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Here at genU we're a group of passionate, driven people who want everyone’s lives to be happier and healthier, especially people with disabilities, the ageing and those experiencing disadvantage.

As a Psychosocial Recovery Coach, you will be passionate about providing capacity building supports to support people to live a purposeful and meaningful life. You will be a strong communicator who can easily build rapport with people of all abilities.

As a Psychosocial Recovery Coach, you will provide support to people with psychosocial disability to increase their independence, social participation, and economic participation. Your clients will be assisted to take more control of their lives and to better manage complex challenges of day-to-day living. Through recovery-enabling relationships and skilled coaching, clients will be supported to build capacity, including strengths and resilience. Recovery coaches will work collaboratively with people, their families, carers, and other services to design, plan, implement and review a recovery plan.

This is position can be Full-Time or Part-Time depending on your lifestyle. It is an ongoing role, based in Geelong.

About You

Our ideal Psychosocial Recovery Coach will meet the following requirements:

• Minimum Cert IV in Mental Health or other relevant qualification.
• Proven experience working with people with a mental health diagnosis.
• Proven experience delivering person-centred, strength based and/or recovery oriented models of service.
• Demonstrated ability to network with local service providers.
• Highly developed written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong organisational, technology and administrative abilities.
• Current NDIS Worker Screening Check or willingness to obtain.
• Current NDIS Worker Orientation Module or willingness to complete.
• Current Working with Children Check or willingness to obtain.
• Fully vaccinated against COVID-19, unless you are an Excepted Person as defined by the COVID-19 Mandatory Vaccination (Workers) Directions. All applicants must therefore be able to comply with this requirement.

Please click here for a copy of the position description outlining full details of this role.

Benefits & Culture

genU welcomes diversity, including diversity of race, culture, spirituality, gender, age, identity, ability, and sexuality. We are committed to providing a safe and inclusive environment for all and living the values of genU each and every day.

genU staff have access to a range of benefits, including but not limited to the following:

• Investment in You: in addition to a comprehensive induction program & ongoing professional development, genU is committed to providing opportunities for career progression. You will have access to a range of accredited training modules, staff mentoring programs and our internal jobs board.
• Commitment to Staff Health & Wellbeing: 24/7 access to an innovative, holistic employee assistance program that supports your emotional, mental, financial, and physical health.
• Increase your Take Home Pay: Salary package up to $15,900 per annum each FBT year plus further meals and entertainment benefits.

genU is committed to providing accessible, inclusive and equitable recruitment processes for all candidates. For further details about the role of if you would like to discuss reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process please contact Jaime-lee Demmer at [email protected] using the subject line: Psychosocial Recovery Coach - Geelong enquiry via EthicalJobs or on 0439 203 412.