Join our Team

• Empower clients with mental health challenges to achieve their recovery goals and live independently.
• Permanent, Full-time role
• 5-day roster | Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm
• Role located in Ceduna

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

About Mind Australia

Mind Australia is one of the country’s leading community-managed specialist mental health service providers with a range of residential, mobile outreach, centre based and online services. We have been supporting people living with the day-to-day impacts of mental illness, as well as their families, friends and carers for over 45 years.

We provide practical and motivational support that helps people to develop the skills they need to move on, thrive and improve the quality of their lives. It’s an approach to mental health and wellbeing that looks at the whole person in the context of their daily life. Mind is committed to diversity and social inclusion.

About the role

We are seeking a compassionate, self-motivated Community Mental Health Practitioner eager to make a difference in people’s lives for a permanent, full-time opportunity to work alongside our Psychosocial Support services in Ceduna. You will provide person-centred, recovery-oriented support to clients, helping them achieve their recovery goals, build capacity to live safely in the community, strengthen social connections, achieve wellbeing goals and live independently.

About the Service

Mind’s Community Services in South Australia provide person-centred, psychosocial support, including goal setting, transition planning, and assistance with application and transition to NDIS services. The services comprise a two-tiered approach to support:

• Tier 1: Intensive Crisis Support

Provide flexible, intense support and case management for a limited period (6 weeks) to reduce immediate distress, enhance personal safety, and connect clients to long-term community services.

• Tier 2: Non-acute Psychosocial Support

Offer moderate support over a four-month period (extendable to 12 months) to help clients achieve recovery goals, build daily living skills, maintain housing, and foster social connections. Assist clients with NDIS eligibility, application, and transition.

Key responsibilities

• Deliver high quality services and facilitate positive educational and social experiences.
• Support clients to return to their community and enjoy a meaningful life through an individualised approach to recovery.
• Provide information and mentoring to clients to establish relationships with families and carers, create community networks and access to relevant services.
• Plan and deliver group programs that aid clients to build their skills and focus on recovery.
• 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, Psychology, Social Work, Occupational Therapy or other health-related field.
• Expertise in working with people with mental health issues, complex needs and interacting with families and carers.
• Proven capability to implement therapeutic, recovery-oriented frameworks and practices including risk mitigation, trauma informed care and family inclusive practice.
• Demonstrated understanding of the Community Services sector and ability to build strong relationships with service providers, clinical teams and key stakeholders.

Benefits

• Salary packaging up to $15,900 + 50% remote area benefits p.a. allows you to allocate a portion of your pre-tax income to cover living expenses (e.g. rent, mortgage, child care, car leasing expenses etc.).
• Option to access Meal and Entertainment allowance up to $2,650 p.a. via Salary Packaging.
• Access to our Employee Assistance Program (EAP), provided by Converge International, for you and your immediate family members.
• Professional development through regular supervision sessions.

 Salary packaging - Remote area factsheet.pdf

Interested?

To apply online visit Mind Careers - reference number 495366. Online applications must be submitted by 11pm Friday 6 December 2024. 

Please contact the person below if you require more information:

Kathryn Cousins, Senior Service Manager - Community Services SA
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

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.

PD Community Mental Health Practitioner (NAPSS ICSS) 20240415.pdf