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Team Coordinator / Team Coordinator Peer Specialist - Broken Hill

Flourish Australia

Flourish Australia has an exciting opportunity for a Team Coordinator orTeam Coordinator - Peer Specialist to oversee our FarWestern NSW teams!

The position available is:

  • Ongoing full-time (76 hours p/f)
  • Working Monday to Friday
  • Flexibility to be based at one of our Broken Hill,Cobar or Bourke sites (with vehicle mileage allowance)
  • Attractive salary package starting at $74,000 per annum + 10% Super + Tax-free Salary Packaging!

Who we are

Flourish Australia is one of Australia’s most experienced community mental health organisations. Our services are comprehensive and highly personalised because each person’s experience will be different and their needs, as an individual, are unique. Together we set goals, connect individuals with the right people, support services and opportunities to meet their needs.

The Benefits

  • Attractive salary starting at $74,000 per annum + 10% Super
  • Comprehensive benefits incl. Tax-Free Salary Packaging up to $15,900 + vehicle mileage allowance
  • Generous leave provisions including 17.5% leave loading+ 2 additional days of personal leave+ Christmas/New Years Gratis Day + paid parental leave
  • Family-friendly and flexible working conditions
  • Opportunities for professional development and training such as Mental Health First Aid, ASIST and relevant Team Leader training
  • Access to our free, confidential employee assistance program (EAP)
  • Inclusive initiatives such as our Rainbow Network and YarnUp for Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander staff

About the Opportunity

As a Team Coordinator and Team Coordinator - Peer Specialist with Flourish Australia, you will assist the manager in providing supervision and guidance to staff. You will support and develop the skills of staff through the provision of in-service training. In addition, you will have a hands-on role with frontline service delivery, working directly with people with a lived experience of a mental health issue. You will lead by example by providing person led recovery-oriented and trauma informed service that best supports people to live in the community.

In addition, the Team Coordinator - Peer Specialist will use lived experience and personal recovery to mentor people with a lived experience of a mental health issue. You will apply recovery knowledge in your role and peer work philosophies. You will be required to use your lived experience openly to build professional relationships and reciprocity with the people you support, while maintaining appropriate professional boundaries.

On a day to day basis you will:

  • Support the manager to implement programs, policies and local procedures and also with the planning and coordination of a program or project (when required).
  • Provide day-to-day supervision and support of lower or similar classified employees.
  • Facilitate discussions regarding the individual needs and goals of each person accessing Flourish Australia’s services and collaboratively develop, implement and monitor an individual plan that meets these needs.
  • Encourage people to develop skills which will meet their needs. These may include domestic skills, social skills, independence skills, and skills to enter education and/or employment.
  • Ensure that individual support meets recovery journey goals and is strengths based and led by the person wherever possible.

Selection Criteria

Essential:

  1. A relevant Certificate IV or above in a relevant field.
  2. At least 3 years experience working in the community in a mental health setting.
  3. Maintain a current Australian Driver’s Licence.

Full criteria available within the application.

All successful applicants will be asked to provide evidence of compliance with COVID-19 vaccination Public Health Orders (where applicable).

Interviews to be held ASAP, apply today!

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