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.

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.

Do you have what it takes to be a Community Mental Health Practitioner with one of Australia’s leading mental health providers? Join our team at the Peer Recovery Community (PRC) situated in Williamstown. This opportunity is also open to someone with a personal lived experience of mental ill-health and recovery.

Our vision at the PRC is to create an environment with a sense of permanency, hope, enhanced optimism, confidence, and sense of self. The service provides secure, affordable, time limited support and housing, for people experiencing mental health challenges and a psychosocial disability, or dual disability.

Your new role includes:

• working part time, 28.95 hours per week on a fixed term contract until 31 March 2019, with provision for early termination
• working on a roster that involves working across 7 days per week and may include day, afternoon, evening, and weekend shifts
• developing trusting relationships with the adults living at the residence who are experiencing mental health challenges
• supporting clients through transition processes to increase their ability to achieve their self-directed goals
• working within a recovery oriented framework to support individuals, families and carers
• planning and developing group work programs that will assist customers to build their skills, focus on their recovery and work towards transitioning back to their natural 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
• previous experience working with people living with mental health challenges, and/or a dual disability
• the ability to build strong working relationships with internal and external stakeholders
• effective clear confident communication and active listening skills

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

Online applications must be submitted by Friday 20 July 2018.