“We support individuals living with mental health challenges to achieve outcomes they value.”
About the Role
- Part Time (0.6FTE), Permanent
- Consumer Service Delivery Level 2 with a salary range of $71,215 – $76,353 (pro rata) per annum + Superannuation
- Salary Packaging arrangements providing tax benefits available for living and entertainment expenses increasing your take home income where part of your wage is paid tax free each pay, savings thousands in tax each year
- Location: Living and Learning Centre Strathpine
About Neami National
Neami National is a community mental health service supporting people living with mental illness to improve their health, live independently and pursue a life based on their own strengths, values and goals.
We have been providing mental health support for over 30 years. We were founded on an alliance between professionals, individuals and their families. Collaborative recovery remains at the heart of who we are today.
About your new role
Wellbeing Coaches will be part of a multidisciplinary team made up of Mental Health Nurses, Allied Health Professionals and Wellbeing Coaches and Peer Coaches. The Wellbeing Coach will deliver individual psychosocial support for consumers, in addition to group facilitation of self-development programs.
Wellbeing Coaches utilise Neami’s Collaborative Relational Practice and its underlining principles, to support consumers to improve their overall mental health and wellbeing. Wellbeing Coaches will assist consumers to build on their informal supports and ensure appropriate services linkages for formal supports (including but not limited to NDIS, Housing, Centrelink applications). As well as providing consumer with useful practical resources that will assist them in managing their wellbeing in the future.
If Wellbeing Coaches are bringing a lived experience of mental illness & recovery to the position, they will purposefully utilise their lived experience to promote a sense of hope and optimism in the service user. Wellbeing Coaches will work closely with the Living and Learning Centre clinicians and other community partner organisations to deliver the best possible comprehensive service to consumers.
What will Neami offer in return?
- Generous leave entitlements including paid parental leave, Gratis Leave and Wellness leave
- Professional development through regular Practice Development sessions and coaching with your supervisor
- Ongoing extensive in-house Learning and Development Programs to encourage learning and skill-building
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) through Benestar – access a holistic health and wellness offering of supports and resources to Neami staff and their immediate family
- Work flexibility arrangements available for maintaining your work-life balance
What you will bring to the role?
- Experience and qualification in mental health and community services is desirable
- Experience and knowledge of the housing sector will be an advantage
- Qualification in mental health or community services discipline
What the role requires:
- National Criminal History Check (Police check) – disclosable outcomes considered
- Current QLD Working with Children Check required before commencement of work
- Current Drivers licence
- Australian Working Rights
How to apply:
The terms and conditions of the role are listed in the position description. If you have any further questions not addressed in the advertising words or position description, please contact:
Nicole Colligan – Clinical Services Manager – LLC
Mobile: 0428 842 550 or Email: [email protected]
Applications Close: Sunday 8 October 2023
Be Yourself – Neami values and celebrates diversity including multidisciplinary teams and the unique backgrounds, experiences, and contributions that each person brings to our community. First Nations people, those identifying as LGBTQIA+, people with disabilities and culturally and linguistically diverse people are encouraged to apply. Our aim is to create a workforce that is accessible, inclusive and reflects the community in which we live.