistance to strengthen participants’ abilities to coordinate and implement their own supports and participate more fully in the community.

A large part of the role will include coordinating access to the required services identified in the individually funded package. The Support Coordinator will support consumers with a range of individual needs and assist them to strengthen their abilities to connect with relevant supports, to develop and maintain support relationships and to increase their capacity to independently navigate through the challenges involved in coordinating their support requirements. Coordination and support will vary within the role from more basic level coordination to more specialised support coordination for consumers with specific higher-level needs and/or risks.

You may be required to provide Specialist Support Coordination and Recovery Coaching where required based on your qualification and experience. Specialist Support Coordination work will be remunerated at a higher level (CSD Level 3: $73,434 - $79,010). To be considered for delivering Specialist Support Coordination work, you must hold qualification in Allied health, psychology or social or health science profession.

What you will need to bring to the role?

As a Support Coordinator, your excellent people skills coupled with your ability to coordinate and manage competing priorities will ensure your success in this role. Your kindness, patience and persistence along with your calm resilience will help you overcome the obstacles of day to day support coordination and stay cool under pressure. Taking a coaching approach to all your interactions you understand that helping people to help themselves is an important part of empowering customers. You will be the kind of person that can get a little creative and come up with innovative ways to help customers on their path to recovery. In addition to the people side of the role you will also have excellent administration skills, strong computer literacy, report writing and financial management abilities. Ideally you will bring solid experience and/or qualifications in mental health work or social welfare.

Mandatory requirements:

• Current WA Working with Children Check
• Australian Working Rights
• WA Drivers licence
• Police check (refer to PD) – disclosable outcomes considered
• Your own vehicle (or regular access to one) that is fully registered and insured
• NDIS Workers Clearance Check (employee expense) – Register and Apply here
• To be considered for delivering Specialist Support Coordinator work, you must hold qualification in Psychology/Occupational Therapy/Social Work; OR qualification in an allied health/developmental educator/social or health science profession with demonstrated experience in coordination of supports for people with complex needs
• OHS compliant workstation to work from home (e.g. safe workstation, smoke alarm, proper ventilation)

About Neami National

Neami National is a community mental health service supporting people living with mental illness to improve their health, live independently and pursue a life based on their own strengths, values and goals.

Incentives include:

• Diverse and inclusive organisation
• Induction and extensive Learning and Development Program
• Regular Practice Development sessions and coaching with your supervisor
• Salary Packaging providing tax benefits available for living and entertainment expenses
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Flexibility to work from home

How to apply:

The terms and conditions of the role are listed in the Position Description. If you have any further questions not addressed in the advertising words or position description please contact: Skye Groenveld on 0434 314 584.

We respectfully request no recruitment agency applications.

We celebrate multidisciplinary teams and value the rich skills and experiences brought by applicants from a range of sectors and professional backgrounds. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are encouraged to apply.

We kindly decline Recruitment agency applications.