Community Mental Health Practitioner

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Community Mental Health Practitioner

Help people to gain better mental health, and improve the quality of their lives.

Mind Australia Limited is one of Australia’s most trusted providers of family, friend and carer inclusive community mental health services, with over 40 years’ experience

We now have multiple Community Mental Health Practitioner (CMHP) positions available on a full time basis to join our new team at the Gladstone Step Up Step Down, a new purpose built facility serving the people of Central Queensland.  This new service will provide a short term (up to 28 days) voluntary 24 hour residential service for adults (18-64) who are experiencing mental ill health.

The Community Mental Health Practitioner works alongside customers on their recovery journey. In partnership with Wide Bay Hospital and Health Service, the CMHP will deliver high quality, recovery oriented, direct psycho-social support through individual and group work to customers and their families consistent with Mind organisational values and model of recovery oriented practice.

As part of the team at Mind you will:

• Work full time, 38 hours per week on a fixed term contract
• Work on a 24 hour rotating roster working across all shifts which include days, evenings, weekends, nights, and sleepover shifts.
• Enable customers to identify goals to work towards during their stay at the Step Up Step Down facility
• Develop an Individual Recovery Plan to support their goals
• Enable customers to learn or re-learn skills and strategies necessary to live independent and fulfilling lives in the community, supporting relationships with families and carers and connect to their community

You will have:

• Tertiary qualifications (minimum certificate IV) in Mental Health, Psychology, Social Work, Occupational Therapy or other health related field as designated by Mind
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Experience working within a recovery oriented framework
• A positive attitude to the work

Join our team:

• Make a difference in the community through supporting mental health recovery. Mind offers you a supportive team environment, flexible work arrangements and career development opportunities. 

Online applications must be submitted by Friday 27 July 2018.

To obtain a position description and apply online visit www.mindaustralia.org.au/jobs.