Join our Team

• Lead and inspire a team to provide recovery-oriented support, empowering people facing mental health challenges to achieve their wellbeing goals and independent living
• Secondment full-time opportunity until 20 February 2026| Monday to Friday
• Outreach Psychosocial Services SA
• Internal Secondment Opportunity  | Grenfell Location

Mind strongly encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, people with a lived and living experience of mental distress and recovery, and applicants from all cultures, genders, sexualities, bodies, abilities, spiritualities, ages and backgrounds.

About the role

We are seeking a Team Leader to join the Outreach Psychosocial Services SA team on a full-time secondment basis until February 2026. In this role, you will lead and support a team in delivering high-quality, recovery-oriented support to people, their families, and carers, in line with Mind’s Model of Recovery Oriented Practice and organisational values.

You will act as the practice lead by providing supervision, mentoring and coaching to staff, while also overseeing the day-to-day operations of the service in accordance with service requirements.

Key responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and support a team to deliver high-quality, recovery-oriented services that facilitate positive educational, social, and independent living outcomes for the people we support.
• Provide direct support to people to return to their community, live independently and enjoy a meaningful life through a staged approach to recovery.
• Lead and model effective practice to staff working with people, provide support to families and carers, and plan and deliver group work.
• Oversee the day-to-day operations of the service including administration, rostering, facilitating handovers and monitoring budget expenditure.
• Collaborate with a range of services and the community to ensure a coordinated, integrated response to people’s recovery goals.

What you’ll bring

• Tertiary qualifications (minimum Certificate IV) in Mental Health, Peer Work, Psychology, Social Work, Occupational Therapy or other health-related field.
• Expertise in supporting people with mental health challenges and complex needs, with proven ability to lead teams in recovery-oriented, trauma-informed, and family-inclusive practices.

Interested?

Please find below the position description for your review.

 PD Team Leader (Community Services SA) 20250714.pdf

Online applications must be submitted by 11pm Wednesday 23 July 2025. Please contact the person below if you require more information.

For more information, please contact:

Kathryn Cousins, General Manager - Government & Sector Liaison

Kathryn.Cousins@mindaustralia.org.au

We are committed to making reasonable adjustments to provide a positive, barrier-free recruitment process. If you require any support or reasonable adjustments to complete your application, please contact us at hr@mindaustralia.org.au

Please note this role is open for Mind Australia employees only so do not share this information with external parties

The successful applicant is required to complete comprehensive reference and background checking prior to employment, including a Working with Children Check, and NDIS Workers Screening Check.