• Make a significant impact on homelessness by providing positive recovery-orientated outreach services to clients
• Fixed term 7 month role | Full time or Part time with Company Car
• Work from Home & Melbourne Metro Location

Mind Australia is one of the country’s leading community-managed specialist mental health service providers with a range of residential, mobile outreach, centre based and online services. We have been supporting people living with the day-to-day impacts of mental illness, as well as their families, friends and carers for over 40 years.

We provide practical and motivational support that helps people to develop the skills they need to move on, thrive and improve the quality of their lives. It’s an approach to mental health and wellbeing that looks at the whole person in the context of their daily life. Mind is committed to diversity and social inclusion.

About the role

The From Homelessness to a Home (H2H) program, in consortium with Launch Housing and other specialist agencies across metropolitan Melbourne, is a Victorian Government initiative to assist people experiencing homelessness to transition from temporary accommodation into housing. H2H aims to make a significant, lasting impact on homelessness and rough sleeping by supporting clients with access to rental properties and tailored mental health, AOD, family violence, and physical healthcare services based on individual need.

We are seeking compassionate, resilient Community Mental Health Practitioners for 7 month fixed term, full or part time opportunities to make an impact on homelessness in the Melbourne metro area. Working from home, you will deliver positive recovery-orientated outreach services to clients to transition to affordable housing, increase their health and wellbeing to prevent a return to rough sleeping. As this position requires travel across the Melbourne metro area a fully maintained company car is provided.

Key responsibilities

• Provide assertive targeted and integrated case managed responses to clients.
• Deliver high quality, flexible outreach services and facilitate positive educational and social experiences.
• Support clients to source long-term housing, create connections with the community and reduce isolation and exclusion.
• Work as part of a multidisciplinary team offering specialised psychosocial support.
• Collaborate with a range of services and the community to ensure a co-ordinated, integrated response to the client’s recovery goals.

What you’ll bring

• Tertiary qualifications (minimum Certificate IV) in Mental Health, Psychology, Social Work, Occupational Therapy or other health-related field.
• Expertise in working with people with mental health issues, issues relating to homelessness, complex needs and interacting with families and carers.
• Proven capability to plan goal focused care and implement therapeutic, recovery-oriented frameworks and practices.
• Demonstrated understanding of the Community Services sector and ability to build strong relationships with service providers, clinical teams and key stakeholders.

Benefits

• Attractive Not For Profit Salary Packaging benefits up to $15,900pa.
• Monthly Rostered Day Off (Full time employees only).
• Flexible work arrangements - opportunity to work from home.
• Fully maintained company car for private use.

Interested?

To obtain a position description and apply online click Apply Now to visit Jobs@Mind - reference number 15293. 

Mind strongly encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, people with a lived experience of mental ill-health and recovery, and applicants from all cultures, genders, sexualities, bodies, abilities, spiritualities, ages and backgrounds. The successful applicant is required to complete comprehensive reference and background checking prior to employment, including a Working with Children Check, NDIS Workers Screening Check and the ability to obtain vaccinations against COVID-19.