Your role within our dedicated postvention suicide support service, StandBy will allow you to:

• Support communities, individuals and workplaces bereaved by suicide
• Work in Australia’s leading post vention suicide program
• Champion the voice of those with lived experience
• Collaborate with stakeholders (internal and external) to build community preparedness and awareness around suicide post vention supports

Job Description

Joining us, you’ll guide a team of dedicated individuals who are focused on providing evidence based best practice in post vention supports. From delivering workshops within community, to individual support sessions, your work will be diverse and impactful. This role is a great opportunity to step into a leadership position and can be located within Tweed Heads, Lismore, Grafton or Coffs Harbor. Here’s how it will help transform your career:

• Gain valuable experience managing a team comprised of full time and casual staff
• Expand your network by collaborating with a range of community-based organisations
• Broaden your skill set through diverse and meaningful work

At Social Futures, we believe in the value of your voice, and we are dedicated to making positive changes every day. We’ve got your back in providing a supportive and inclusive workplace, one that celebrates diversity and promotes inclusion. Here, your wellbeing matters to us.

Among the benefits, we offer flexible working options, access to ongoing learning and development, generous salary packaging options, a staff well-being program, and the opportunity to bank additional days leave per year. Additionally, we prioritise safety and uphold that Social Futures isn’t just a workplace; it’s a community.

Here, we believe in inclusivity, integrity, and learning. Why you’ll like working with us:

• Your voice will be valued and heard in our mission to support positive social change
• You’ll be part of a supportive, diverse, and inclusive environment where we celebrate individuality
• We prioritise your wellbeing, with benefits such as External Supervision, flexible working options

We are looking for a passionate leader with a desire to make a difference. The successful candidate will have:

• Tertiary qualifications or equivalent experience in health, psychology, social work, social science or social welfare, health promotion or similar
• Demonstrated knowledge and skills in working with people bereaved through suicide
• Excellent relationship, negotiation and conflict management skills
• Experience in managing critical response team

Social Futures is an equal opportunity employer and will actively recruit our workforce from key communities; including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, LGBTIQSB, people living with a disability, people with lived experience and people from culturally and linguistically diverse communities. Working with Children, National Police Check and COVID Vaccination are mandatory requirements for all staff.

How to Apply:

A cover letter demonstrating how your skills, education and professional experience meet the requirements of the role as outlined in the position description, should be submitted with your application.

To access a position description please see the attachment below.

For more information about Social Futures please visit our website:

• socialfutures.org.au (Work With Us)

For further information, please contact Melissa Wiseman on 0477 219 186.