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The Community Awareness Officer will develop, deliver and evaluate community awareness, engagement, and youth participation programs and activities in the local area with a focus on promoting early help-seeking for mental health and other health/social issues facing young people.

Reporting to the Clinical Services Manager you will:

• Develop and deliver a range of activities and programs to increase mental health literacy and reduce stigma and discrimination associated with mental health and other health/social issues.
• Increase awareness of headspace services amongst young people, their families/carers and friends, and the local community.
• Develop and maintain partnerships with schools, community, public and private sector agencies, with a focus on community capacity building, shared community engagement/awareness activities and effective referral pathways to/from headspace.
• In consultation with the youth advocacy Group (YAG) and Clinical Services Manager, develop, monitor and review a Community Awareness and Youth Participation Plan for the headspace centre.

Our headspace sites operate after 5pm multiple times a week, availability to work across rotating shifts required.

What you’ll need

You are passionate, energetic and determined to make a difference to health and wellbeing outcomes for young people. The following criteria must be met for consideration for this position:

• Tertiary qualifications in the social or health sciences, community development or a related field, and/or substantial relevant experience in a similar field.
• Experience and understanding of mental health, drug and alcohol and other health/social issues facing young people.
• Demonstrated ability to develop, implement and evaluate community awareness programs.
• Previous experience in providing leadership and/or supervision, including to young people.

What you’ll get in return

• Salary between $85,126 - $91,587 pro rata commensurate with skills and experience + 11.5% super + access to $15,900 NFP salary packaging
• Ability to purchase additional leave; access to EAP; generous Parental Leave Scheme.
• Provide and further develop your leadership and skills with Orygen and be part of leading the revolution in youth mental health.

Orygen – leading the revolution

Imagine a future with unlimited potential. A future where every young person enjoys optimal mental health as they grow into adulthood. At Orygen, this is our life’s work, because we passionately believe it’s what all young people deserve.

Every step of the way, young people and families are at the heart of everything we do. Always.

Through world-leading research that creates change. Through pioneering reform that delivers real-world practical solutions.
At Orygen, that’s the future we’re creating right now. To do it, we have revolution in mind.

Join the revolution

If you’re keen to join Orygen and be part of our team challenging the status quo and reshaping the future for young people, apply now.
For more information and to review the position description, please follow the link below.

https://www.orygen.org.au/getmedia/a92cebd9-5d6d-4b5b-9d0e-2cb87017d486/Community-Awareness-Officer-headspace-Craigieburn-2024.pdf.aspx 

This is a part time (0.8FTE) ongoing position.

Orygen is committed to providing diverse, equitable and inclusive environments for Staff and anyone connected to Orygen. We strive to continue building a culturally safe workplace where our values underpin the way we work and our commitment to First Nations people of Australia, young people and their families, people with disabilities, LGBTIQA+ people and CALD communities. We strongly encourage applications from First Nations people.

Orygen is a child-safe organisation and is committed to promoting and protecting the safety and well-being of all young people and embedding safeguarding practices into all our programs and services.

All employment appointments are subject to holding a valid working with children check, successful police check and having at least three COVID-19 vaccinations.