AddressAbout the Accoras Team
Accoras has been delivering mental health and wellbeing services to South-East Queensland young people and families for 30 years. Accoras operates headspace Inala in a lead agency capacity, providing early intervention and support to young people in the areas of primary health, mental health, drug and alcohol, and vocation and education supports.
Working at Accoras
In a recent survey, our people rated the team culture, management capability and quality of services provided as the top 3 things they like about Accoras, highlighting a genuine care for our people and our clients. In October 2022, Accoras was also honoured to receive the Earle Duus Award in the 2022 QLD Mental Health Awards, recognising the contributions our team makes to people living with mental illness.
The Role
The purpose of this role, which reports to the headspace Inala Centre Manager, is to promote the services of the headspace service, help young people to get early access to health and other services, and promote positive mental health messaging within their local communities. This includes young people who have or may be at risk of developing a mental health and/or substance use disorder or have economic and social recovery needs.
They will do this by ensuring that accessible information is provided to young people, their families and the local community to increase the capacity of young people and their community to connect with appropriate health and wellbeing supports at the time they are needed. They will also help to increase community awareness of mental health issues among young people, facilitate youth and where relevant family participation, organise and deliver health promotion activities and community events to engage identified target populations.
The Community Development Officer will work as part of a multidisciplinary team and will be an experienced professional with considerable knowledge and experience in community engagement and youth advocacy. They will work collaboratively with all staff located at headspace Inala to help ensure the service delivers youth-focused services to young people.
About You
We’re looking for a team member, who has a minimum two years’ experience working in community service or similar, to lead the development, implementation and evaluation of a Community Awareness and Engagement Strategy for headspace Inala in consultation with the youth advisory group (YAG), Centre Manager and other key internal and external stakeholders.
You will be responsible for:
- Design and coordination of activities and projects for priority groups and the greater community
- Building relationships with external service providers and community partners to develop mutually beneficial partnerships
- Supporting the production of documents and promotional materials
- Representing headspace with various agencies and professional networks
- Building and maintaining community connections and relationships that align with the overall strategic plan and Community Awareness and Engagement Strategy
- Leading all external service promotion activities informed by headspace National campaigns and key events
- Ensuring compliance with headspace Model Integrity Framework and brand compliance
- Assisting in the planning, development and delivery of community-based help seeking and mental health literacy education sessions
- Ensuring all health promotion messages and activities are consistent and evidence-based
- Supporting an annual community and health promotion plan
- Assisting in the organisation and delivery of relevant community events and activities
- Recruiting, training, supervising and supporting young people to be involved in the headspace service Youth Reference Group
- Other responsibilities as required by the headspace Inala Centre Manager
Our clients have a variety of cultural backgrounds and life experiences, and we are committed to building a team that reflects and responds to this diversity. We welcome applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, people with a personal experience of mental illness, LGBTQIAP+ people and people with a disability.
As this role involves travel within the community, you must also hold a current drivers licence and have access to a reliable, fully insured motor vehicle.
What we offer:
- Above award rates with generous salary packaging options only available to employees of a not-for-profit organisation
- Portable long service leave
- A flexible workplace that accommodates preferences for an eight or nine day fortnight
- Additional paid leave over Christmas and on your birthday, and a paid volunteer day each year
- Free On-site parking
- Professional development, training and regular supervision and mentoring.
To Apply
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