Join our Team

• Lead and inspire a team to support clients with mental health challenges achieve their life goals through recovery-orientated care
• Permanent | Part Time 30.4 hours per week
• Sunshine Location

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

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. Mind has been supporting people experiencing mental health and wellbeing challenges to find help, hope and purpose in their lives for more than 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

The Housing with Support residential service is a long-term integrated social housing program for people living with severe and enduring psychosocial disability. The Haven residences are staffed 24/7 and designed like a ‘home away from home’ funded through client’s NDIS packages with practice guided by Mind’s Model of Recovery Oriented Practice, Haven service model  and Dual Disability framework. The service works collaboratively with clients providing personalised 1:1 support, shared supports and group activities based on strengths and goals identified in an individual’s recovery plan to build daily living skills, strengthen relationships with families and carers, enhance social connections and community networks, and grow confidence and capacity to live safely in the community.

We are seeking a highly motivated, compassionate Team Leader for a Permanent, Part Time (30.4 hours per week) opportunity to work within the Haven ‘home away from home’ property in the Sunshine area. You will provide leadership and support to a team ensuring delivery of quality recovery-oriented services to clients. The Team Leader will act as the practice lead to staff providing supervision, mentoring and coaching.

Key responsibilities

• Mentor and lead effective practice to staff working with clients, provide support to families and carers, and plan and deliver group work.
• Lead, coach and model individualised responses to clients through flexible, person-centred active support.
• Support staff and residents with upcoming house inspections to ensure a high standard of cleanliness.
• Undertake administrative tasks including rostering, leave coverage, facilitating handovers and planning budget expenditure.

What you’ll bring

• Tertiary qualifications (minimum Certificate IV) in Disability, Mental Health, Peer Work, Social Work, Psychology, 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 ability to effectively lead and coach a team to achieve high quality service outcomes.
• Demonstrated understanding of the NDIS and Community Services sector and ability to build strong relationships with service providers, clinical teams and key stakeholders.

Benefits

• Salary packaging up to $15,899 p.a. allows you to allocate a portion of your pre-tax income to cover living expenses (e.g. rent, mortgage, childcare, car leasing expenses etc.)
• Option to access Meal and Entertainment allowance up to $2,650 p.a. via Salary Packaging.
• Generous leave entitlements including 8 weeks paid parental leave, 17.5% annual leave loading.
• Access to our Employee Assistance Program (EAP), provided by Converge International, for you and your immediate family members.
• Fitness Passport - Access to our corporate health and fitness program, providing you and family with access to a wide choice of fitness facilities.
• Professional development through regular Practice Development sessions and coaching with your supervisor.

Interested?

To obtain a position description and apply online visit Mind Careers - reference number 498865. Online applications must be submitted by 11pm Wednesday 21 January 2026. We encourage you to apply promptly as the advertisement may close early should a suitable applicant be sourced. Please contact the person below for more information. 

Minerva Amputch, Service Manager, VIC North Western Region
minerva.amputch@mindaustralia.org.au

Position Description

 PD Team Leader (HWS Complex Care) 20260106.pdf

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.  

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