Mental Health Support Coordinator - The Way Back (Coffs Harbour)

The Buttery; Port Macquarie; Hybride; AUD 55 000 - 59 000; Temps partiel

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Flexible Working

Extra Annual Leave

Career Growth

Professional Development

Supportive Environment

Salary Packaging

Meal & Accommodation Card

Packaging Options

Résumé du poste

The Buttery is hiring a Mental Health Support Coordinator for the Way Back program, based in Coffs Harbour. The role is part-time (30 hours/week) with a hybrid setup including office, home, and community work across Coffs Harbour, Grafton and surrounds.

A vehicle is provided for community visits and funding extends to 30 June 2027. The role offers SCHCDS Level 3 pay ($40–$43 per hour) with potential salary packaging to increase take-home pay, and supportive staff benefits for flexible working

Qualifications

• Provide timely, compassionate, non-clinical psychosocial support to individuals.

Responsabilités

• Provide timely, compassionate, non-clinical psychosocial support to individuals who have attempted suicide or are experiencing a suicidal crisis.
• Assist in delivering up to three months of outreach and safety planning tailored to client needs.

Connaissances

Psychosocial support

Description du poste

Mental Health Support Coordinator - The Way Back (Coffs Harbour)

As a Support Coordinator with us, you’ll play a vital role in supporting people during some of the most vulnerable moments in their lives. You’ll provide timely, compassionate, non-clinical psychosocial support to individuals who have attempted suicide or are experiencing a suicidal crisis helping them feel heard, safe, and connected.

About the program

Through our Way Back program, you’ll deliver up to three months of proactive, trauma-informed outreach. Working alongside each person, you’ll co-create practical safety and support plans tailored to their needs and connect them with the right clinical and community services to support their recovery journey.

Hours and location

The role is part-time at 30 hours per week and based in Coffs Harbour. The role is hybrid with a mixture of office-based work, working from home, and work in the community. It operates across the program’s footprint working in between Coffs Harbour, Grafton and surrounds, and a vehicle is available from a central location for work in the community.

The role is funded until 30th June 2027 with potential for extension.

$$$

This role will be remunerated at SCHCDS Level 3 $40-43ph with access to salary packaging to potentially increase your take home pay by another 5k.

Applications close

We will be processing applications as they arrive and will make offers as soon as a suitable applicant is found.

Why you’ll love working with us

We support our staff with generous work conditions and benefits - whether its ways to make money go further, a great work culture, or opportunities to develop skills. The Buttery’s reward package includes:

• Flexible Working Solutions:We support your work-life balance with flexible working arrangements.
• Extra Annual Leave:Enjoy two additional weeks of annual leave (pro rata) to spend more time on holiday.
• Career Growth:Explore internal opportunities to transfer and work in other programs.
• Professional Development:Benefit from ongoing training and development opportunities.
• Supportive Environment:Access to our Employee Assistance Program and to external clinical supervision for direct service staff
• Salary Packaging Benefits:Increase your take-home pay by 6-12% with ATO-approved incentives, allowing you to allocate up to $15,899 of tax-free salary towards your mortgage, rent, loans, credit card, or school fees.
• Salary Packaging Meal and Accommodation Card:Receive a $2,650 card for meals and accommodation.
• Convenient Packaging Options:Package your costs for smartwatches, EarPods, professional memberships or a novated vehicle lease.

About us

The Buttery is a not-for-profit charitable organisation established in 1973.Through residential and community-based programs, we specialise in the treatment of alcohol and other drug dependence and mental health conditions. Our programs are evidence-based, best-practice and informed by the latest research into recovery. We never stop believing in change for the better, and we consistently work to improve the lives of the people we support.We operate from Tweed Heads to Port Macquarie across Bundjalung, Githabul, Gumbaynggirr, Yaegl, Dunghutti and Birpai lands.

If you are planning to move for this role

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The Buttery recognises the benefits that diversity and inclusion bring, and encourages people from all backgrounds, abilities and identities to apply to our vacancies. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and CALD and LGBTIQASB+ community members are encouraged to apply. We are proud to have active RAP and Rainbow groups. We support lived experience and neurodiversity.

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