Wellbeing Practice Lead

Wellbeing Practice Lead - Head to Health, Penrith

We support individuals living with mental health challenges to achieve outcomes they value.

Position details

• Full Time, Permanent
• Classification: SCHADS Level 5 with a salary range of $93,959 - $98,207 per annum + Superannuation
• Salary packaging arrangements providing tax benefits available for living and entertainment expenses increasing your take home income where part of your wage is paid tax free each pay, savings thousands in tax each year
• Location: Head to Health, Penrith NSW

About Neami National

"We're big believers in everyone having the opportunity to live a full life - and we give our all to support people to achieve wellbeing and mental health outcomes that matter to them.

For some people, this means having a stronger sense of self. For others, it may mean nurturing relationships or building the confidence to tackle tomorrow. Everyone has different life goals, and at Neami, we walk alongside people to help improve their quality of life on their terms.

We're proud to support 38,000 people living with mental health challenges across Australia and offer more than 70 services, over 45 different Indigenous lands. These services include mental health and wellbeing, housing and homelessness, and suicide prevention."

About your new role

The Wellbeing Lead will have an experience of mental health recovery and use this unique perspective to provide leadership, practice development and coaching sessions to service delivery staff. This position provides support and guidance on practice issues to Wellbeing Coaches, applying coaching and mentoring principles. As part of the leadership team, the Wellbeing Practice Lead will work to maintain strong working collaborative partnerships with the public mental health service, primary health providers and other community partner organisations to deliver the best possible comprehensive service to consumers.

What you will bring to the role

• Personal lived/living experience of recovery as a family, friend or carer. Your recovery experience may be related to mental health, suicidal crisis, drugs and alcohol use or trauma
• Willingness to identify or be identified by others as a professional with lived experience of recovery
• Willingness to share and draw on lived experience purposefully in the role to instill confidence and hope in others about the journey of recovery
• A strong understanding of recovery processes; and an ability to articulate and promote the value of and strengths gained from lived experiences of recovery
• Ability to role-model and develop recovery-oriented and trauma-informed practices across the service
• Demonstrated leadership skills and attributes
• Sound knowledge and experience in using coaching and mentoring skills -or preparedness to undertake training to further develop these skills
• Willingness to intentionally and purposefully share your lived experience to support the recovery and growth of service visitors and staff
• A nuanced understanding of mental health systems and service navigation
• Demonstrate integrity, credibility and ability to foster open communication
• Ability to work productively in a fast paced, changing and dynamic environment
• Ability to establish and maintain respectful professional relationships that have clear boundaries with service visitors, staff and partner organisations.

What will Neami offer in return?

• Generous leave entitlements including paid parental leave, an Accrued Day Off each month, Gratis Leave and Wellness Leave
• Professional development through regular practice development sessions and coaching with your supervisor
• Ongoing extensive in-house Learning and Development programs to encourage learning and skill-building
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) through TELUS - providing holistic health and wellness supports and resources to Neami staff and their immediate family
• Flexible work arrangements are available for maintaining your work-life balance

What the role requires

• National Criminal History Check (police check) - disclosable outcomes considered
• Current Working with Children Check - required before commencement of work
• Current Australian drivers licence and access to a car
• Australian working rights

How to apply
The terms and conditions of the role are listed in the position description which can be found on the Neami Job Vacancy portal (select paper clip icon).

To apply for this position, please:

• Click the 'Apply' button where you will need to create a username and password.
• Upload your resume and cover letter.

When applying for this position, you are asked to tell us about your previous work experience, your suitability for this role and your answers to any target questions (where asked).

Please include in your application how you would prefer to be contacted (whether via email, text or phone call).

If you have any further questions not addressed in the job advertisement or position description, or if you require any adjustments to participate in the recruitment process, please contact:

Veronique Jordaan | Clinical Services Manager | ***************@neaminational.org.au

If you are excited about this role, but only meet some of the requirements, we encourage you to call or email us to talk about this opportunity. We're passionate about creating opportunities and supporting professional development.

If your application is shortlisted:

• We may invite you to have an informal phone conversation to discuss the role and get to know more about your experience and interest and answer your questions.
• We may invite you to an interview (which may be in person or conducted online via Microsoft Teams) with up to three panel members from Neami.

Applications Close: 21 July 2024

Be Yourself - Neami values and celebrates diversity including multidisciplinary teams and the unique backgrounds, experiences and contributions that each person brings to our community. First Nations people, those identifying as LGBTQIA+, people with disabilities and culturally and linguistically diverse people are encouraged to apply. Our aim is to create a workforce that is accessible, inclusive and reflects the community in which we live.