At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead a team to support mental health recovery and empower individuals with lived experience.
- Company: Flourish Australia, a supportive organisation focused on mental health and community wellbeing.
- Benefits: Tax-free salary packaging, generous leave, professional development, and employee discounts.
- Other info: Join a dynamic team with strong values and opportunities for growth.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in people's lives while developing your career in mental health.
- Qualifications: Certificate IV or above in a relevant field and personal lived experience of mental health issues.
The predicted salary is between 15900 - 15900 £ per year.
Flourish Australia have an exciting career development opportunity for a Team Coordinator - Peer Specialist to coordinate the team in Northern Adelaide! The position available is: Full-time (76 hours/fortnight) Working Monday to Friday Based in Salisbury Level 4 on the Flourish Australia Enterprise Agreement (2018).
About the Opportunity
As a Team Coordinator – Peer Specialist, your personal lived experience of mental health recovery and navigating services is recognised as a form of Lived Expertise. You use this expertise intentionally, safely, and purposefully to build relationships grounded in mutuality, shared understanding, respect, and hope. You will use your Lived Expertise to inform and contribute to staff learning, peer co-reflection, service understanding, and delivering person-led, strengths focused, recovery-based language, documentation, training and actions.
Through leadership, authentic connection and values-aligned self-disclosure, you will support Mental Health Workers and Peer Workers to support people to explore their strengths, rights, choices and self-defined recovery goals, always honouring their role as the expert in their own life. Team Coordinators – Peer Specialist working at Flourish Australia will support the manager to provide reflective practice and guidance to lower or similar classified employees and assist managers with overall program support. Team Coordinators – Peer Specialist also have a hands-on role with frontline service delivery, working directly with people with a lived experience of mental health recovery in mental health contract programs.
On a day to day basis you will:
- Support the manager to implement programs, policies and local procedures and also with the planning and coordination of a program or project (when required).
- Provide day-to-day supervision and support of lower or similar classified employees.
- Facilitate discussions regarding the individual needs and goals of each person accessing Flourish Australia’s services and collaboratively develop, implement and monitor an individual plan that meets these needs.
- Encourage people to develop skills which will meet their needs. These may include domestic skills, social skills, independence skills, and skills to enter education and/or employment.
- Ensure that individual support meets recovery journey goals and is strengths based and led by the person wherever possible.
- Be proactive in delivering services that are recovery focused and strengths based.
To learn more about becoming a Team Coordinator - Peer Specialist with Flourish Australia, we encourage you to review An Introduction to Peer Work at Flourish Australia, which provides a clear overview of the role. You can also deepen your understanding of our Peer Work model by exploring our Peer Workforce Framework.
The full position description can be found below:
Selection Criteria
Essential:
- A relevant Certificate IV or above in a relevant field.
- At least 3 years experience working in the community in a mental health setting.
- A strong commitment to, and advanced understanding of, recovery-based practice in the workplace.
- Excellent knowledge of the local area and its health services and other community services.
- A strong understanding of the challenges faced by people with a lived experience of a mental health issue.
- Demonstrated experience in a similar role and in providing support and/or supervision to lower classified staff.
- Demonstrated knowledge Microsoft Office and advanced knowledge of data information management systems.
- A personal lived experience of a mental health issue and personal recovery.
- Maintain a current Australian Driver’s Licence.
For further information, please contact Sue O'Rourke, Regional Manager. E: sue.orourke@flourishaustralia.org.au (please do not email applications).
The Benefits
Flourish Australia recognises and values its people as demonstrated through our Employee Value Proposition offerings:
- Level 4 (SCHCADS) on the Flourish Australia Enterprise Agreement 2018
- Tax-Free Salary Packaging up to $15,900 p.a. through SmartSalary
- Generous leave provisions including 17.5% leave loading + 2 additional days of personal leave + Flourish Australia Day + paid primary carer parental leave + purchased annual leave program
- Opportunities for professional development and training such as Mental Health First Aid, & ASIST – further information found on the L&D Hub!
- Monthly reflective practice & career development through bi-annual My Plan
- Access to our Employee Assistance Program, Sonder, for free, confidential well-being support
- Workplace Community Groups such as our Rainbow Network for LGBTQ+ staff members & allies and YarnUp for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staff members
- Personal fleet pricing discounts with our preferred automotive supplier & access to novated leasing
- Employee discounts program through Flourishing Well at over 400+ popular retailers (Woolworths, Expedia, Myer, Kmart etc)
- Quarterly Reward and Recognition Awards
How to Apply
To apply for this position, please complete the questions asked. You will then be required to attach a copy of your resume on the following page, we encourage you to have your resume up-to-date and available before you commence the application. Please note that we may speak with your current Manager regarding your application. Please also ensure that the People and Culture team have all relevant certificates and training attendance recorded on your P&C file as this may be referenced as part of the selection process. Applications close at midnight on 9th of July.
Internal EOI - Team Coordinator, Peer Specialist in Salisbury employer: Flourish Australia
Flourish Australia is an exceptional employer that prioritises the well-being and professional growth of its employees, particularly in the mental health sector. Located in Northern Adelaide, the company offers a supportive work culture that values lived experience and recovery-based practices, alongside generous benefits such as tax-free salary packaging, extensive leave provisions, and opportunities for professional development. Employees are encouraged to engage in reflective practice and community initiatives, fostering a collaborative environment that empowers both staff and those they serve.
