Care Coordinator - Staying Deadly - Caboolture

Institute for Urban Indigenous Health Ltd; Caboolture; On-site; AUD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary sacrificing options

12% Superannuation

Job summary

Institute for Urban Indigenous Health Ltd in Caboolture, QLD, invites applications for Care Coordinator – Staying Deadly Hub. You will provide outcome-focused health, social and practical support to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander clients within a multidisciplinary team.

The role manages a diverse caseload of clients with mental health needs, assisting in transitions from inpatient to community care using trauma-informed, strengths-based approaches to wellbeing plans and safety assessments.

Qualifications

• Current Criminal History Check.
• Current C Class Drivers Licence (QLD).
• Current Working with Children’s Check (Qld Blue Card).
• Current CPR and First Aid Certificate.
• Certificate IV or Higher in Aboriginal an/or Torres Strait Primary Health or willing to complete.
• Experience working in the field of mental health, drug and alcohol services, or related social service fields.
• Qualification in Social Work/Mental Health/Behavioural Science or related field.

Responsibilities

• Developing and maintaining support plans in conjunction with clients and relevant service providers.
• Work with clients in a trauma informed, recovery and/or strengths-based approach to formulate, implement and review well-being plans including a comprehensive assessment of need and safety planning.
• Assisting in the coordination and delivery of services for clients identified with drug and alcohol, mental health, chronic disease and social health issues.
• Conduct home, community and/ or custody visits to support ongoing client recovery.
• Contributing to smooth transitions for client who are accessing other services.

Skills

Trauma-informed

Case management

Recovery planning

Education

Certificate IV or higher in Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Primary Health

Qualification in Social Work/Mental Health/Behavioural Science

Job description

Join an Organisation dedicated to Closing the Gap in Indigenous Health

To perform this role, it is essential that the incumbent is an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person. It is therefore a genuine occupational requirement under section 25 of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1991

About us

Moreton ATSICHS operates a growing network of healthcare clinics for local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

Our model of care provides holistic health and wellbeing services to support our Community across their lifespan.

We bring together primary care, allied health, dental, mental health and wellbeing, maternity and early childhood, disability services, specialist services, and aged care as one team focused on clients’ individual needs and goals.

We are an integrated team working together to improve the health and wellbeing of our Community.

Our network is growing across Caboolture, Morayfield, Strathpine, Deception Bay, and Margate – now there’s an opportunity for you to be part of a great team making a real difference in people’s lives.

About the role

As Care Coordinator – Staying Deadly Hub, your role is to provide outcome focused health, social and practical support to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander clients.

Working within a multidisciplinary team to support clients with moderate to severe mental health needs that; are at risk of entering the acute care system if their symptoms are unmanaged, or who are stepping down from an inpatient episode of care to ensure they are well supported in the community through holistic and wrap around primary health and mental health care.

The role will manage a caseload of clients with varying needs, to empower and foster strength, resilience and well-being through participation in intensive case management, planning and coordination.

Your day to day duties may include:

• Developing and maintaining support plans in conjunction with clients and relevant service providers.
• Work with clients in a trauma informed, recovery and/or strengths-based approach to formulate, implement and review well-being plans including a comprehensive assessment of need and safety planning.
• Assisting in the coordination and delivery of services for clients identified with drug and alcohol, mental health, chronic disease and social health issues.
• Conduct home, community and/ or custody visits to support ongoing client recovery.
• Contributing to smooth transitions for client who are accessing other services.

About you

To perform this role, it is essential that the incumbent is an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person. It is therefore a genuine occupational requirement under section 25 of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1991

• Current Criminal History Check.
• Current C Class Drivers Licence (QLD).
• Current Working with Children’s Check (Qld Blue Card).
• Current CPR and First Aid Certificate.
• Certificate IV or Higher in Aboriginal an/or Torres Strait Primary Health or willing to complete.
• Experience working in the field of mental health, drug and alcohol services, or related social service fields.
• Qualification in Social Work/Mental Health/Behavioural Science or related field.

What we offer

At IUIH we recognise that we operate in a diverse community and welcome and encourage applications from all ages and genders, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, culturally and linguistically diverse groups, the LGBTIQ+ community, veterans, refugees, and people with disability.

• At IUIH ‘Our Collectivity is Our Strength’.
• Work as a valued member of a multi-disciplinary team to improve the health outcomes of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander clients.
• We are a diverse and inclusive workplace that invites applications from all people.
• Be part of Australia’s largest community controlled Aboriginal Health Service.
• Access to “Growing Our Own Opportunities” through in-house training and programs.
• Weekly Staff Wellness activities and all staff ‘Gather and Grow’ yarns and award ceremonies.
• Competitive salary plus salary sacrifices of $15,899 12% Super contribution

Demonstrated commitment to creating culturally safe environments where children and young people are respected, heard, and protected against harm.

IUIH is a Community Controlled Health Service (CCHS) that leads the planning, development and delivery of health, family wellbeing and social support services to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population of South East Queensland.

IUIH is working with our Member CCHSs to improve the health, wellbeing and economic independence of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in South East Queensland, the largest and fastest growing Indigenous population in Australia.

To find out more about our services, Community, and work life, visit moretonatsichs.org.au