Are you a strategic leader passionate about advancing quality, safety, and continuous improvement in Aboriginal mental health? Join us as Team Manager, Mental Health Recovery, Paanthi.
Nunkuwarrin Yunti is the largest Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation in metropolitan Adelaide. We provide a culturally safe environment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples to access services, guided by our values of Caring, Community, Communication and Consistency.
We are seeking a Team Manager, with Mental Health Recovery experience, to lead and coordinate our mental health recovery initiatives. This key leadership role will enhance service delivery, support recovery-focused care under a narrative therapy approach and strengthen our commitment in improving outcomes for Aboriginal communities.
Job Description
About the Role
You will:
Actively developing and ensuring the implementation of planning and preparation of Activity work plans, program budgets, partnership liaison, resource management and general planning to deliver high quality social health case work, counselling and psychological services that fit within the current contract.
Establish work procedures and practice based on evidence-based care.
Implementing Human Resource activities inclusive of recruitment activities, performance management and staff training and development in line with organisational polices.
Provide direct line management to the Paanthi team inclusive of referral processes, caseload oversight and co-ordination of clinical supervision to ensure professional standards, legal obligations and funding agreement KPI’s and service quality expectations are met.
Coordinate multi-disciplinary meetings between the Paanthi team and other Nunkuwarrin Yunti employees and programs and external agencies.
Promotion of the service through networking, education and presentations to community groups, service provider agencies and educational institutions to ensure awareness of the program and services within the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community and to ensure continued.
Develop and maintain an extensive range of social support networks to assist with accessible and equitable pathways for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families seeking appropriate services and maintaining a strong working relationship with the Adelaide Primary Health Network.
Additional periodic or ongoing activities that may arise during the tenure of the role to meet client needs or otherwise as requested of the Manager of Health Services.
Provide counselling services to a small case load daily.
About You
You bring:
Qualifications in a Mental Health related discipline (e.g. Aboriginal Primary Health Care, Psychology, Social Work) and high-level management skills attained through training and or vocational experience.
Experience in working within an Aboriginal Primary Health Care setting.
Knowledge of the Mental Health sector, such as awareness of the relevant acts, laws and statutory authorities.
Demonstrated vocational experience in the social emotional wellbeing/mental health practice Demonstrated experience in clinical/social health management within a primary health care context.
Comprehensive knowledge and understanding of social and emotional wellbeing issues affecting Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander people in an urban setting.
Experience in working with Aboriginal people and/or communities.
Demonstrated experience in providing clinical and case management oversight.
Analytical and problem-solving skills including the ability to formulate strategies to solve complex problems.
Leading and managing staff including the ability to maximise performance.
Conflict management and the ability to objectively and impartially distinguish between interpersonal vs professional disagreements.
Program and service development, implementation and review.
Experience in providing effective and well-informed advice, assessment, advocacy, liaison and referral to practitioners within community services.
Proven well developed written and verbal communication skills including report writing to funding and other stakeholder groups, the ability to communicate effectively with clients, colleagues and external agencies.
Desired Skills and Experience
Desirable:
An understanding of the principles of Social Justice and Community Development.
An understanding of culturally sensitive practices.
An understanding of the legal implications of client work.
Experience with stablishing new services and programs.
Why Nunkuwarrin Yunti?
At Nunkuwarrin Yunti, you’ll be part of a purpose-driven organisation committed to Caring, Community, Communication and Consistency in everything we do.
We offer:
A culturally safe, values-led workplace
Child Safe Organisation commitment
2 weeks gifted annual leave over Christmas
Salary packaging options to increase your take-home pay
Flexible working arrangements
Ongoing professional growth and development opportunities
An inclusive and equal opportunity workplace
Current National Police Check and Working with Children Check are required.
We are actively interviewing for this role as we receive applications, so please send through quickly.
Ready to lead meaningful change? Apply now.
NOTE: Nunkuwarrin Yunti is an Equal Opportunity Employer and open to all applicants, however we strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
