• Use your lived experience to support clients with mental ill health return to their community and enjoy a meaningful life
• Permanent role | Part time 19 hours/week
• Cairns 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 Mind Centre for health and wellbeing offers a targeted range of supports that aims to maximise client recovery outcomes through education and learning, mentoring, education and vocational support, housing and linkage services, counselling, NDIS planning and assistance delivered through Mind Recovery College. The Centre’s outreach services provides a person-centred approach to recovery which is tailored to meet individual needs as they transition from the Community Care Unit and Adult Step Up Step Down program.

We are seeking a compassionate, resilient Community Mental Health Practitioner - Peer Worker for permanent, part time (19 hours per week) opportunity to work on a 7 day rotating roster in the Cairns area. You will bring your specialist lens of lived experience with mental ill health and recovery to provide clients with empathetic, person-centred support enabling a return to their community and independent living.

Key responsibilities

• Utilise your own lived experience of mental ill health and recovery to inform your work and the work of the team.
• Deliver high quality services and facilitate positive educational and social experiences.
• Collaborate with a range of services and the community to ensure a co-ordinated and integrated response to the client’s recovery goals.
• Work within a recovery oriented framework to support clients, families and carers.
• Provide consultation to raise awareness of health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

What you’ll bring

• Tertiary qualifications (minimum Certificate IV) in Mental Health, Psychology, Social Work, Occupational Therapy or other health-related field.
• Able to provide a record of Vaccination Preventable Diseases or able to obtain vaccinations against Measles, Mumps, Rubella, Chicken Pox, Whooping Cough, Hepatitis B or other diseases as required by our Partnership with QLD Health.
• Prior lived experience and willingness to support clients through sharing learnings and recovery orientated practice is required.
• Expertise in working with people with mental health issues, complex needs and collaborating with families and carers.

Benefits

• Attractive Not For Profit Salary Packaging benefits.
• Flexible work arrangements to suit your lifestyle!
• Learning, development and career opportunities.

Interested?

To obtain a position description and apply online click Apply Now to visit Jobs@Mind - reference number 14842. Please contact the person below for more information.

Toni Hines - (61) 4284 3366

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.

A position description is attached.