Team Coordinator or Team Coordinator, Peer Specialist

As a Team Coordinator and Team Coordinator – Peer Specialist with Flourish Australia, you will support and develop the skills of staff through the provision of in-service training. You will also have a hands-on role with frontline service delivery, working directly with people with a lived experience of a mental health issue. As the Team Coordinator and Team Coordinator – Peer Specialist, you will take a hands-on approach in 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. 

On a day to day basis you will:

• Support the manager to implement programs, policies and local procedures.
• 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 is provided to a person that accesses Flourish Australia services that meets their recovery journey goals and is strengths based and led by the person wherever possible.

Selection Criteria

Essential:

1. A relevant Certificate IV or above in a relevant field.
2. At least 3 years experience working in the community in a mental health setting.
3. A strong commitment to, and advanced understanding of, recovery-based practice in the workplace.
4. A strong understanding of the challenges faced by people with a lived experience of a mental health issue.
5. Demonstrated experience in a similar role and in providing support and/or supervision to lower classified staff.
6. Maintain a current Australian Driver’s Licence.

The Benefits

• Tax-Free Salary Packaging available up to $15,900;
• Family-friendly and flexible working conditions; and
• Career development opportunities.