Use your supervisory skills to lead a team of Peer Workers and Mental Health Workers working in a leading For-Purpose mental health organisation Salary starting at $92,000 per annum plus super with generous leave provisions and tax-free benefits Flourish Australia has an exciting opportunity for a Team Coordinator or Team Coordinator - Peer Specialist to join our Tamworth Accomodation team! The position available is: Full-time (76 hours/fortnight) Working a rotating roster including weekend and evening shifts Coordinating the Tamworth Accommodation teams Level 4 on the Flourish Australia Enterprise Agreement (2018) About the Role As a Team Coordinator or Team Coordinator - Peer Specialist with Flourish Australia, you will assist the manager in providing supervision and guidance to staff. You will support and develop the skills of staff through the provision of in-service training. In addition, you will have a hands-on role with frontline service delivery, working directly with people with a lived experience of a mental health issue. You will lead by example by providing person led recovery-oriented and trauma informed service that best supports people to live in the community. In addition, the Team Coordinator - Peer Specialist will use lived experience and personal recovery to mentor people with a lived experience of a mental health issue. You will apply recovery knowledge in your role and peer work philosophies . You will be required to use your lived experience openly to build professional relationships and reciprocity with the people you support, while maintaining appropriate professional boundaries. 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. 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.
