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• Provide clients with mental health challenges with recovery-orientated care to achieve wellbeing and improved quality of life
• Permanent role | Full time
• Internal Opportunity
• The Integrated Complex Care service | 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

This is an internal, permanent, full-time opportunity for a compassionate, self-motivated Community Mental Health Practitioner to join the Integrated Complex Care service in the Adelaide Metropolitan area. In this role you will deliver personalised support services and recovery-oriented care, working collaboratively with clients to build daily living skills, strengthen relationships with families and carers, enhance connections with employment and community networks, achieve wellbeing goals, and develop capacity to live independently.

A company car for business use will be provided.

About the service

The Integrated Complex Care service, delivered in partnership with the Exceptional Needs Unit, is designed to support individuals with mental ill health within a recovery framework focused on strengths and capabilities. The service provides compassionate care, specialist advocacy, and trauma-informed support while collaborating with existing services to ensure a coordinated, integrated response to the goals identified in a recovery plan. Clients are empowered to build capacity and independent living skills, establish connections with employment and educational services, access housing supports, strengthen relationships with families and carers, participate in social activities, and develop community networks.

Key responsibilities

• Provide services to clients, families and carers in line with Mind’s Model of Recovery Oriented Practice, My Better Life model for people with psychosocial disability
• Deliver high quality services and facilitate positive educational and social experiences.
• Support clients to return to their community, live independently and enjoy a meaningful life through a staged approach to recovery.
• Provide information and advocacy to clients to establish connections with families and carers, create community networks and access to relevant services.
• Facilitate, as appropriate, the re-engagement and maintenance of family and carer relationships.
• Collaborate with a range of services and the community to ensure a co-ordinated, integrated response to client’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 as designated by Mind.
• Experience in assessing needs and working collaboratively to plan goal-focused recovery using evidence-informed approaches and tools.
• Demonstrated understanding of available community services, networks and supports.

Interested?

Please find below the position description for your review.

 PD Community Mental Health Practitioner (ICC) 20240424.pdf

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

Kathryn Cousins, Senior Service Manager

Kathryn.Cousins@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.