Team Coordinator, Team Coordinator - Peer Specialist

Flourish Australia; Blacktown; On-site; AUD 83,000 - 101,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging

Leave loading

Flexible hours

Career development

Employee assistance

Rainbow Network

YarnUp

Fleet discounts

Retail discounts

Job summary

Flourish Australia is seeking a Team Coordinator or Team Coordinator - Peer Specialist in Blacktown to supervise staff, deliver frontline services and mentor people with lived experience of mental health issues.

You will promote recovery-oriented, trauma-informed care and support staff development while maintaining professional boundaries and service quality.

Qualifications

• A relevant Certificate IV or above in a relevant field.
• At least 3 years experience working in the community in a mental health setting.
• Strong commitment to recovery-based practice in the workplace.
• Excellent knowledge of the local area and its health services.
• Understanding of challenges faced by people with lived mental health experience.
• Experience supervising staff or similar roles.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office and data information management systems.
• Personal lived experience of a mental health issue (Team Coordinator – Peer Specialist only).
• Current Australian Driver’s Licence.

Responsibilities

• Support the manager to implement programs, policies and local procedures.
• Provide day-to-day supervision and support of staff.
• Facilitate discussions on individual needs and goals and develop plans.
• Encourage skill development in living, social, and employment areas.
• Ensure individual support aligns with recovery goals and is person-led.

Skills

Microsoft Office

Data information management

Education

Certificate IV or higher

Tools

Data management systems

Job description

Team Coordinator, Team Coordinator - Peer Specialist

Flourish Australia has an exciting opportunity for aTeam Coordinator orTeam Coordinator - Peer Specialist to join our Women and Children's team in Blacktown!

The position available is:

• Full-time (76 hours/fortnight)

• Working a Monday-Friday

• 9 day fortnight across business hours, with every other Friday off. Some on-call responsibilities where necessary.

• Based in Blacktown

• Level 4 on the Flourish Australia Enterprise Agreement (2018)

• Salary starting at $92,000 per annum plus super with generous leave provisions and salary packaging!

Flourish Australia considers that being female is a genuine occupational qualification for this role under section 31 of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1977 (NSW) and therefore this role is open toonly female applications.

About the Opportunity

As a Team Coordinator or Team Coordinator - Peer Specialist with Flourish Australia, you will assist the manager in providing supervision and guidance tostaff. You will support and develop the skills of staff through the provision of in-service training. In addition, youwill have a hands-on role with frontline service delivery, working directly with people with a lived experience of a mental health issue. You will lead by example by providing person led recovery-oriented and trauma informed service that best supports people to live in the community.

In addition, the Team Coordinator - Peer Specialist will use lived experience and personal recovery to mentor people with a lived experience of a mental health issue. You will apply recovery knowledge in your role and peer work philosophies. You will be required to use your lived experience openly to build professional relationships and reciprocity with the people you support, while maintaining appropriate professional boundaries.

On a day to day basis you will:

• Support the manager to implement programs, policies and local procedures and also with the planning and coordination of a program or project (when required).

• Provide day-to-day supervision and support of lower or similar classified employees.

• Facilitate discussions regarding the individual needs and goals of each person accessing Flourish Australia’s services and collaboratively develop, implement and monitor an individual plan that meets these needs.

• Encourage people to develop skills which will meet their needs. These may include domestic skills, social skills, independence skills, and skills to enter education and/or employment.

• Ensure that individual support meets recovery journey goals and is strengths based and led by the person wherever possible.

Fullcriteria and position description areavailable within the application.

The Benefits

• Level 4 (SCHCADS) on the Flourish Australia Enterprise Agreement (2018)

• Tax-free Salary Packagingavailable up to $15,900 + additional $2,650 for entertainment benefits such as meals and holiday accommodation

• Generous leave provisions including17.5% leave loading+2 additional days of personal leave +extra day paid leave over Christmas/New Year + paid parental leave

• Family-friendly andflexible working conditions

• Opportunities forcareer progression,professional development and training such asMental Health First Aid and ASIST

• Employee Assistance Program for confidential wellbeing support

• Workplace Community Groups such as ourRainbow Network for LGBTQ+ staff members & allies andYarnUp for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staff members

• Exclusive personalFleet pricing discountswith our preferred automotive supplier

• Employee discounts at 400+ popular retailers (Woolworths, Expedia, Myer, Kmart etc)

Selection Criteria

Essential:

• A relevant Certificate IV or above in a relevant field.

• At least 3 years experience working in the community in a mental health setting.

• A strong commitment to, and advanced understanding of, recovery-based practice in the workplace.

• Excellent knowledge of the local area and its health services and other community services.

• A strong understanding of the challenges faced by people with a lived experience of a mental health issue.

• Demonstrated experience in a similar role and in providing support and/or supervision to lower classified staff.

• Demonstrated knowledge Microsoft Office and advanced knowledge of data information management systems.

• A personal lived experience of a mental health issue (Team Coordinator – Peer Specialist only).

• Maintain a current Australian Driver’s Licence.

Our positions are opento all suitably qualified applicants. We have a strong commitment to the participation of people with lived experience of mental health challenges in our workforce. We value diversity and encourage applications from suitably qualified people from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander backgrounds, people from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse communities, LGBTQ+ communities and mature age candidates.