Community Engagement Coordinator

Stride Mental Health; Sydney; On-site; AUD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging

Meals & entertainment allowance

Leave loading 17.5%

Discounts (Stride Rewards)

Wellbeing day

Extra leave days

Paid parental leave

Training & development

Job summary

Stride Mental Health in Parramatta, NSW seeks a Community Engagement Coordinator to reach out to people with mental health concerns and to enhance health education and community awareness. You will design and run community events and education programs to promote early identification and access to services.

You will collaborate with the clinical team to align outreach with service offerings and improve literacy around mental health in diverse communities.

Qualifications

• Diploma qualification in mental health or related discipline.
• Experience in a similar role supporting people with mental health concerns.
• Experience in planning, developing and delivering education and community programs and activities.
• Demonstrated interpersonal skills showing an ability and sensitivity to work with a variety of people and stakeholders.
• Proficient IT skills including social media applications and website maintenance.
• Ability to identify potential funding sources and write grant submissions.
• Must be eligible to apply for WWCC and hold NDIS worker screening clearance.
• Must hold a current Driver's License.

Responsibilities

• Develop, facilitate and evaluate a range of community events and health/education programs to improve mental health literacy.
• Raise community awareness and link people to appropriate services.
• Work closely with the clinical team to advocate Stride's services to the wider community.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication

Organisational skills

IT & social media

Grant writing

Teamwork

Driver's license

Education

Diploma in mental health

Tools

Facebook

Website maintenance

Job description

About Us

We are leaders in mental health service delivery, specialising in working with adults and young people, and in early childhood intervention.

Stride is a name that expresses our ambition – it’s a name that’s purposeful and shows awareness of the important role we play in the recovery journey.

About The Service

The Parramatta Medicare Mental Health Centre is funded by the Australian Government, to provide a streamlined approach to support better mental health and social wellbeing across the country. The service is tailored to the needs of the community in metro Sydney and provides a combination of peer-led recovery and clinical support.

The Medicare Mental Health Centre provides a safe, welcoming and supportive environment for people experiencing psychological distress, providing an alternative to presenting to the Emergency Department for low risk individuals, and allowing them to access support from trained mental health professionals within their community, outside a clinical setting.

On Offer

• Based in Parramatta, NSW
• Full time, fixed-term opportunity until December 2027
• Paying on SCHADs award Level 3 plus Super
• Salary Packaging options (up to $15,899 tax free!)
• Meals and entertainment allowance of up to $2,650!
• Leave loading at 17.5%
• Stride Rewards - access to discounts from 100s of retailers (fashion, food and fitness)
• One paid wellbeing leave day per year
• Purchase up to 5 additional leave days in a 12 month period (pro rata entitlement if part-time)
• Paid parental leave support
• Supportive team environment
• Excellent training and career development

Role Overview

The Community Engagement Coordinator seeks opportunities to reach out to people with mental health issues and the communities that support them, to provide health education, raise mental health literacy and community awareness and link people to appropriate services.

You will develop, facilitate and evaluate a range of community events, and health and education programs designed to improve mental health literacy and community awareness of challenges faced by people with mental illness, in order to increase early identification and help them to get early access to appropriate services.

You will work closely with our clinical team to understand the services that Medicare Mental Health Centre provides, to advocate our services to the wider community.

Requirements

• Minimum of a Diploma qualification in mental health or other relevant discipline
• Experience in a similar role working with people with mental health concerns
• Experience in planning, developing and delivering of high-quality education, training, and community awareness programs and activities
• Demonstrated interpersonal skills showing an ability and sensitivity to work with and engage a variety of different people and stakeholders
• Proven ability to work creatively, collaboratively and effectively as a member of a team
• Excellent organisation and time management skills
• Confidence in use of IT including social media applications (e.g. Facebook), as well as website maintenance
• Excellent verbal communication and written skills, including the ability to identify potential funding sources and write the appropriate grant submissions
• Must be eligible to apply/currently hold a WWCC
• Must hold/be willing to apply for NDIS worker screening clearance
• Current Driver's License

Stride is committed to the safeguarding of children and vulnerable people. All applicants applying for roles within Stride must undergo required screening processes prior to their successful appointment.

Stride is an inclusive workplace and we encourage applications from diverse backgrounds in order to enhance the depth of cultural diversity and insight within our workforce.

This includes but is not limited to people with a lived-experience of mental health recovery, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, LGBTQIA+, and people with disabilities.