Wellbeing Lead

Are you passionate about improving the mental health and overall well-being of individuals? Do you thrive on creating supportive and inclusive environments? If so, we have the perfect opportunity for you!
Role Overview: We are seeking a dedicated and compassionate Wellbeing Lead to join our team. As the Wellbeing Lead, you will play a pivotal role in developing and implementing initiatives that foster a culture of well-being within our organization and the wider community.
Key Responsibilities:

• Provide coaching and mentorship: Offer guidance and mentorship to Wellbeing Coaches and other staff as needed, fostering their professional development.
• Implement Collaborative Relational Practice: Focus on applying the Collaborative Relational Practice methodology at a practical level to enhance team dynamics and client interactions.
• Lead reflective practice: Lead and actively participate in reflective practice sessions within the team, including team meetings, decision-making processes, service planning sessions, supervision, and staff development activities.
• Offer direct individual support: Provide direct individual support to visitors at the center, utilizing your expertise in a compassionate and understanding manner.
• Oversee group program delivery: Supervise the delivery of various group programs to ensure they meet the needs of visitors and align with organizational objectives.
• Coordinate needs assessment and intake: Collaborate with clinical staff to coordinate the initial needs assessment and intake process for visitors to the Centre as required.
• Participate in partnership development: Engage in partnership development activities with local hospitals, health services, GPs, and other relevant organizations to enhance support networks for visitors.
• Promote engagement and participation: Encourage and support the engagement and participation of visitors in all levels of program planning and delivery in collaboration with all staff members.
• Contribute to research and evaluation: Contribute to the evidence base and generate local practice knowledge by fostering research and evaluation activities within the organization.
• Utilize routine data: Use quantitative and qualitative data to monitor visitor experiences, service impact, and changes over time at both local and broader levels.
• Strategic planning and decision-making: Utilize aggregated data for strategic planning, decision-making, advocacy, and promotion at service, regional, state, and national levels.

You will have:

• Lived experience of recovery: Candidates must have personal experience of recovery related to mental health, drugs, alcohol, trauma, or their role in supporting or caring for individuals facing these challenges.
• Willingness to identify as a professional with lived experience of recovery: Candidates should be comfortable and willing to openly discuss their own recovery journey and its relevance to the role.
• Strong understanding of recovery processes: Candidates must demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of recovery processes and be able to articulate and advocate for the value and strengths gained from lived experiences of recovery.
• Ability to role-model and develop recovery-oriented and trauma-informed practices: Candidates should possess the ability to lead by example and foster a culture of recovery-oriented and trauma-informed care within the service.
• Demonstrated leadership skills: Candidates must exhibit strong leadership qualities and attributes.
• Experience in using coaching and mentoring skills: Candidates should have previous experience in using coaching and mentoring skills, or be prepared to undergo training to further develop these skills.
• Willingness to share lived experience purposefully: Candidates must be willing to intentionally share their lived experience to support the recovery and growth of service visitors and staff.
• A nuanced understanding of mental health systems and service navigation: Candidates should possess a nuanced understanding of mental health systems and be proficient in navigating services.
• Integrity, credibility, and open communication: Candidates must demonstrate integrity and credibility in their actions and communications, fostering an environment of open and transparent communication.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment: Candidates should be able to work productively in a fast-paced, changing, and dynamic environment.
• Establish and maintain respectful professional relationships: Candidates must establish and maintain respectful professional relationships with clear boundaries with service visitors, staff, and partner organizations.
• A valid and current Australian Driver's License
• A valid and current NSW Working with Children’s Clearance

For further information or jobs in Mental Health please contact Jenny Rosser on: 0435 242 908 or email Jenny@berecruitment.com.au