• Mentor and inspire a team to provide young people with mental ill health and AOD issues recovery-focussed supports to achieve recovery goals
• Permanent role | Full time
• Bendigo Location

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

The short stay Youth ‘step up, step down’ Prevention and Recovery Care (YPARC) program, delivered in partnership Victorian hospital networks and Health Service, supports clients aged 16-25 years with psychosocial disability who require individualised treatment and services when entering from the community or transitioning from acute inpatient care. PARC provides recovery-focused, clinical treatment frameworks to support clients achieve their recovery goals, enhance connections with families and carers, build confidence and social skills, and increase capacity to live in the community.

We are seeking a compassionate, driven Community Mental Health Practitioner – Lead Practitioner – Alcohol and Drug for a permanent, full time opportunity to work alongside a caring team in the Bendigo area. You will lead and mentor a team to deliver high quality recovery-orientated, person-centred services to young people to support recovery from mental health and AOD challenges, achieve life goals and live independently.

Key responsibilities

• Coach and mentor the team to deliver quality services and facilitate positive educational and social experiences.
• Support young people to return to their community and enjoy a meaningful life through a staged approach to recovery.
• Provide leadership and work as part of a multidisciplinary team offering specialised psychosocial support.
• Build rapport and develop trusted relationships with clients, families and carers.
• 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, AOD, Psychology, Social Work, Occupational Therapy or other health-related field.
• Expertise in working with young people with mental health and AOD issues, complex needs and interacting with families and carers.
• Proven capability to implement therapeutic, recovery-oriented frameworks and practices including risk mitigation, trauma informed care and family inclusive practice.
• Demonstrated understanding of the Community Services sector and ability to build strong relationships with service providers, clinical teams and key stakeholders.

Benefits

• Attractive Not For Profit Salary Packaging benefits up to $15,900pa.
• Monthly Rostered Day Off (Full time employees only).
• Learning, development and career opportunities.

Interested?

To obtain a position description and apply online visit [email protected] – reference number 492271. Online applications must be submitted by 11pm Wednesday 21 September 2022. Please contact the person below for more information.

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.

 PD Community Mental Health Practitioner – Lead Practitioner – AOD (YPARC) 20220630.pdf