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Team Leader (Internal Applicants Only)
- Provide leadership and support to a dedicated team ensuring the delivery of high-quality recovery-oriented services to clients, families and carers
- Internal 3 month fixed term opportunity | Full time 38 hours/week (Mon – Fri)
- Adult Step Up Step Down residential service | Gladstone location
About the Service
The Adult Step Up Step Down service (ASUSD) is a residential program providing short term, intensive treatment up to 28 days to clients aged between 25-65 years living with mental health. The service works within a recovery focused, clinical treatment framework in line with Mind’s Model of Recovery Oriented Practice and organisational values.
About the Role
We are seeking a Team Leader with clinical insight and leadership strength for a fixed term (3 month), fulltime (38 hours per week) opportunity in the Gladstone area. You will provide practice leadership to Community Mental Health Practitioners providing supervision, mentoring and coaching whilst making day to day decisions to ensure the operational requirements of the service are met.
Key responsibilities
- Positively influence and contribute to a service and team culture that focuses on meeting the client’s goals using evidence informed practice.
- Provide practice supervision to staff who are providing direct support to individual clients.
- Model and lead the required work environment, culture, systems and processes necessary to embed standards, behaviours and practices consistent with the values, work health and safety, policy and legislative, and practice requirements.
- Supervise the day to day operations of the residential service through overseeing a range of housekeeping duties
- Identify and implement where possible professional development opportunities for employees to enhance capability and capacity.
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.
- Capability to coach, mentor and develop a team to achieve best quality service outcomes including experience in the provision of professional supervision.
- A track record in successful relationship development, stakeholder management and strategic partnerships.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to consult, negotiate and influence peers, stakeholders and government agencies with diplomacy to achieve effective outcomes.
- High level organisational skills with demonstrated ability to prioritise, manage multiple complex tasks concurrently, work under pressure and meet deadlines.
Interested?
Please find below the position description for your review.
PD Team Leader (ASUSD) 20240204.pdf
Online applications must be submitted by 11pm Monday 22nd June 2026. Please contact the person below if you require more information.
Alysia Smith – Service Manager – Gladstone Step Up Step Down
Alysia.Smith@mindaustralia.org.au
Please note this role is open for Mind Australia employees only so do not share this information with external parties
