• Convenient Sydney location
• Flexible working options - work from home and the office
• Role is available Full Time Fixed Term - Contract until 30 June 2022
• Working to improve the health and wellbeing of LGBTI people and communities at the national level.
• Salary: SCHADS Level 6 $91,656.89 - $95,707.42 plus salary packaging

LGBTIQ+ Health Australia (LHA) is the national peak health organisation in Australia for organisations and individuals that provide health-related programs, services and research focused on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex people and other sexuality, gender, and bodily diverse people and communities. LHA works in partnership with organisations across Australia to deliver programs across suicide prevention (MindOUT), ageing and aged care (Silver Rainbow), LGBTI peer support and referral (QLife), Disability and Palliative Care.

About the Role

This role will provide clinical oversight to the QLife team. QLife provides anonymous and free LGBTIQ peer support and referral for people in Australia wanting to talk about sexuality, identity, gender, bodies, feelings or relationships. QLife services include both telephone and webchat support, delivered by trained LGBTIQ volunteer community members and counsellors across the country. Our services are for LGBTIQ individuals, their friends and families, and health professionals in Australia. LHA is the contract holder and works in collaboration with four state-based partner organisations who deliver the services. Each of the partner organisations has a long history of providing counselling and support within their local LGBTIQ communities. All roles at LHA place the needs of LGBTIQ Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, BrotherBoys and SisterGirls as a priority across all of our programs. It is a requirement that all staff ensure that all aspects of their work that LGBTIQ Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, BrotherBoys and SisterGirls are considered and incorporated.

Qualifications

• Tertiary Qualifications in Psychology or Social Work (Mental Health) or other relevant fields.

Essential Criteria

• Minimum two years’ experience supervising teams
• Demonstrated experience leading quality assurance, and continuous improvement activities in a mental health, health or social welfare setting
• Demonstrated experience in clinical risk management at an organisational and/or service delivery level
• Understanding of relevant federal and state government guidelines and legislation related to delivery of mental health services
• Experience facilitating multidisciplinary meetings
• Ability to work with multiple partners in a collaborative and solution focused manner
• Good knowledge of the current health disparities and issues affecting indigenous
• LGBTI, BrotherBoy and SisterGirl communities, especially within the area of mental health
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word and Excel).

If you would like to discuss the role and working at LHA please call Emma Smith, enrichHR 02 9119 2360.

We encourage people from diverse backgrounds including people with disability, LGBTI+ people and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to apply.

A position description is attached.