Team Coordinator / Peer Specialist

About the role

Flourish Australia, a community mental health organisation, is looking for a Team Coordinator or Team Coordinator - Peer Specialist to join its newly established Buduwa team in Burwood. The role leads a team of Peer Workers and Mental Health Workers, works Monday to Friday on a full-time basis (76 hours per fortnight) and has potential to work across accommodation sites in Camperdown, Ashbury, Leichhardt and Petersham.

Key responsibilities

• Assist the manager in supervising and guiding staff and developing their skills through in-service training.
• Work hands-on with people who have a lived experience of a mental health issue, providing person-led, recovery-oriented and trauma-informed support.
• Use lived experience to mentor people with a lived experience of mental health issues, applying recovery knowledge and peer work philosophies.
• Help implement programs, policies and procedures and coordinate projects when needed.
• Provide day-to-day supervision and support to lower or similarly classified employees.
• Facilitate discussions on individual needs and goals, and help develop, implement and monitor individual plans.
• Encourage skills development such as domestic, social, independence, education and employment skills, and ensure support is strengths-based and person-led.

Required profile

• Certificate IV or above in a relevant field.
• At least 3 years of community experience in a mental health setting.
• Demonstrated experience supporting and supervising lower classified staff; a similar role is preferred.
• Strong understanding of recovery-based practice and of the challenges faced by people with a lived experience of mental health issues.
• Excellent knowledge of the local area and its health and community services.
• Current Australian driver's licence.
• NDIS Worker Screening clearance, criminal history check, WWCC, employment references, Australian residency and background checks apply.
• Personal lived experience of a mental health issue is required only for the Peer Specialist role.

Required skills

• Microsoft Office
• Advanced knowledge of data information management systems

What we offer

• Salary from $92,000 per year plus super, with salary packaging up to $15,900 plus $2,650 for entertainment benefits.
• Leave loading of 17.5%, two extra days of personal leave, an extra day over Christmas/New Year and 10 weeks paid parental leave.
• Novated leasing, fleet pricing discounts, family-friendly and flexible working, and a laptop and mobile phone.
• Professional development such as Mental Health First Aid and ASIST, and a leadership onboarding program.
• Confidential employee assistance program, employee discounts at 400+ retailers and inclusive initiatives.