• Provide practice excellence support and advocacy whilst working collaboratively with a team to enable the best outcomes for vulnerable young people in an innovative service which brings wellbeing to young people in out-of-home care
• Permanent Part time role | 34.2 hours a week
• Croydon 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 Keep Embracing Your Success (KEYS) provides a multidisciplinary program for young people aged 12-17 years who are experiencing highly complex emotional and behavioural challenges due to mental health concern and adversity and currently in, or are likely to be placed in, out-of-home-care (OOHC). KEYS East is a partnership between MacKillop Family Services, Mind Australia, Victorian Aboriginal Child Care Agency (VACCA) and Youth Support & Advocacy Service (YSAS), delivering an innovative and transitional model across a 12 month placement and 6-months outreach. Taking a new approach to working with highly vulnerable young people in OOHC who exhibit complex, risky and challenging behaviours, staff are supported to utilise holistic, trauma-informed therapeutic approaches to promote individual wellbeing and recovery. Young people receive a range of supports and therapeutic interventions, assisting with the transition towards home-based care or directly to independent living.

We are seeking a compassionate and experienced Lead Practitioner - Community Engagement for a permanent part-time (34.2 hours per week) opportunity to work alongside a caring team in the Croydon area. You will provide practice leadership and coach a team to deliver person-centred, recovery-orientated services to support vulnerable young people build their capacity and daily living skills, enhance social and community connections, develop linkages with the support networks, promote wellbeing and achieve positive recovery outcomes.

Key responsibilities

• Support young people to return their community, establish relationships with families and carers, build capacity and life skills, and enjoy a positive future through a staged approach to recovery.
• Work in partnership with the Manager – Mental Health Clinician and contribute to service planning and review
• Collaborate with a range of services and the community to ensure a co-ordinated, integrated response to client’s recovery goals.

What you’ll bring

• Tertiary qualifications (minimum Certificate IV) in Youth Work, Mental Health, Psychology, Social Work, Occupational Therapy or other health-related field.
• Expertise working with young people with mental health issues, highly complex needs and emotional/behavioural difficulties, and interacting with families and carers.
• Proven capability to implement therapeutic, recovery-oriented frameworks and practices including risk mitigation, trauma informed care and family inclusive practice.
• Demonstrated understanding of the Community Services sector and ability to build strong relationships with partners, service providers, clinical teams and key stakeholders. 

Benefits

• Attractive Not For Profit Salary Packaging benefits up to $15,900pa.
• Flexible work arrangements to suit your lifestyle!
• Learning, development and career opportunities. 

Interested?

To obtain a position description and apply online please click Apply Now to visit Mind Careers - reference number 494157. Please contact the person below for more information.

Alex James – Manager – Mental Health Clinician

[email protected] 

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.