Job Summary
- Applications close:
- Job posted on: 29th Nov 2021
- Regional QLD > Mackay & Coalfields
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.
The Individual Recovery Support Program (IRSP) is an individualised, tiered outreach program of recovery support for clients up to 12 months who have recently experienced serious mental illness and who access mental health services through regional hospitals and the Health Service. IRSP clients will receive a priority referral to access the Group Based Peer Recovery Support Program (GBPRSP), a complimentary education-based mental health service co-designed, facilitated and developed by people with a lived experience of mental ill health. Paired with peer-based recovery and individual 1:1 supports these services provide multidisciplinary, tiered community based psychosocial assistance delivered through partnerships with hospital networks.
We are seeking a passionate, driven Service Manager - IRSP & GBRSP for a permanent, full time opportunity to lead a team in the Mackay area. You will be integral in managing and directing all aspects of the programs and ensure a high standard of service delivery consistent with Mind’s Model of Recovery Oriented Practice and the My Better Life model.
To obtain a position description and apply online visit Jobs@Mind - reference number 14800.
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.