AddressMates4Mates is one of Australia’s leading veteran charities actively changing the lives of current and ex-serving Australian Defence Force members, and their families, impacted by service.
If you’re looking for a job where you genuinely enjoy coming to work each day and get to have a positive impact on the community, Mates4Mates is the place for you. We pride ourselves on creating a supportive, inclusive and safe workplace and our culture is built on a sense of purpose, collaboration, integrity and agility.
With a finger on the pulse of our culture, it’s important to us that we find the right people to join our like-minded team who share our passion of making a difference to the communities we serve.
When joining the Mates4Mates team, you’ll find that we promote a flexible work environment, with a range of wonderful benefits. We are an inclusive and diverse organisation ensuring we provide a safe place for veterans and their families to build connections and find mateship.
We are a collection of like-minded people who believe in our mission of working together towards an Australia where all members of the Australian Defence Force community are supported physically, psychologically and socially.
If you are driven by values, are motivated to help others and want to make a real difference to the lives of veterans and their families, then you will fit in perfectly. Our team members all share the common purpose of supporting veterans and their family members.
The opportunity
Reporting to the Clinical Lead – Psychological Services, this full-time position within Mates4Mates will be responsible for providing veterans and family members with individual therapy sessions and liaising with relevant internal and external service providers to help support the health of clients.
Based within the brand new RSL Queensland Veteran & Family Wellbeing Centre located in Maroochydore, this role will see you working from newly renovated consultation rooms, with a rehabilitation gym, a kitchen and a veterans’ lounge also within the centre.
You will work with a progressive and motivated team in a supportive environment to fulfill responsibilities including:
- Delivering mental health and wellbeing support and clinical therapy sessions to veterans and family members utilising billable opportunities where possible in line with DVA, Medicare and other funding streams.
- Contributing to the development of Mates4Mates clinically therapeutic group programs for veterans and their families.
- Helping to support the veteran community with the psychological impacts of service, providing mental health care and liaising with relevant service providers for the benefit of the client’s long-term health and wellbeing.
- Helping develop the mental health service stream in the local area, by establishing and maintaining key working relationships with referrers and other external stakeholders.
We are seeking someone who is passionate about providing support for a range of psychological concerns, many of which are directly related to the mental impacts of service.
Holding relevant tertiary qualifications for psychology as well as full registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA), the successful applicant will have strong interpersonal skills to communicate effectively with both clients and coworkers, and well-developed oral and written communication skills to benefit client support and management.
Candidates with the following skills and experience are encouraged to apply:
- Experience in the treatment and management of mental health concerns including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anxiety and depression.
- A demonstrated ability to develop and implement client treatment plans.
- Developed computer proficiency, including a demonstrated ability to use client information management systems for accountability and proficient clinical report creation.
- Possesses a driver’s license and Ochre card (or eligibility to apply)
- The ability to work and communicate professionally and respectfully within a multidisciplinary team.
- While not a requirement, direct experience in delivering services to current or ex-serving Defence personnel and their families is also advantageous for this role.
- A supportive and passionate culture with regular temperature checks across the organisation
- Competitive remuneration package and access to salary packaging
- Supportive management and team
- Leave entitlements including additional paid parental leave and gifted leave at the end of each year so you can enjoy the holiday season
- Participation in our Staff Wellbeing Program (i.e., virtual meditation and mindfulness sessions, building resilience workshops, and more)
- A suite of Workplace Health & Safety training workshops for all staff
- Access to Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Professional development opportunities
- Access to a ‘Benefits Hub’ which includes health and wellbeing benefits and discounts, financial advice, recipes, and more
- Opportunity to provide regular feedback through OfficeVibe platform
If you’re looking for a role that is fulfilling, purposeful and will make a difference, please submit your application including a cover letter addressing the key accountabilities outlined above and a current resume.
At Mates4Mates we value the unique backgrounds, experiences and contributions that each person brings to the workplace and embrace and celebrate inclusion and diversity. We openly encourage applications from people with diverse experiences, perspectives, and backgrounds including but not limited to: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, people with a disability and people that identify as LGBTIQA+. We’re an equal opportunity employer and recognise that a diverse workforce is crucial to our success as a business.
For more information or a copy of the position description, please contact **@mates4mates.org.
Additional information
- Join a national organisation that positively changes lives
- Utilise your Defence Force experience, helping veterans and their families
- Salary packaging, wellbeing programs and professional development
