• Mentor a team to support clients with mental ill health achieve their life goals and live independently
• Permanent opportunity | Part- time 19 hours/week, 7 day rotating roster
• Hourly rate $49.28 + Super 11.5% & Benefits
• Toowoomba Location 

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.

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 Community Care Unit (CCU) service provides intensive treatment and recovery support in a residential setting, up to two years, to help people stabilise their mental health and gain necessary skills to transition back into the community from a hospital environment. Clients are provided 24/7 care in line Mind’s Model of Recovery Oriented Practice by a clinical team and Mind staff who focus on developing of social and daily living skills as well as building confidence to live independently.

We are seeking an experienced, compassionate Family Engagement Worker for a permanent, part-time (19 hours per week) opportunity to work within a caring team in the Toowoomba area. You will support a dynamic team to deliver positive, person-centred services to clients, families and carers and provide information and meaningful referrals to external providers. 

Key responsibilities

• Provide support to clients using recovery orientated and Family Inclusive frameworks.
• Deliver high quality services and facilitate positive educational and social experiences.
• Build rapport and develop trusted relationships with clients, families and carers.
• 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.
• Proven capability to coach, mentor and develop a team to achieve best quality service outcomes, including experience in the provision of professional supervision.
• Expertise in working with people with mental health issues, complex needs and interacting with families and carers.
• Demonstrated understanding of the Community Services sector and ability to build strong relationships with service providers, clinical teams and key stakeholders.
• 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. 

Benefits

• Salary packaging up to $15,899 p.a. allows you to allocate a portion of your pre-tax income to cover living expenses (e.g. rent, mortgage, child care, car leasing expenses etc.)
• Access to our Employee Assistance Program (EAP), provided by Converge International, for you and your immediate family members.
• Fitness Passport - Access to our corporate health and fitness program, providing you and family with access to a wide choice of fitness facilities.
• Learning, development and career opportunities.

Interested?

To obtain a position description and apply online click Apply Now to visit Mind Careers - reference number 495653. Please contact the person below for more information.

Kahla Alexander, Service Manager

[email protected]

We are committed to making reasonable adjustments to provide a positive, barrier-free recruitment process. If you require any support or reasonable adjustments to complete your application, please contact us at [email protected]

The successful applicant is required to complete comprehensive reference and background checking prior to employment, including a Working with Children Check, and NDIS Workers Screening Check.