• Utilise lived experience of mental ill health to lead a team to support LGBTIQA+ clients with holistic, peer-led recovery and wellbeing services
• Fixed term role until June 2024 with possibility of extension | Part time 34.2 hours/week
• Abbotsford Location

Mind strongly encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, people with a lived and living 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

Aftercare has proudly provided care for the LGBTIQA+ community since 2019. The Aftercare service offers a safe place of psychological healing and holistic support for people from the LGBTIQ+ community who are having thoughts or intentions of suicide and experiencing mental health challenges at no cost. Aftercare delivers short-term, lived experience based recovery-focused outreach, counselling and therapeutic services to support clients, families, carers and loved ones move forward with a life of meaning and purpose.

We are seeking a compassionate, experienced LGBTIQA+ Peer Practice Lead for a fixed term, part time (34.2 hours per week) until June 2024, with the possibility of extension to a long-term role. You will utilise your lived experience of mental ill health to lead and support a team to deliver LGBTIQA+ clients with safe person-centred, recovery-orientated and support coordination services to build capacity and life skills, develop service provider pathways, strengthen social networks and create community connections to achieve recovery goals and improve health outcomes. The role will act as the practice lead to Peer Workers, providing supervision, mentoring and coaching.

Key responsibilities

• Utilise your own lived experience of mental ill health and understanding of LGBTIQA+ issues and to inform your work.
• Coach and lead a team to deliver high quality outreach services and facilitate positive educational and social experiences
• Provide direct support to individual clients to enable them to develop independent living skills and enjoy a meaningful life through a peer-led staged approach to recovery.
• Manage the day-to-day operations of the service including administration, rostering, facilitating handovers, planning and planning budget expenditure.
• 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 Mental Health, Psychology, Social Work, Occupational Therapy, or another health-related field are required. Completion of Intentional Peer Support Core and/or Alt2Sui training will be highly regarded.
• Lived experience and willingness to support clients through sharing your own learnings and recovery orientated practice is required.
• Expertise in working with LGBTIQA+ people with mental health issues, suicidal ideations, complex needs and collaborating with families and carers.
• Experience in leading a team to implement therapeutic, recovery-oriented frameworks and practices including risk mitigation, trauma informed care and family inclusive practice.
• Proven ability to effectively lead and develop a team to achieve best quality service outcomes and provide professional supervision. 

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.)
• Generous leave entitlements including 8 weeks paid parental leave and 17.5% annual leave loading
• Work flexibility arrangements available for maintaining your work-life balance.
• Professional development through regular supervision sessions 

Interested?

To obtain a position description and apply online click Apply Now to visit Mind Careers - reference number 494150. Please contact the person below for more information. 

Isabelle McGovern, LGBTIQA+ Strategy and Service Development Manager

[email protected]

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.