Internal EOI - Team Coordinator or Team Coordinator, Peer Specialist
Internal EOI - Team Coordinator or Team Coordinator, Peer Specialist
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Job Description
Are you interested in developing your leadership skills and experience Take the next step in your career as a Team Coordinator or Team Coordinator - Peer Specialist with our Tamworth team!
The position is:
- Ongoing full-time (working 76hours/fortnight)
- Based at Tamworth - Marius Street
- Working a rotating roster
- Level 4on the Flourish Australia Enterprise Agreement (2018)
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 Australias 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.
For more information please review the Team Coordinatoror Team Coordinator - Peer Specialistposition description and the Peer Worker Information statementWhat You Should Consider Before Becoming A Peer Worker.
SelectionCriteria
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 Drivers Licence.
For further information please contact Jessica Donnelly Manager.E:(pleasedo notemail applications).
How to Apply
To apply for this position please complete the questions asked. You will then be required to attach a copy of your resume on the following page we encourage you to have your resume up-to-date and available before you commence the application.
Please note that we may speak with your current Manager regarding your application. Please also ensure that the People and Culture team have all relevant certificates and training attendance recorded on your P&C file as this may be referenced as part of the selection process.
Required Experience:
IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
