Team Coordinator, Team Coordinator - Peer Specialist

Flourish Australia; Maroochydore; Hybrid; AUD 78,000 - 106,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work arrangements

Salary packaging

Professional development

Laptop and mobile provided

Job summary

Flourish Australia is seeking a Team Coordinator - Peer Specialist to join the Commonwealth Psychosocial Support team on the Sunshine Coast. This is a closed-term, full-time role (76 hours per fortnight) with hybrid work arrangements.

You will supervise a team of Peer Workers and Mental Health Workers, mentor staff, and support frontline service delivery with recovery‑based and trauma‑informed practice. A Cert IV or higher, 3+ years in community mental health, and a current Australian driver’s

Qualifications

• Certificate IV or higher in a relevant field.
• At least 3 years experience in community mental health.
• Strong commitment to recovery-based practice.
• Understanding challenges faced by people with lived experience.
• Experience supervising staff.
• A personal lived experience of a mental health issue.
• Current Australian Driver’s Licence.

Responsibilities

• Support the manager to implement programs, policies and local procedures.
• Provide day-to-day supervision of lower or similar classified employees.
• Facilitate discussions regarding individual needs and goals and collaboratively develop, implement and monitor an individual plan.
• Encourage people to develop skills in daily living, social and employment contexts.
• Ensure individual support meets recovery goals and is strengths-based and person-led.

Skills

Team supervision

Peer support

Recovery-based practice

Trauma-informed care

Lived experience

Driver’s license

Education

Certificate IV or above

Job description

Team Coordinator, Team Coordinator - Peer Specialist

Flourish Australia is looking for a Team Coordinator/Team Coordinator - Peer Specialist to join the Commonwealth Psychosocial Support team on the Sunshine Coast!

Use your supervisory skills to lead a team of Peer Workers and Mental Health Workers working in a leading For-Purpose mental health organisation!

The position available is:

• Closed-term, full-time (76 hours/fortnight) until 30 June 2027, subject to funding, there may be the opportunity to extend this position
• Working Monday to Friday
• Based on the Sunshine Coast with hybrid work arrangements
• Salary starting at $92,000 per annum plus super with generous leave provisions and salary packaging!

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 to staff. You will support and develop the skills of staff through the provision of in-service training. In addition, you will 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 Packaging available up to $15,900
• Access to novated leasing
• Hybrid work arrangements
• Generous leave provisions including17.5% leave loading+ 2 additional days of personal leave+extra day paid leave over Christmas/New Year + 10 weeks paid parental leave
• Exclusive personalFleet pricing discounts with our preferred automotive supplier
• Family-friendly and flexible working conditions
• Comprehensive infrastructure including a laptop, mobile phone and other resources for work purposes
• Opportunities for professional development and training such as Mental Health First Aid, ASIST
• Leadership onboarding journey including comprehensive induction program
• Access to our free, confidentialemployee assistance program
• Inclusive initiatives such as our Rainbow Network and YarnUp for Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander staff
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.