Mental Health Team Leader. Permanent Full Time - Fremantle

About the Organisation

Life Without Barriers is a leading social purpose, not for profit organisation of 8,000 employees working in more than 500 communities across Australia. We support children, young people and families, people with disability, older people and people with mental illness. We work with people who are homeless and refugees and asylum seekers.   

Make a real difference in the lives of vulnerable Australians with this unique opportunity to provide both corporate expertise and community support. With a focus on people, not profit, Life Without Barriers’ corporate services team partners with our direct support staff, clients, and their families to ensure we continue our mission to change lives for the better.  If a truly inclusive, collaborative, and fast-paced work environment sounds like your next career move, this is an opening not to be missed.

We want to employ people who reflect the diversity of our clients to ensure we can support each client's individual needs and wants. We encourage people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background and people with disability to apply

About the role

Ngatti House (Fremantle) is a 16 bed, psychosocial rehabilitation facility providing safe accommodation for 17–22 year-olds with complex presentations and seeking mental health recovery, who are homeless or at risk of homelessness.

As the Mental Health Team Leader you will lead a team of 25-30 staff to deliver great services by using your organisational and practice leadership skills in the coordination and delivery of services. This will include engagement with multiple stakeholders, meeting individual needs and preferences of residents within program guidelines and requirement whilst maintaining an efficient, safe and positive work environment for staff.

This is a permanent full-time, Monday to Friday role which requires flexibility to attend shift handovers at 7:30am. It is a requirement for this role to be part of the after-hours on-call monthly rotating roster.

 Key Responsibilities

• Coordination and management of the daily operations of the program
• Provide services in accordance with Funding agreements and legative standards
• Development and maintenance of positive relationships with all stakeholders, including families
• Develop and implement individual plans, funding plans and utilise outcome measurement tools relevant to the program
• Coordinate and oversee rostering and timesheet requirements according to service delivery and demand
• Provide supervision, support and practice leadership to support staff
• Build a positive team environment through the demonstration of good, communication, inter-personal skills and appropriate peer support
• Model appropriate conflict resolution, communication and positive behaviour management skills.
• Plan and facilitate regular and effective team meetings and professional development opportunities

Skills, Qualifications & Experience

• Diploma in relevant mental health, community services or related field and/or or relevant experience
• Demonstrated experience working in a leadership, management and/or supervisory role within human services
• Experience in managing competing priorities and delivering withing agreed timeframes, quality standards and regulatory requirements
• Previous experience working effectively in a dynamic, high volume work environment
• Experience working with people with mental illness, families and/or groups from a strength based, trauma informed and culturally appropriate perspective
• Strong coordination, leadership and supervision skills
• Ability to think creatively and use initiative, to work independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team
• Strong written and computer skills for the creation of reports, correspondence and other documents
• Established problem solving and conflict management skills
• High level communication, influencing, liaison and negotiation skills
• Current First Aid Certificate

Successful candidates will be required to clear probity checks including National Criminal History Record Check and Working with Children Check.

Salary: $95,964.59 + superannuation

How to Apply

Include your resume and covering letter in one document, click ‘Apply’ and follow the prompts. For any enquiries, please contact Kestra at recruitment@lwb.org.au  

Candidates with disabilities who require adjustments to the recruitment process or the application form in an alternate format can visit https://www.lwb.org.au/careers/ for information on our access and inclusion work and how to contact us directly.

Applications open on Wednesday the 5^th of August and close at midnight on Wednesday the 2nd of September (AWST)