An exciting opportunity has come at World Wellness Group to backfill the program manager’s position for 12 months in the unique multicultural mental health psycho-social program, Culture in Mind. A great opportunity to join a dynamic and multicultural team to make a difference at a grass roots level to the mental health and wellbeing in multicultural communities in Brisbane.

Organisational Background 

With a vision to build health equity and a mission to deliver, model and influence health and wellness services to create an inclusive and just health system, World Wellness Group (WWG) is a leading health social enterprise based in Stones Corner, Brisbane. WWG operates the World Wellness Clinic which specialises in equitable healthcare for clients from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, including disadvantaged migrants, refugees and people seeking asylum. 

As a social enterprise, or a business with a social mission, World Wellness Group Ltd works to improve health equity for all clients, regardless of culture, language or financial capacity, and to assist the most disadvantaged members in our community. World Wellness Group is a registered health promotion charity and all profits are used to fund health services for clients or innovative health programs that are not available elsewhere. 

Position Objective 

This position offers a great opportunity to lead and manage a team working at the forefront in delivering innovative, culture based wraparound mental health services for people from diverse cultural backgrounds in a collaborative and multidisciplinary team setting, in an integrated manner with the MCL team to ensure clients’ psycho-social needs are met and the most appropriate service is provided. 

The CIM Program Manager is a key leadership position within the WWG team and provides oversight of the coordination and delivery of psycho-social services for adults from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds in the Greater Brisbane Region. The CIM Program Manager is primarily responsible for providing leadership and direction to the CIM team, ensuring that day to-day operations are carried out to effectively meet the needs of our clients. 

The Program Manager will contribute to the development of evidence-based and innovative psycho-social services and will promote the delivery of culturally tailored mental health services that are of the highest quality. The CIM Program Manager will provide operational and practice support and guidance to staff and will play a key role in ensuring they are provided with support and supervision. The Program Manager will participate in intake and triage processes and be actively engaged in caseload reviews and will actively manage referrals and demand for psycho-social support services. 

A position description is attached.