• Permanent Part time role (45.6 hours per fortnight)
• Located at St Kilda
• Access up to $15,900 in salary packaging benefits & increase take-home pay

Your new role

We’re looking for an inspiring and experienced leader to take on a key role in guiding non-clinical mental health support services led by individuals in designated lived and living experience roles. This position plays a vital part in fostering recovery-oriented support through peer-led approaches.

As Team Leader, you’ll manage program delivery, provide strategic leadership, and support the continued development of our lived and living experience workforce.

Key Responsibilities:

• Ensuring delivery of program outcomes in line with funding requirements
• Leading and promoting quality, person-centered practice across the team
• Providing leadership to support the long-term vision, sustainability, and expansion of services
• Working closely with the Training & Capacity Building Team Leader to support the delivery of Hearing Voices training

This role offers the opportunity to make a meaningful difference in people’s lives while shaping the future of lived experience-led mental health support.

Benefits of working at Uniting

Select 3-5 benefits from the below bullet points.

Our work isn’t easy, but it matters. Work with people who care as much as you.

In addition to your salary of $49.28 + super, you can access the following.

• Access salary packaging to increase take-home pay.
• Need extra time off? Buy additional leave to increase annual leave!
• Up to 10 weeks paid parental leave for primary caregivers (4 for secondary).
• Free counselling with our Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
• Access training and development opportunities to help you grow.
• We value diversity and lived experiences. Access support via work groups.
• We recognise contributions with our annual awards programme!
• Our people are central - access leadership development.
• Uniting offers up to 15 days paid leave for domestic violence support.
• Opt in or out of public holidays, be respected for your unique background.

Your skills and experience

• We are looking for motivated self-starter who like using their initiative and feel confident to work in a new team and work environment.
• You will also have:
• Tertiary qualification in a relevant health or human services field (minimum Certificate IV in Mental Health or Peer Work)
• Lived or living experience of mental health recovery, including the ability to lead and support others from a peer perspective
• Strong understanding of complex mental health and AOD challenges, and the needs of those experiencing them
• Experience in program or project management within the community or mental health sector
• Proven leadership in supporting and developing a peer workforce

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How to Apply

Click APPLY to submit your interest, and we’ll be in touch shortly. We’ll review applications as they come through and schedule interviews, as we’re keen to engage with someone.

To learn more, contact Carly Gibson, Manager on [email protected] using the subject line: Team Leader AOD & Mental Health Lived & Living Experience enquiry via EthicalJobs.

About Uniting

At Uniting we are passionate about working together to inspire people, enliven communities and confront injustice. We have a 5,000 strong workforce of employees and volunteers who deliver a diverse range of services across Victoria and Tasmania.

Visit us: www.vt.uniting.org

Uniting is a child safe organisation and is committed in everyday practice to ensure the safety and wellbeing of all children, at all times. As a ‘child safe’ organisation, employment with Uniting is subject to a satisfactory national (and international where relevant) police check and relevant Working with Children Check in your State prior to commencement of any paid or unpaid work and/or participation in any service or undertaking.

Through the recruitment process, we will ask you for personal information. Disclosure is optional, however, it can help us support you better. We invite you to tell us if you identify as Aboriginal, a person with disability, from a diverse background or LGBTQIA+. You will be given an opportunity in the application form to request additional support. We welcome the opportunity to discuss how we can support you.